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From time to time as I blogger I have the opportunity to review products. I don’t always take up these offers, but this is one I was very glad I did. All the opinions are my own (or my kids) – I was not paid for this review, just sent the game to try out with…
One of the many things I love about house swapping holidays / vacations, particularily in a non-touristy area is seeing life in other countries as it really is – not in a picture perfect manicured theme-park version of a country. We are staying on the edge of a lovely medieval french hill-top town, but it…
Today we headed for a chateau, which made a change from a cathedral! Or else there would have been a risk that this blog and our holiday would need to be remamed “a Tour or French Cathedrals while House Swapping”! It was in the beautiful village of Pierrefonds, and not surprisingly has been used as a…
Today we designated as “shopping day” of our 2 week holiday in France, and we headed north to Lille. Thanks to some excellent driving by my husband, and excellent navigating by moi, we managed to go directly to an outlet shopping centre, followed by a large shopping centre. I did buy a few items of…
This week in Snapshots from around the world the theme is baskets – so the perfect excuse to share the baskets from the local markets which I should have didn’t buy! We are about half way through our house swap here in France, if you have a moment, you can check out my previous posts, including…
One of the top advantages of house swapping is getting to stay in a real home, not an annonymous hotel room or impersonal appartment. While I am not going to show lots of photos of our hosts’ home, here are a few of the wee things I have enjoyed about this house. The gorgeuos tiled…
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