Home Exchange - Long term in Caversham, Reading UK
30th August 2006
In June 2005 we received our first email from the Hoptons (Anne & Nick) in Caversham, Reading UK, regarding a house exchange with us in Mission Bay, Auckland NZ.
Fourteen months on we are setting off on 3rd September for a three-month exchange, they will be coming to our Spring and we will be going to their Autumn.
This is our sixth exchange, Las Vegas, Utah US, London UK, Spain, Arizona US (and we have one booked for Vancouver Jan 2008!). All have been tremendous and given us a new way of exploring the world and meeting new people.
This is to be our first long term exchange, the others ranged from 4-6 weeks. Having been based in London for all of the 1990s we are eagerly looking forward to our extended holiday, giving us time to catch up with our numerous friends and family in the UK, revisiting our house exchange in Spain at the kind invitation of Tony and Tina the exchangers, maybe a trip to Ireland and no doubt a trip or two across to France. We are also having friends from Arizona come and stay for two weeks (met during our house exchange in Green Valley - they were friends of the exchangers and showed us great hospitality and friendship during our stay there) and also a friend from NZ stay for four days who will be in transit from Italy to NZ.
However, before the 4th we have the pre-exchange house spring-clean, handing over business in progress, and our packing. We also have to take into consideration the new security in place in the airports following the foiled terrorist action - during our 8 hour stopover in LA we plan to have lunch with friends who will pick us up at the airport - if we are allowed out!
30th August 2006
In June 2005 we received our first email from the Hoptons (Anne & Nick) in Caversham, Reading UK, regarding a house exchange with us in Mission Bay, Auckland NZ.
Fourteen months on we are setting off on 3rd September for a three-month exchange, they will be coming to our Spring and we will be going to their Autumn.
This is our sixth exchange, Las Vegas, Utah US, London UK, Spain, Arizona US (and we have one booked for Vancouver Jan 2008!). All have been tremendous and given us a new way of exploring the world and meeting new people.
This is to be our first long term exchange, the others ranged from 4-6 weeks. Having been based in London for all of the 1990s we are eagerly looking forward to our extended holiday, giving us time to catch up with our numerous friends and family in the UK, revisiting our house exchange in Spain at the kind invitation of Tony and Tina the exchangers, maybe a trip to Ireland and no doubt a trip or two across to France. We are also having friends from Arizona come and stay for two weeks (met during our house exchange in Green Valley - they were friends of the exchangers and showed us great hospitality and friendship during our stay there) and also a friend from NZ stay for four days who will be in transit from Italy to NZ.
However, before the 4th we have the pre-exchange house spring-clean, handing over business in progress, and our packing. We also have to take into consideration the new security in place in the airports following the foiled terrorist action - during our 8 hour stopover in LA we plan to have lunch with friends who will pick us up at the airport - if we are allowed out!
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