This weekend I hosted a couple from Sweden through couchsurf.com. This was my first experience of using couchsurf and I lucked out – I couldn’t have asked for a nicer couple to stay at my house. Erik and Martha arrived at Asa station on Saturday morning. They were both really fun and I really enjoyed the short time we had together.
After eating lunch at home on Saturday I decided to take them to Akiyoshidai and Akiyoshidou (the famous caves and plateau about an hour from my house). Although I have visited the caves probably 10 times now already it was still fun to show new people around. From Saturday afternoon it started raining and unfortunately didn’t stop all day and night. On Saturday night Erik showed me his impressive collection of cooking knives and cook books that he had bought whilst travelling. Yesterday was mostly spent at home because the weather was so bad. We did venture out to Kirara Beach and Ryosan, but there wasn’t much to see and we all ended up with wet feet from walking in so many puddles! Last night was spent watching a crap video, drinking beer and sake, making dinner together and chatting until 2am. It was really nice to share my home with such a lovely couple. Talking to Martha and Erik reminded me how much I enjoyed my trip to Sweden years ago. I'm sure they will love the rest of their visit to Japan. I really hope we can meet again in the future. A visit to Gothenberg on my way back from Japan next year would be great! Martha and Erik spoke perfect English the whole weekend which actually made me realize how bad my English has become since teaching here! My next couchsurf guest arrives in 2 weeks time – a single guy from London. After that it’s time for me to experience some couchsufing in Vietnam.
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