In the last three weeks, we've had only two nights without couchsurfers or airbnb guests.
First we hosted an American couple living in England. When they left, an Argentinian lady called Paula came to stay with us for two nights. On the second day that she was staying, one of our former Italian hosts came. Paula was really surprised when we told her that the Italian man was vegan. We explained that he doesn't eat eggs, cheese or yoghurt, or anything like that, to her, and she said, "So he doesn't eat steak either?'
We asked Paula whether she ate steak three times a day, because that's what Argentinians are famous for eating, and she replied, "No, not three times a day, only two". Somehow, that still seems like a lot of steak to me.
Giovanni (the Italian guy) stayed at our house for a long time, but he spent a few nights away during his stay. One of the guests who we had staying over at the same time as him is called Robin. Robin was a volunteer at the Olympics, and is from Manchester. He taught my sister and I a really cool card trick.
After that, we had an American family stay for two nights. They had two children, one aged nearly 12, and the other one aged nearly 10. They were one of our best guests. We went to Covent Garden, Waterstones, Trafalgar Square and Green Park with them. We learnt card tricks with them, too.
As well as having loads of guests, we went kitchensurfing, and recently we went to a picnic with some couchsurfers.
Tuesday, 21 August 2012
Monday, 6 August 2012
Midnight and Morgan
We have two cats called Midnight and Morgan. Midnight is called Midnight because her fur is mostly black, like the sky at midnight. Morgan is called Morgan because it means mornings in German, and Morgan is mostly lightly coloured like the sky is in the morning.
The reason I'm writing about the cats is because they were born in 2009, some time around August, so it's around their third birthday this month. Midnight and Morgan are the same age because they were from the same litter. When they were very little, they didn't have a proper home, so their mum moved them from shed to shed, and they had to keep moving. They came to our house a few times, so my sister and I begged to keep them. We used to have a cat called called Minke, but he went missing and we still had some cat food and a few bowls from when he was around. We just fed Midnight and Morgan at first, but it got cold in winter, and we couldn't keep them inside the house, so we made them a little shelter from an old crate in our garden, and all three of them slept there.
The cats were really shy at first, but as they grew older, they became less shy and we could stroke them. They even got brave enough to come inside the house, which they'd been too scared to do before.
Unfortunately, Midnight and Morgan's mum, Noona (Like afternoon), went missing. She still hasn't come back but we hope she's found a nice home with kind people.
The cats have grown since we first got them, but they're still small. Dad thinks it's got something to do with them being in the cold before we got them.
Morgan and Midnight are very good at catching mice. I never see any mice around here, only dead ones.
The reason I'm writing about the cats is because they were born in 2009, some time around August, so it's around their third birthday this month. Midnight and Morgan are the same age because they were from the same litter. When they were very little, they didn't have a proper home, so their mum moved them from shed to shed, and they had to keep moving. They came to our house a few times, so my sister and I begged to keep them. We used to have a cat called called Minke, but he went missing and we still had some cat food and a few bowls from when he was around. We just fed Midnight and Morgan at first, but it got cold in winter, and we couldn't keep them inside the house, so we made them a little shelter from an old crate in our garden, and all three of them slept there.
The cats were really shy at first, but as they grew older, they became less shy and we could stroke them. They even got brave enough to come inside the house, which they'd been too scared to do before.
Unfortunately, Midnight and Morgan's mum, Noona (Like afternoon), went missing. She still hasn't come back but we hope she's found a nice home with kind people.
The cats have grown since we first got them, but they're still small. Dad thinks it's got something to do with them being in the cold before we got them.
Morgan and Midnight are very good at catching mice. I never see any mice around here, only dead ones.
First Airbnb guests
Airbnb is like couch surfing, but the guests pay to stay at your house.
Our first airbnb guests were a couple called Elizabeth and Gary. They live in England, but they come from America.
I thought that they wouldn't spend any time with us because they were airbnb guests, but they did. We had dinner with them and we all chatted together.
I was really surprised when Elizabeth told us that she'd lived in England for over a year but she hadn't tried English tea. We gave her her first cup, and she said it was nice.
Elizabeth has a game on her phone that she showed us. I played it for a while. In the game there's a character running along. You tap the screen of the phone to make him jump over obstacles and holes, and also to make him reach the coins that sometimes appear above him. It's quite a simple game, but it was fun talking to her about it. Gary and Elizabeth also gave my parents tips about some apps.
Because we were having burgers, Gary told us about a shop in America that sells burgers and hardly anything else.
Our first airbnb guests were a couple called Elizabeth and Gary. They live in England, but they come from America.
I thought that they wouldn't spend any time with us because they were airbnb guests, but they did. We had dinner with them and we all chatted together.
I was really surprised when Elizabeth told us that she'd lived in England for over a year but she hadn't tried English tea. We gave her her first cup, and she said it was nice.
Elizabeth has a game on her phone that she showed us. I played it for a while. In the game there's a character running along. You tap the screen of the phone to make him jump over obstacles and holes, and also to make him reach the coins that sometimes appear above him. It's quite a simple game, but it was fun talking to her about it. Gary and Elizabeth also gave my parents tips about some apps.
Because we were having burgers, Gary told us about a shop in America that sells burgers and hardly anything else.
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