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Michelle Brown's avatar

Wonderful post. I kinda of feel this way anytime someone visits and I do not live anywhere exotic. Playing tour guide has its fun moments, but can be grueling. The best situation is when guests stay in a hotel and hang with you during the day - unless it's family, then they stay with us. Just another lovely and thought-provoking piece of writing, dear friend.

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Tina D's avatar

We landed in September and had our first guests over New Years. It was wonderful and I was so happy to be with them and felt so sad when they left. Our next guest arrives in February and since she has already visited Portugal I think we'll be able to pull weeds, plants seeds and relax together. A new friend I've met in Portugal has a Word document they provide to their guests with suggested itineraries. They have lived here six years so the idea of visiting the same places doesn't thrill them and it also gives everyone some space to be on their own. We will create our own document I'm sure as more head our way.

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