July 24, 2012
Little Rock,
Arkansas
I feel like I can
now honestly say I have had the real couch surfing experience and now
I know exactly why so many people rave it about so much. I arrived
in Little Rock at 7pm to meet my French host Adolphe and the entire
night was a blast just as fun as any hostel experience.
With his merry
bunch of friends, Adolphe and four or five others have signed up for
a local boat making and racing competition unlike anything I've ever
heard. I entered his apartment yesterday to see an almost 10 foot
boat taking up most of the living room made entirely of Gorilla tape
and cardboard. For the rest of the night I hung out with Adolphe and
his friends (including one interesting Canadian Asian who claimed to
have an accent in all languages) taping holes and finally painting
the boat as best we could with clear hopes of winning the annual
competition (or at least loosing with style) apparent on each of
their faces.
To say the least it
was a great chill night and after my 8 hours on the road I couldn't
have asked for anything more. At Adolphe's apartment complex he had
both a pool and a hot tub so before the night was through we made use
of both. At no point did the night feel forced or awkward, instead
it was more like new friends meeting back up to hang out. And this
morning I was happy to see that I've had two other invitations
excepted, so if they're even half as fun as last night, my trip home
should be great.
Although I've heard
only very little about it, Little Rock Arkansas seems like an
incredible little city. Its clean, quiet, and quaint and I can only
imagine how fun it is on the weekend or even Tuesday Adolphe says.
Its definitely a great little place and if I wasn't so excited to
head out for Memphis I could easily stay awhile, but “Walking in
Memphis” it is. I've always wanted to visit the city and being
only 115 miles away the excitement is building. I love music and
food, so my love of BBQ naturally fits right in and I cannot wait to
see what Memphis has to offer even if only for the night.
Without a doubt I
pride myself on my open mindedness and I always tell people I'll eat
anything and almost always try anything at least once (speaking of
food I'm eating one of the most amazing versions of Eggs Benedict
I've ever had from a great little trendy cafe in Little Rock called
The Root). I love learning about different cultures and trying to understand
peoples different beliefs and I'm pretty sure my next is going to
test just how accepting I am of other beliefs.
Without giving too
much away, the host contacted me on CouchSurfing after seeing my last
minute advertisement for a couch in Memphis. He has over 30
references making him one of the most talked about and highly
recommended hosts I've ever seen much less stayed with. Now for my
interviews of which I've done 2 so far (have yet to edit and post
them!) I normally try and look as best I can using only what I can
find in my small back pack. The question on my mind though is will I
attempt to dress up and look as nice as possible, or will I embrace
his style of living and philosophy and be nude. I guess we'll just
have to wait and see from the pictures.
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