We had house guests! My cousin grew up in Europe and has traveled all over the world. I hadn't seen her in about seven years and our spouses had never met.
She sat down with a big book of skylines of the world that lives on our coffee table and she/they had been to all but eight of the cities in the whole book! Wowza! This led to much travel discussion and a tentative plan to travel together as a foursome at some point in the post-Covid future. She's recently retired and DH is pulling the plug soon, so bring it! She and I traveled together a bit in our long-ago single days. It was an unexpected delight that our spouses got on well.
They're also quite mustachian, so their trip included two fabulous hikes, several evenings working on a mystery themed puzzle (thrifted, of course), a trip to a local museum that was related to the theme of the puzzle, a trip to a state park to enjoy the view/sunset from the highest vantage point in the region (which was a focal point of the other two hikes), and one quick stop for three grocery items at the fancy pants grocery on the way home from a hike. There is a super high-end grocery store near the museum, so we strolled through that one, just for the eye candy and general amusement. We managed to stifle our chortles and buy nothing. We didn't eat out once. We packed delicious lunches each day and dinners were homemade Mexican food and scratch pizza. Yum!
So much happiness in a few short days!
