What do you do when your man comes to visit?

Happy Christmas Eve to everyone first of all. Soooo, my English guy is coming here in a few weeks, and I'm really excited and nervous. This will be our third time together (even though we've known each other 6 years now, zomg) and I cannot wait to hug him again after over a year of no psychical contact with him. Skype can only get you so far. He's going to be here for two weeks. We usually keep it rather chill, just go bowling, see a movie or two, walk to the park together. But I kinda wanna do something special for him because he's making a huge effort on his part to come see me (since I came to see him last year in England) when I know he's not hugely fond of America, no problems with Americans obviously, just doesn't like it here all that much. I'm sure most of the time we will be just hanging out at my house, but I do wanna do something semi-special for him as a thank you for coming 4,000 miles to see me. Any ideas? What do you and your British love do?

Do you live near anywhere exciting or that has something that can only be done/seen in your area?

When mine came for his first visit, it was December so most of the area attractions - amusement park, water park, touristy things surrounding Lincoln State Park and Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial (I grew up in the area where he'd lived in his Indiana years) were closed. We still saw a few other local things, because as mentioned above, seeing things only available in your area can be entertaining. We also got married while he was there.  We just decided to go for it since we'd intended to be married here but I had a bit of trouble with the IO at the airport and didn't get to stay long enough to be married.

When my husband used to come and visit we rarely got out of bed 

But we have been together for 15 years now and those days, sadly, are over!

I don't have any suggestions, but some advice. I agree, it will be nice to do something special with your SO, but when I'm with my Fiance, I always prefer to do normal stuff. I hate having days filled with an extensive itinerary with special things to do because about half way through, I want to go home and snuggle and laze around. Our first two trips together were very action packed, but the next three were much more relaxed and simple and we actually prefer those.

Obviously, you should feel free to do whatever you want and spend your time with your man however you want. You know him and your relationship with him far better than I do. My main point is that sometimes just being together is all the special you need  , so I wouldn't worry too much about what you're going to do. I'm sure a day devoted to some interesting tourist sites will be fun or showing him around some places you love.

We always tried to pack a lot into our time together.  Concerts, special dinners and even a trip to New Orleans.  My favorite part was always doing the 'normal' couple stuff.  I loved going to the supermarket with him, or staying in all day and watching crap on tv.  It made me feel like we didn't live 3500 miles apart.

Even though we are together permanently now I still find myself very much appreciating the normal and boring, maybe even a bit more than I do the fancy dinners or weekends away. 

I agree with doing lots of 'normal, everyday' things. We did a few of the in season touristy things, and I drove around for a view of the area, but we were able to sit and talk during the ride.

It is finding a balance of doing things and just appreciating getting to be together without feeling the need to entertain him. It is natural to want to show him the area and feel the need to entertain as a good hostess feels is necessary. Plan a couple/few things, but leave time for spontaneous entertainment and time to just relax and enjoy being together.  I didn't really go into that detail in my previous post. We had a few 'major' activities including a 7 hour each way/overnight trip for a concert, but we also snuggled on the sofa and vegetated in front of DVDs.

You don't say where you are. When I went to visit my now wife, we did the tourist stuff in Philadelphia (she's from across the river in NJ). Well I did most of it myself as she had to work so she dropped me at the train station in the morning and picked me up in the evening. we did a couple of baseball games. Went to bars and just hung out.
Funnily enough we didn't go to the cinema! DW loves going and I'm not a big fan - I just get annoyed with people making a noise! But we went to the cinema on Tuesday and DW mentioned it's only the 2nd time we've been since we've been together (2007)!

When my husband used to come and visit we rarely got out of bed 

Oh yes....that as well!!!