In the last couple of months we've had quite a few guests. I'd been thinking of making a deposit or two to the karma bank after a long period of being in debt to it. I became a member of the warmshowers list a couple of years ago but only just lately ticked the box which said that people could stay. The warmshowers list or WSL is as it suggests a list of people who can offer a passing touring cyclist a warmshower and a place to sleep or who want one themselves. It must be wholey offered without fee. Within a short period we had requests coming in.
The first group was a couple from Pittsburg. The female half had arrived to join her boyfriend who was touring through Ireland, Scotland, England and Netherlands. They were suffering a bit, she'd come down with a cold. On these terms it was easy to invite them in and when the time came I had no issue handing them over the keys when I went to work. This had been the difficult call and one that had made me think long about hosting people.
The second lot came a week later and were from California. They were delighted that Leonard Cohen was playing in Westerpark and even though it not a free gig the fences around it were charitably placed to permit freeloaders, like us, quite a nice show.
The latest were a pair of lads from Zaragoza in Spain. They were nice kids but hadn't had the experience of hosting people and seemed to take advantage a bit of the situation.
The experience of hosting has been great,we've learned a lot about hosting people and hope that more will come through Amsterdam to be hosted by us.
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