My husband and I are close to retirement (5 years) and have three grown children. He was born and spent his first 30 years of life in Basel, Switzerland and we have family there. Our older daughter is a physician at the Mayo clinic in Scottsdale so we would love to do a home exchange (doesn't need to be simultaneous) in Scottsdale or any of the surrounding areas. Our younger daughter is currently living in Nacpan Beach, Philippines so we might like to explore an exchange near there. We love nature and being active (hiking, tennis, biking, yoga, swimming, running), as well as cooking (me), photography (him), film, theater, museums, dining out. We love to have a neat and clean environment so will take good care and be very respectful of your property. We have a gentle and sweet dog, but if we are traveling together, we have the option for him to stay with someone in our hometown of Saint Paul, Minnesota and near Scottsdale he can stay with our daughter. p.s. I am new to this so cannot find the area where "preferences" are listed-I notice that our profile says that we would prefer a place that allows children and where we don't need to tend to plants and neither of these are true :). We won't be traveling with children and I love caring for plants.