Staying with Marie was the first homestay I had ever done so I don’t have any other experiences to benchmark it against. However, I feel that it could not have been any better. From the day I stepped into the house I was welcomed not as a guest, but as a member of the family. I learnt a lot about their lifestyles and culture from simply observing and also from having simple conversations with them. It was a really humbling experience that I am very grateful for and I would definitely return here without a doubt should opportunities to stay here arise again in the future.