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What is House Swapping? It is exchanging your home (or second home) with another homeowner somewhere else in the world for a vacation. Shop in their local supermarkets, live like a local, find out much more about a culture and way of life than you would ever experience on a traditional holiday in a hotel…
We are home, bags unpacked (mostly), and recovering from the jet-lag by spending the afternoon on the beach. Temperature has dropped significantly but we enjoyed the warm sunshine, but missed the warmer waters of New Emgland. We packed quite a lot into our final days in Concord, MA. It is a beautiful small New England…
Having stayed in such a perfect cape cottage on Cape Cod for 10 days, it was hard to imagine how our second destination would be any more pefect – but it is! Welcome to Concord, and our home for another 10 days. It is a beautiful historic home (1876!) which has been extended sympathetically and…
Have you ever been met off a long and slightly turbulent flight (with 3 tired kids and some slightly stressed adults) by the loveliest warm welcome and freshly homebaked cookies, fresh fruit, cartons of juice and the keys to her holiday house? And we had never met before? Welcome to the world of house swapping…
The house swap with a family from Dublin was a great success. It was only arranged about 2 weeks ago, but it was a great opportunity for a city break over Easter. Here are a FEW of my photos, sharing some of the highlights from our trip 1. The Georgian architecture, especially the doors, but…
Currently blogging from Dublin – I have internet access but no way to download photos, so Dublin photo-extravaganza will have to wait Lesson 1 I LOVE Dublin Lesson 2 I LOVE doing a House Swap (in Dublin!) Lesson 3 I LOVE shopping in Dublin Lesson 4 Doing a house swap is a great incentive to…