It’s already a few days before our flight to Busan and I still wouldn’t book my last night. Stubborn me! I was waiting for a surprise, from whom I didn’t know. Haha, I was having this strong feeling we would get to experience something really awesome. I know, I was such a trash of spontaneity, you could say that. The mere idea of not planning anything – what to do, where to eat, where to spend the night, for a day, excited me a lot! Coincidentally, I happened to stumble upon Mr. Kim (the owner of Potluck Stay) in Couchsurfing. He messaged me I thought 4 days before our flight and introduced me to Potluck Stay. He offered a free accommodation in a Hanok. I was stunned with disbelief. I was like, no way! This is too good to be true! But even before I could rationalise, my soul already left my sanity – all pumped up with excitement. I was hesitant at first (like the first few minutes) since I still didn’t have the guts to trust and explore Couchsurfing. I only used the app to make friends with locals who could generously offer free tours, you know. However, my instincts that time told me to try it for once, since Mr. Kim seemed warm and a good person. Also, his Potluck Stay was pretty legit – of course, I checked it out first. I stayed there for two nights for free. I was supposed to stay for a night only (my last night in Seoul) but something came up with work (2 days before our flight), I had to cancel my Busan trip and rebook my flight to go to Seoul directly. My rebooked flight was on the 22nd and I was supposed to be in Busan so I ended up with no hotel on my first day in Seoul. Sad. Sumber: https://www.tripzilla.com The word “guts” in “…I still didn’t have the guts to trust...” (paragraph 3) is closest in meaning to….

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It’s already a few days before our flight to Busan and I still wouldn’t book my last night. Stubborn me! I was waiting for a surprise, from whom I didn’t know. Haha, I was having this strong feeling we would get to experience something really awesome. I know, I was such a trash of spontaneity, you could say that. The mere idea of not planning anything – what to do, where to eat, where to spend the night, for a day, excited me a lot!

Coincidentally, I happened to stumble upon Mr. Kim (the owner of Potluck Stay) in Couchsurfing. He messaged me I thought 4 days before our flight and introduced me to Potluck Stay. He offered a free accommodation in a Hanok. I was stunned with disbelief. I was like, no way! This is too good to be true! But even before I could rationalise, my soul already left my sanity – all pumped up with excitement.

I was hesitant at first (like the first few minutes) since I still didn’t have the guts to trust and explore Couchsurfing. I only used the app to make friends with locals who could generously offer free tours, you know. However, my instincts that time told me to try it for once, since Mr. Kim seemed warm and a good person. Also, his Potluck Stay was pretty legit – of course, I checked it out first.

I stayed there for two nights for free. I was supposed to stay for a night only (my last night in Seoul) but something came up with work (2 days before our flight), I had to cancel my Busan trip and rebook my flight to go to Seoul directly. My rebooked flight was on the 22nd and I was supposed to be in Busan so I ended up with no hotel on my first day in Seoul. Sad.

Sumber: https://www.tripzilla.com

The word “guts” in “…I still didn’t have the guts to trust...” (paragraph 3) is closest in meaning to….