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January 28, 2015 by Laurie Deppa Leave a Comment


hospitality-guest-Maria-02I received an email back in the fall about a woman (Monica) from Albacete, Spain who wanted to do an exchange in Nov 2014.  I was going through a lot and it was not convenient to go to Spain then – so I offered a hospitality exchange.  Monica was coming for a conference at NIH and offered to bring her friend Mamen along for some R&R.

Mamen arrived in Nov for a 2 week stay while Monica was busy with her conference.  We never saw Monica but were very pleased to share our lives with Mamen for what turned out to be 2 months.

Yes, I know. It sounds crazy.  My husband was going to be gone for most of Dec and January so I offered Mamen to extend past her 2 weeks.  We went to holiday parties, shared Christmas dinner, happy hours, business mixers, the gym, my favorite coffee shop, etc.  My Spanish greatly improved and her English as well.

hospitality-guest-Maria-01I said that in Jan I was going on a trip somewhere to escape the cold and loneliness – so we planned a trip to Panama together.  It was nice to have a traveling companion (besides a 3 year old).  It was great that we both speak Spanish.  We had a wonderful trip!

As we arrived home here, she packed her bags and returned for her flight back to Spain.

What a time – for all of us!  I CAN’T wait to go visit Monica in the beautiful, quaint old city – home to “Man of La Mancha”.  Maybe in 2015.  Too many great places I need to go visit!!!


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