Bianca
Germany
Jul 31, 2022 - Aug 13, 2022
Became a member in: 2021
Renewal Date: 17/Feb/2023
Carmen, single mother and 2 teenagers : Clovis, 16, and Oscar, 14.
Additional languages spoken
English
Affinities
Plants & Gardens,
Tennis,
Watersports,
Skiing,
Cycling / Mountain Biking,
Hiking,
The Arts,
Music Lovers
MoreLessAffiliations
University Professors,
Teachers / Education Professionals,
Banking / Finance
Profession
Financial Manager
Bianca
Germany
Simultaneous Home Exchange
Smoking Not Allowed
Children Welcome
Use of Personal Car is not possible
Open to all dates | Europe | États-Unis | Norvège |
Open to all dates | Europe |
Description of the home we are offering for exchange
Very good location for anyone who wnats to visit Burgundy. Renovated house with1 floor + patio + garden in walking distance to everyday life shopping.
Here a listing of our rooms:
GROUND FLOOR:
- a big living room with cozy sofa corner and TV, dining room and open kitchen, direct on the patio, with view on the garden. The kitchen is well equipped.
- Guest toilet
- a laundry room with a washing machine and a dryer.
- a big cupboard close to the entrance where to store bags, outdoor shoes, …
- a nice patio where to lunch and spend warm outdoor evenings;
FIRST FLOOR:
- parent bedroom with a 160*200 bed
- 2 kids rooms: One room with a bed that can doubled bed 2 * 70 * 190 and another bedroom with a child bed 90*190.
- 1 bathroom with shower .
- 1 toilet.
- 1 small room equipped with a sofa that can be turned in a double bed, opened on a large balcony equipped with rough bench seat and cushions; mainly my teenagers area.
The whole house has about 140 sqm of living space. We have some toys for children. The garden is about 500 sqm with plenty of space for children to play.
We also have a vegetable and plants garden where you can pick up and eat what you want. The patio is a sunny location equipped with an electric shader.
We are opened to exchange during periods : 19/12/2021 upto 04/01/2021, 06/02/2022 upto 22/02/2022, 10/04/2022 upto 26/04/2022, 15/07/2022 upto 15/08/2022.
Type
House - 2 or more floors/ Main Residence
Amenities
Entertainment
Extras
Setting
Description of our neighbourhood and surrounding area
Paray-Le-Monial is a quiet little town in Bourgogne (10000 inabitants). Our home is located in the town center. Bakeries, butchers, organic food, grocery, restaurants, cafés can be easily reached on foot. Supermarkets (600m), a bus stop (300m) with connection to the train station (1.2km) and TGV station at Le Creusot-TGV.
Three times a week, there are little markets in town with vegetables and other fresh foods.
Outdoor Activities
Leisure
Cultural Activities
Transport Nearby
Neighbourhood Services
Our home exchange - places to go and things to do while staying in our home
Great wines region : Worldknown Burgundy wines but also conoisseur ones as Sancerre, Poully-Fuissé, Beaujolais, ... within less than a 2 hours drive.
Grat food region : Meat, cheese, snails, frogs, ... Well known french chefs as Bernard Loiseau, Fréderic Doucet, Michel Troisgros, ...
Great historical places : castles, roman churches, beatifull towns to be visited as Beaune, Moulins, Mâcons, Chalons-Sur-Saône, ...
Guedelon: It's a castle built nowadays with the Middle ages technics.
For walking or running, you can go along the river La Bourbince or le Canal de Bourgogne. A little farther, regions as Charollais-Brionnais, Les Monts du Roannais or Le Morvan are pretty good hills for walking and biking tours. For cycling, your are up to European cycling routes (Eurovelo 6 Road of the rivers, VeloLoire)
In summertime, it is possible to go to the outdoor pool of the town (550m on foot from our house, very familly atmosphere).
Tennis, near the pool, is also available for foreigners.
Others type of leisures as Le Pal (attractions), indoor football, booling, squash game, mosaic school, chamber music festival,...
Our favourite restaurants
Cafés & bars
Special places to shop
Leisure and cultural activities
Walks or jogging paths
Health or fitness clubs
Interesting day trips
Our home exchange - here are our Preferences and House Rules
Our neighbour's cat uses to consider all the surounding houses as its home ! So, we have a "shared" cat that is used to take a nap in ours; It's necessary to check if Marcel is out when you are leaving.
To water the plants if needed.
Conditions
Use of Personal Car
Home Exchange Type
Clovis
Oscar
Became a member in: 2021
Renewal Date: 17/Feb/2023
Carmen, single mother and 2 teenagers : Clovis, 16, and Oscar, 14.
Additional languages spoken
English
Affinities
Plants & Gardens,
Tennis,
Watersports,
Skiing,
Cycling / Mountain Biking,
Hiking,
The Arts,
Music Lovers
MoreLessAffiliations
University Professors,
Teachers / Education Professionals,
Banking / Finance
Profession
Financial Manager
Bianca
Germany
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