Family together at dusk in the beautiful coastal town of Cassis, in Provence, France
Tina and Michael enjoying the waves in La Jolla Cove. Summer 2009.
We have neighborhood parties all summer long. There are more than a dozen children between 2 months old to 18 years old within the dozen or so houses in our dual cul-de-sac neighborhood. This is a picture of our neighbor\'s house directly across the street.
Our family room adjoins the kitchen and has a big screen tv with DVD and 6 CD stereo system. This picture was taken from the kitchen.
View from living room looking toward the family room.
Picture of living room looking toward family room and kitchen, which is through the walkway to the left.
View of the kitchen taken from the family room.
Danish Modern teak furniture with seating for six.
Large upstairs room with beautiful view and a refreshing ocean breeze.
Picture shows just a portion of the master bath. This room also has two large walk-in closets, and separate shower and toilet areas.
Picture taken looking from master bedroom toward separate master bath area. Note flat screen Sony TV and computer with high speed internet connection.
Twin sized bed with student desk and a nice view towards the cul-de-sac.
Another picture of this bedroom with reflection in mirrored closet showing the desk area.
This is the view from the kid\'s upstairs bedroom #1.
Good size room with new furniture: desk, dresser, and computer with internet access and laserjet printer.
Another picture of the second child\'s bedroom showing dresser, desk. The computer and Cannon laser printer are on the desk to the right.
Another view from upstairs.
This room has a full size bed, dresser, desk with a new G5 computer with internet access and a color printer.
Another picture of the third kid\'s room showing desk and computer.
Guest room has a new high quality queen size bed
Picture of the bathroom and shower that adjoins the guest room downstairs.
The Los Peñasquitos (meaning little cliffs) Canyon Preserve adjoins our neighborhood. This is a wonderful area for hiking and mountain biking. http://www.sandiego.gov/park-and-recreation/parks/penasq.shtml
Seals sunning themselves at a beach that is 15 minutes from the house.
Our home can accommodate
6
People in our exchange party
4
# of previous exchanges
5
Children in our party
yes
Bedrooms
5
Bathrooms
3
Nearest Large City
La Jolla, California
Nearest Major Airport
San Diego, California
Home Exchange
We are looking to travel to (Open to any destination):
We love new destinations and adventures! We love trips to islands or coastal areas (we love snorkeling and sailing) or beautiful rural areas and historical locations. In our travels we most enjoy taking the time to get to know a small region; shopping for groceries at local shops; eating local cheeses, breads, wines and sampling local cuisine. Getting to know the people.
Provence or Pyrenees area, France summer
Cairns, Melbourne, Australia winter
Beijing, China summer
umbria, tuscany, other, Italy summer
The Home
We have a beautiful 2 story, 5 bedroom, 3 bath house (2700 ft2) on a quiet street (meeting of two Cul-de-Sac) at the top of a hill with an ocean breeze, in a community filled with children, minutes from beautiful Del Mar and La Jolla beaches, and immediately adjacent to the Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve. The house has a large & bright kitchen with the latest appliances, dining room, living room, and a family room with fireplace. The master bedroom has a Jacuzzi bathtub, flat screen Sony TV, and separate shower. The house has a fax machine and 4 computers (all have high-speed wireless access to the Internet). We also have mountain bikes and road bikes (6) for kids and adults. The living room has a beautiful new Sony flat screen TV (we replaced the one in the pictures) with high end stereo and DVD player.
I own this property.
HOME TYPE:
Single Family
The Neighborhood
The community is immediately adjacent to an extensive wildlife area (The Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve) known throughout California for mountain biking and hiking. We are minutes from several beautiful beaches, world famous golf courses (Torrey Pines, home of the 2008 US Open, Aviara), world-famous snorkeling and SCUBA diving areas (La Jolla Cove) the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, and we are approximately 15 minutes from downtown San Diego (Sea World, San Diego Zoo, Balboa Park & Museums). Less than 20 minutes away is the new LegoLand, and we are 90 minutes south of Disneyland. Mexico is 30 minutes south of us. We are biking distance from a beautiful Pacific Athletic Club that you could pay for by the week while you are here. The club has three swimming pools (Two for kids, one for adults), tennis courts (12), a gym, jacuzzis, and workout rooms. Many adventures await you here in San Diego!
ATTRACTIONS:
Country Club
Restaurants
Shopping
Galleries/Museums
Theaters
Health Club
Ocean
Mountain Trails
Biking
Surfing
Diving
Hiking
Boating
Other Information
We have family-sized cars (a 2002 Lexus ES300 sedan, and Honda CRV) are available for responsible use. We do not smoke and we are not interested in people in our house that smoke. We take very good care of our house and we will take very good care of any house in which we are guests. A housekeeper is available for your visit if her help is desired.
amenities:
Computer
Garden
HotTub/Jacuzzi
Internet Access
Washer/Dryer
FAX
Fireplace
Patio/Outdoor Dining
TV/Cable
Stereo/HiFi
CONDITIONS:
No Smoking
Auto OK
Child OK
Plant Care
No Pets
The Dates
Due to our kid's school schedule we would like to exchange houses for up to four weeks from the middle of June through the middle of August, or during winter break.
The Destination
We love new destinations and adventures! We love trips to islands or coastal areas (we love snorkeling and sailing) or beautiful rural areas and historical locations. In our travels we most enjoy taking the time to get to know a small region; shopping for groceries at local shops; eating local cheeses, breads, wines and sampling local cuisine. Getting to know the people.
We are a blended family of six (Jeff, Tina, Taylor, Kelsey, Kailyn, and Michael). It is not clear that all of us will make an exchange as our kids are old enough that they are sometimes off on their own traveling adventures! I am 54 yrs old. I own and run several biotechnology companies. Tina (38) is a clinical scientist. She and her son, Michael (12) recently joined our family. My son Taylor is 19 and a freshman at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. My two daughters, Kelsey (17) and Kailyn (15) enjoy swimming, surfing, and boogieboarding in the ocean, sailing, skiing, and playing tennis. All of our kids are proficient in French and are taking tennis lessons. Kelsey is on her high school tennis team, and Taylor sails on his school's sailing team. We all love sailing, diving, and skiing and have traveled quite extensively. The kids are now seasoned travelers (they have now visited about 20 different countries) and help with meals and navigation! I am certainly fortunate that they enjoy traveling.
The summer of 2000 we swapped houses, cars (and dogs) for the month of July with a family from Celony, just outside Aix-en-Provence. We explored Provence, saw a stage of the Tour d'France, spent some time exploring Paris (e. g. , Musee d'Orsay, the Louvre) , and explored the Cote d'Azur from Cassis to the Italian border. The kids swam in the Mediterranean and learned to sail a sailing dingy off the beaches of Cannes.
During the summer of 2001 we spent a week backpacking between the High Sierra Camps in Yosemite National Park in California (A ~55 mile circle at elevations from 6,000 to almost 11,000 feet). The kids also took part in the 3 week Junior Lifeguard program at the beach and we enjoyed tennis and sailing camps locally.
The summer of 2002 we exchanged houses with a family from Nasby Park, just northeast of Stockholm, Sweden. We drove down to Copenhagen, spent weeks exploring Stockholm and the surrounding area, and did a 4 day cruise from Helsinki to St Petersburg, which was coupled with visits to the Hermitage Museum and the St Paul and Peter's fortress.
The summer of 2003 we enjoyed a short trip to Lyon and Annecy, but spent the majority of the summer with the kids enjoying tennis, Junior Lifeguard and surfing camps here in San Diego.
The summer of 2004 we exchanged homes for almost five weeks with a family of five from Austria. We are visited Munich, Salzburg, and Vienna, and visited the Czech Republic for the first time. Prague was beautiful and interesting! We had a great time, and our home-exchange friends got engaged while they were living in our house!! They are now married :)
The summer of 2006 we did a six-week homeexchange with a beautiful family of 5 from Cassis, in Provence, France. This was a fantastic return to the area of our first homeexchange. Both our families had fantastic summers!
The summer of 2007, we traveled to Hong Kong for a week and a half, and among other things, had a great time at Ocean Park! We then moved on to Indonesia, starting in Jakarta and eventually ending up in Bali. We had a wonderful time, from the beaches of Bali to the monkeys in the monkey forest in Ubud!
In August 2008 we had a fabulous home-exchange with first time exchangers in Mill Valley, California. Their home is listing 92812. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay in their delightful home and we became fast friends. The children, though young, were wonderful and respectful guests in our home, which was absolutely immaculate upon our return. We hope to return to their home when we have the chance, as their spacious, naturally sunlit home has beautiful views and is in a fantastic location to take full advantage of both Marin and San Francisco sights and activities. We will certainly stay in touch with this beautiful family.
The summer of 2009 we stayed around our home in San Diego, as lovely Tina and her son were first joining us from Indiana.
We are looking forward to planning our vacation for the summer of 2010!
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