Life
Angels and Demons
15/01/08 22:54
I try to be consistent in my beliefs and actions -
but when it comes to technology, things are
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Getting There
18/12/07 14:15
We should change our attitude towards travelling,
making the journey part of the vacation. In today's
chaotic, hectic life, our minds can use the time off.
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Like old friends
14/10/07 15:32
We had some friends staying over last night.
Well, they weren't exactly friends at the beginning of the night. Let's say, we met them yesterday afternoon. Not even 24 hours later, it seems like I've known them for years. Incredible. How did this happen? Well, partly, it's thanks to the likes of CouchSurfing and Hospitality Club.
Astrud and John contacted me via CouchSurfing on Thursday, with a simple message: they were going to come to Edinburgh and needed a place to stay. As part of the CouchSurfing network, we offer our spare room in the flat to complete strangers who are also part of the network - and ended up with an amazing evening this way. The moment they came by to drop off their stuff, we hit it off. We were immediately talking like we'd known each other for ages already. And the evening got better and better: good dinner, lots and lots of wine were provided by us, while they - both massage therapists - treated Nadine to a massage, from head to toe. The rest of the evening (and well into the night) we just talked, exchanged experiences, laughed, and had a great time. At midnight, we had a bottle of champaign, to celebrate their 7th anniversary. It was amazing!
Now they're gone to drive around Scotland and I already miss them, as though I've known them forever. It's amazing that you can spend an evening with complete strangers and get close so quickly. What a wonderful bunch of people!
The great part about is that this is not an exception: this is just one of numerous wonderful evening we've had with complete strangers who came to stay at our place through one of the two websites mentioned above. All of these experiences were just great: starting with the wonderful Anna and Pawel who used our place as a jumping board for Scotland and who have since become some of our closest friends, through Zineb, who told us a lot about Paris up to our visitors from Leipzig, who we introduced to Single Malt - all wonderful evenings we would not have had otherwise.
If you're not already on there, get on CouchSurfing or Hospitality Club now - you won't regret it.
I have to go and prepare desert now. We've been invited to Anna and Pawel's place for dinner.
Well, they weren't exactly friends at the beginning of the night. Let's say, we met them yesterday afternoon. Not even 24 hours later, it seems like I've known them for years. Incredible. How did this happen? Well, partly, it's thanks to the likes of CouchSurfing and Hospitality Club.
Astrud and John contacted me via CouchSurfing on Thursday, with a simple message: they were going to come to Edinburgh and needed a place to stay. As part of the CouchSurfing network, we offer our spare room in the flat to complete strangers who are also part of the network - and ended up with an amazing evening this way. The moment they came by to drop off their stuff, we hit it off. We were immediately talking like we'd known each other for ages already. And the evening got better and better: good dinner, lots and lots of wine were provided by us, while they - both massage therapists - treated Nadine to a massage, from head to toe. The rest of the evening (and well into the night) we just talked, exchanged experiences, laughed, and had a great time. At midnight, we had a bottle of champaign, to celebrate their 7th anniversary. It was amazing!
Now they're gone to drive around Scotland and I already miss them, as though I've known them forever. It's amazing that you can spend an evening with complete strangers and get close so quickly. What a wonderful bunch of people!
The great part about is that this is not an exception: this is just one of numerous wonderful evening we've had with complete strangers who came to stay at our place through one of the two websites mentioned above. All of these experiences were just great: starting with the wonderful Anna and Pawel who used our place as a jumping board for Scotland and who have since become some of our closest friends, through Zineb, who told us a lot about Paris up to our visitors from Leipzig, who we introduced to Single Malt - all wonderful evenings we would not have had otherwise.
If you're not already on there, get on CouchSurfing or Hospitality Club now - you won't regret it.
I have to go and prepare desert now. We've been invited to Anna and Pawel's place for dinner.