With a week and a half to go we have a four-page to-do list that we're slogging through. Home exchanges are wonderful -- no hotel costs, no car rental costs, no no-alternative restaurant costs -- but because they're coming here we want the house to be perfect. You know, perfectly cleaned, perfectly repaired, perfectly supplied. You can imagine what that means. All the little errands, repairs, and tasks you meant to do someday have to be done now, as well as preparing all the instructions and tourist information for the home exchangers. But it's worth it!
In our house from August 5 to 25 (they're leaving a week earlier than we are to visit a relative) will be Ahmed, Sylvie, Sélim, and Sophia Ouayach from Casablanca, and Sélim's friend Simon who is French. The Ouayach family lives in Casablanca; he's an agronomist who owns a seed company, she's an English teacher, and the kids are university students aged 18 to 22. Sophia will have the guest room and Sélim and Simon will sleep on the deck!
Because they have offered us the use of their apartment in Paris (15th arrondissement near the Eiffel Tower) as well, we'll spend 10 days in Paris, two and a half weeks in Morocco, and the last half week in Paris again.
What an adventure!
Jo
