Comments on: Couch Surfing: it’s better than I imagined

By: Judith in Umbria

Judith in Umbria — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:36:21 +0000

Controversial? My sweet student? LOL Not even.

It was a great experience, but because he couldn’t find a summer job here, he took a job in Iceland milking cows. That’s right. With a brand new engineering degree he is off to be a cowboy! Now that’s a real brain drain.
Judith in Umbria´s last blog ..CSA box: zucchine and lettuce

By: Brad'll Do It

Brad'll Do It — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:47:07 +0000

So, as I reading the blog, I mistook you’re teaching of the language as “controversial,” not “conversational. Somehow, Judtih, that made infinite sense to me, and I was disappointed when I realized my misinterpretation.

By: Judith

Judith — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 06:52:38 +0000

That has happened to me, too, but illness means I wouldn’t want the guest. How do you know which ones are unlikely to show? What are the signs?

That kind of behavior could end up screwing up the whole CS effort. At least you can make a comment about bad behavior, if only in your regional newsletter.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:38:54 +0000

I've been in CS for some time now but I'm getting a little bored with it. Too often the people coming change their schedule. I work so if they are coming on a weekday it has to be in the evening and the next morning I have to leave early. So now I screen out the people I don't think will show up. Still I have met a lot of great people and I've stayed in another CSer house only once but it was a great trip. Jeff’s last blog post..Summertime…umm sort of