We felt very welcome in this really large house! Even our large car fittet in the garage. Everything verything you need is already there! The house is a very good location in leuven: Direct across the abby with a small and really good restaurant. Behind the abby is a large parc for wonderful walks even with kids because there are many playgrounds, a small official pool (booked while our stay because corona so we could not test), a little traffic training area for the little ones with kettcars or bikes. Easy to spend the afternoon there... In 7 min on comfortable bicycle path you reach the wonderful middle of the city Leuven. It is worth to visit the town because of the wonderful buildings, the unesco world heritage St. Pieter church and the many little shops, café and nice people. We also visited the beach near De Haan (only 1,5h by car) and enjoyed it very much. Simon and Marijke communication was excellent both in the month leading up to our exchange and during. The link Simon gave us explained most of our questions to the house and the surrounding. We visited belgium for the second time and we are still in love with the country, the friendly people and the wonderful different landscapes in such a small country... Our house was clean by our return. The garden was in a good condition (and it was really hot...) Even we did not visit Brussel or Antwerpen (because of corona) we had some real good bike tours direct started at the house. A wonderful swap! Thank you Simon and Marijke