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Tag Archives: Airbnb
The Best Baci according to my Host
I’m in love with my Airbnb host. Too bad she left me alone in Palermo for her boyfriend in Mexico 😝😍📝🎁🍫
Posted in Airbnb, Food, People, Trivia
Tagged Airbnb, baci, chocolate, culturalexchange, hospitality, host, Italy, sicily, travel
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Spanish History Lesson with Airbnb Host
My Palermo Airbnb host, Valeria, is a historian, who conducts research and sometimes gives lectures at universities . One night after offering me a wonderful Sicilian dinner, she clarified some questions I had about Spanish history. Valeria: Historians called the … Continue reading
My Easy-going Airbnb Host
Just three days after checking in to my Airbnb in Palermo, I had to wash the bedsheets and as I was hang drying them, one end of the hills clothesline broke off from the exterior wall. My host wasn’t home that … Continue reading
Posted in Airbnb, People, Trivia
Tagged Airbnb, chilatour, chilatour18, hospitality, host, housemates, Italy, palermo, sicily, travel
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Norwegian Food
View this post on Instagram This is not ice cream LOL After preparing Hong Kong food for my Airbnb host, my host made me Norwegian fish in a berry sauce 😮 The berries on the side of the plate have … Continue reading
Posted in France
Tagged Airbnb, culturalexchange, fish, Food, norwegian, sabbatical, travel
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Coca-Cola Chicken, Spanish style.
View this post on Instagram A few weeks ago, I made Hong Kong style Coca-Cola chicken wings for some Spanish and French friends. Today, my Spanish Airbnb host made me Coca-Cola chicken, too! His recipe has chopped onion and bacon. … Continue reading
Posted in Spain
Tagged Airbnb, aragon, backpacker, chicken, cocacola, culturalexchange, Food, recipe, sabbatical, Spain, spanishfood, travel, zaragoza
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Homemade Food in Montpellier
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Celebrating Lunar New Year in Montpellier
I thought I would spend Lunar New Year alone like last Christmas. However, a few days before the new year, my Airbnb host invited me to go to a potluck party at their friends’. So, I extended my stay in … Continue reading
Posted in France
Tagged Airbnb, asianfood, celebration, chinesenewyear, culturalexchange, Food, France, friends, lunarnewyear, montpellier, party, potluck, sabbatical, travel, yearoftherooster
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My Airbnb Host from Talence and I
I said goodbye to Caroline, my Airbnb host from Talence, with mixed feelings. It was a mixture of shame, confusion and gratitude. I didn’t like Caroline in the beginning. My first impression of her was that she’s a stingy, divorced 42-year-old mom … Continue reading
Posted in France
Tagged Airbnb, bordeaux, Christmas, firstimpression, France, friends, friendship, host, perception, prejudice, relationship, Talence, travel
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Early Christmas Celebration in Bordeaux
I am renting a room through Airbnb in Talence, right next to Bordeaux. My host, Caroline, has family visiting from Paris and San Francisco for the holidays. So, she hosted a party last Sunday night (the 18th), and I was invited … Continue reading
