A tailored Quest!

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A few weeks back, when i had met an old friend of mine, she suggested some alternate career lines for me, which i can try during my sabbatical. One of them was creating customized itinerary or events based on personality, and individual choices. She seemed to be pretty confident that i could very well read one's vibe and create an experience around it. Though i didn't buy it, and laughed it off, by saying "you can start recommending your friends, and once i start full fledged, i will do the book reading event for your book." She happens to be a writer/poet who has stopped writing. :( 

Today, out of blues, another friend of mine(who doesn't know anything about this), called up asking to suggest things that she could do in the city she was visiting for a business trip. At the first, i was a bit surprised, and she convinced me, saying you have lived there, am sure you know nooks and corner of the city. I was like, i stayed about 5 years back, and post Covid a lot of things have changed in each and every city. A lot of food joints or the hidden gems of the city might not even exist now. Somehow, she was still confident that i could provide her the exact points where she could visit and enjoy too! Again people around me were more confident than what i was. :P 

So, i asked her to allow me sometime and let me create list of things that she can do/enjoy in the city. Post the call, i started with listing the places that i knew about, checked if they are still operational, and of course, based on her tastes customized it. The reviews that i used to post when i was in the city came in handy. 

This was something i had done for the first time. I really hope she enjoys her visit, the way i enjoyed creating the same. Keeping fingers crossed, that the places i mentioned live up to the expectations. 



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