When I look into the eyes of an animal， I do not see an animal. I see a livingbeing. I see a friend. I feel a soul.—A.D. WilliamsI met Cari and Harry through Couchsurfing, a platform for people who like to travel. “Stay with Locals and make Travel friends” is their moto.Cari was preparing for his world trip and was looking for contacts on his route, asking for help in various ways – in true CS fashion by hosting him and his dog Harry and thereby sharing and exchanging cultural or practical information, and hopefully becoming friends.We were in contact from the beginning, and I followed his progressing travel plans and then his journey with keen interest.From the start, Cari presented himself to me as a person who was ready to step outside of his comfort zone, indeed to go through a great deal of discomfort in order to pursue his dream, to cycle around the world in the company of his dog Harry. We all have our dreams, but let’s be honest: how many of us actually dare make them come true?To travel, to discover new places, landscapes, people, cultures, friends on the way - this was only in parts purpose of this trip. Cari was also driven by the idea to campaign for animals rights, to make people along the way aware of mistreated, distressed animals needing our attention and help.I was eager to assist him in any way I could.Then the day came and I finally met Cari and Harry. They had travelled a long distance by then and had visited many animal shelters on the way. They arrived in Berlin just before their great leap across the ocean to the next step in his itinerary, the USA. We had one week together, and me and my family were able to add a lot of color to the black and white picture we had already had of him as a person with a big heart and with a great love for his fellow creatures – people and animals, nature and everything alive. And we fell in love with Harry, this crazy woolly adventuresome dog with heaps of personality! In the mornings, Harry used to come to my bed to wake m