Long-stay Versus Short-stay Travel

I haven't had a massive amount to say for a while. I thought I would say a little bit about my thoughts on long or short-stay travel. For just over 2 months, I stayed at a guesthouse in Doncaster England. It's owned and ran by Florence/Flo, who is a lovely landlady and friend. She offers a 3-course dinner in the evening as well as breakfast (the dinner is extra but the breakfast is included in the price) and is great to talk to. :) Her place has been going through some changes so is an on-going work in progress, so for some of the time I've been there, I've been volunteering there. I've been helping redecorate the dining-room, specifically stripped a fair amount of the wallpaper and did a little of the painting. I also helped with getting the rooms ready and cooking food. I find being able to work voluntarily is something I like about staying in places for longer. When I come back from America, I plan to go back and do a food hygene course. I also like that you can get to know people better by staying a bit longer. When I go to America though, I will only be staying in places for shorter lengths of time. This is partly because tomorrow I go to stay near the airport, then on Wednesday I fly to America, so I'll be only needing the room for the one night, but apart from that, I'll be meeting with a couple of friends for my first few days of being in the US. I find short-stay travelling more a convenient thing, enough to perhaps look around or see people, but not long enough to be tied down to work or anything. I still do my craft work while travelling as well, so that's good too. For the remainder of my America trip, unless anyone else wants to meet or have me stay etc, I'll be looking around Nashville Tennessee. I love country music and of course Nashville is known as the home of country music, so I've wanted to go there since I was about 12 or 13.