Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Summer Vacation Exchanges

[Annika Forester (alforester]

HI Mela, I live at N Street, and myself have done a fair bit of travelling.
Last year to England, Ireland, Denmark and Germany.  All the while I have
been thinking, even for several years now on starting some kind of exchange
service.  there is a model out there in which my parents have participated
very successfully.  The "holiday home exchange book" is published every
februarty with thousands of homes all over the world included in it.  You
llok up the place you want to go, and read all the coding for each home
that is offered.  Hopefullly some one there has dates open that match yours
etc.. So far my parents had 3 great exchanges with people who have groiwn
to become lifelong friends.  i would love to see this work in coho and
communities in general. I spent a month in Christiania in Copenhagen a
1000+ person squat that has existed for over 25 years.  Very interesting.
I also visited in Denmark a commune called Svanholm, which is the largest
organic farm in denmark.  anywya, I would be very interedted i nhelping,
collaborating, or whatever.  I am addicted to travel.


mpre later.   If you don't know about the holiday home exchange guide,
maybe it might be found in the advertisement section of sunset magazine, or
I could probably find it somehow.

go for it!

Annika