We had a wonderful week in this very spacious and beautifully decorated apartment. We were welcomed like kings. The family had even prepared delicio...
Read More...Helen
United Kingdom
Jul 25, 2019 - Jul 31, 2019
Became a member in: 2000
Renewal Date: 28/May/2020
We are a Czech-American family of four. Jeff is a journalist-turned-diplomat, while Jana runs the household. Our two boys are Krystof, 14, and Simon, 8. While we consider Prague (Czech Republic) home, we have deep ties to Rome, Italy, where we lived for many years and to the San Francisco Bay Area, where Jeff is from. Vienna has been home for a little over a year.
Additional languages spoken
Czech, Italian, Spanish
Profession
Diplomat
Helen
United Kingdom
Giovanna
Italy
Cathrine et Patrick
Switzerland
We had a wonderful week in this very spacious and beautifully decorated apartment. We were welcomed like kings. The family had even prepared delicio...
Read More...We had a wonderful week in this very spacious and beautifully decorated apartment. We were welcomed like kings. The family had even prepared delicious Christmas cookies. The apartment is located in a nice and quiet neighborhood. The bus is less than a minute's walk away. Several food stores are on the course which was very convenient. It was very easy to reach the old town of Vienna, Schönbrunn or Grinzing. We really had a dream holiday in Vienna.
Read Less...Douglas & Leslie
United States
We loved Jeff and Jana's top floor apartment with lots of skylights and surprisingly private terrace overlooking a pretty hillside view where we saw a...
Read More...We loved Jeff and Jana's top floor apartment with lots of skylights and surprisingly private terrace overlooking a pretty hillside view where we saw a fox one evening and rabbits another! The location is great--close to Grinzing and some wonderful hikes, but super easy to get anywhere in the city with a bus stop just one minute away (we got week-long public transportation passes which were great). We also drove their comfortable car to Krems and the Wachau vallley for a day--a beautiful drive and cruise. All in all, a wonderful exchange--thank you, Jeff and Jana :-)
Read Less...Di & Ruth
United Kingdom
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Smoking Not Allowed
Children Welcome
Use of Personal Car is possible
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Description of the home we are offering for exchange
Beautiful, light-filled attic apartment in upscale Sievering district of Vienna, Austria. Three bedrooms, two baths, terrace, and garden. Sievering is a beautiful neighborhood nestled at the edge of the Vienna Woods and amid acres of rolling vineyards. It's also easily accessible to downtown Vienna via public transportation across the street. The neighborhood is full of wine restaurants, called "heuriger", that serve the lovely whites produced from the grapes grown on the surrounding hillsides. We have bikes that you can use to explore the forests and also a car if interested in a car exchange.
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Description of our neighbourhood and surrounding area
Sievering is gorgeous. Please read about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sievering . Also, please Google images for Sievering to get a better idea.
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Our home exchange - places to go and things to do while staying in our home
Vienna is consistently voted as the world's best city for living, year after year. There's a reason for that. World class museums, theater, concerts, parks, forests, clean air, the best drinking water, safety, great restaurants. It really has it all.
Our home exchange - here are our Preferences and House Rules
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Conditions
Use of Personal Car
Home Exchange Type
Became a member in: 2000
Renewal Date: 28/May/2020
We are a Czech-American family of four. Jeff is a journalist-turned-diplomat, while Jana runs the household. Our two boys are Krystof, 14, and Simon, 8. While we consider Prague (Czech Republic) home, we have deep ties to Rome, Italy, where we lived for many years and to the San Francisco Bay Area, where Jeff is from. Vienna has been home for a little over a year.
Additional languages spoken
Czech, Italian, Spanish
Profession
Diplomat
Helen
United Kingdom
Giovanna
Italy
Cathrine et Patrick
Switzerland
We had a wonderful week in this very spacious and beautifully decorated apartment. We were welcomed like kings. The family had even prepared delicio...
Read More...We had a wonderful week in this very spacious and beautifully decorated apartment. We were welcomed like kings. The family had even prepared delicious Christmas cookies. The apartment is located in a nice and quiet neighborhood. The bus is less than a minute's walk away. Several food stores are on the course which was very convenient. It was very easy to reach the old town of Vienna, Schönbrunn or Grinzing. We really had a dream holiday in Vienna.
Read Less...Douglas & Leslie
United States
We loved Jeff and Jana's top floor apartment with lots of skylights and surprisingly private terrace overlooking a pretty hillside view where we saw a...
Read More...We loved Jeff and Jana's top floor apartment with lots of skylights and surprisingly private terrace overlooking a pretty hillside view where we saw a fox one evening and rabbits another! The location is great--close to Grinzing and some wonderful hikes, but super easy to get anywhere in the city with a bus stop just one minute away (we got week-long public transportation passes which were great). We also drove their comfortable car to Krems and the Wachau vallley for a day--a beautiful drive and cruise. All in all, a wonderful exchange--thank you, Jeff and Jana :-)
Read Less...Di & Ruth
United Kingdom
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