tiistai 24. heinäkuuta 2007

Shopping with Credit Cards

Yesterday I met Verena (CS), from Munich, Germany. She was using cs for her first time and I was lucky to be her first host. It came out that she is funny, joyfull person in a similar sense with me, I enjoyed her company from the first point (though we both were tired of works or walks). We got some food from Stockmann store, just because I needed also a tv-antenna-cable and I knew that there will be food + cable at same place in Stockmann. And besides, Stockka has also good variety of food, which is a good thing... hmmm... cheeese. ;)

After those we came home and made a delicious dinner with fresh baked bread, tomato-mozzarella salad and spinach pancakes with cranberry jam and most of all: Oiva cider, which is a one of the best Finnish ciders. We talked about basises of hospitality: how many nights is easy to spend with other people, do you need to offer something else than a place to sleep, what if you have some problems with your guests.

I told her that I prefer 1-3 guest who are staying 1-2 nights, in special cases even more (like if I already know a bit of that person). I will offer them food if I am making for myself and a tea if they come later. On a morning I try to offer coffee or tea and bread with butter and cheese, if I have time to eat also. But mostly I kick the guests out for the time I need to be somewhere else than at home. I hope that my guests will understand that I am not available 24/7 to talk, that I need also own time. I told for Verena also about a small problems which I have had and also a good people whom I have met.

Later on the evening we were thinking about possibility to go to the bar, but we decided to skip it, because we were too tired. We made a bed for Verena just after Simpsons ended at TV (21:00) and were watching Surface and Sex and the City. While watching we talked about studies and universities, we found out that we're studying both a cultural studies: she just graduated for Cultural Anthropologist and I hope some day I will graduate for Ethnomusicologist (or Music Anthropologist) Right after that I decided that I am too tired and started to sleep.

Today we got lazy morning with breakfast and then went to shopping to Itäkeskus. Verena spend A LOT money to things and I bought just some crappy shower gel. Well, It was nice to see what there is to offer. We hurried back, and then she left with a lot of new clothes and shoes in her bag. Thank god for sales.

I've had a lot of HC and CS mails lately. I am hosting 1-3 persons in a week. Right now it feels correct, I don't need to think about my own life...

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