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CA3100

Edmonton, Canada

Our house - architect designed, modern, accessible

Behind our house - porcupine mating season!

Our back garden - backs on to Millcreek Ravine.

Front deck - off kitchen. Weber gas barbecue.

Rear deck - seating for 6. Looks out over ravine. Lots of birdwatching.

Satellite view of our house showing solar panels on roof and proximity to ravine

Modern kitchen

View of living room from hallway

Living room

Master bedroom - queen size bed ("King" in UK)

Master "ensuite"bathroom - large walk in shower

Second bedroom - queen size bed ("king" in UK)

Elevator - makes all three levels handicapped accessible

TV Room on lower level

Second bathroom

Downtown Edmonton (credit: Jody Mitoma)

Edmonton Fringe - second half of August. Largest fringe festival in North America. In Old Strathcona, where we live.

Lots of open-air markets in summer time

Edmonton Folk Music Festival - a short walk from our house

Northern Lights over Edmonton

A view of the downtown Edmonton skyline - taken from near our house on a December evening

Downtown Edmonton at Night - new bridge (credit: Terry Donovan)

Fort Edmonton Park -historical buildings and attractions - just reopened after three years of upgrading!

West Edmonton Mall - still the largest shopping and entertainment complex in North America.

Several Nature sanctuaries provide beautiful walks and birdwatching opportunities

Bike Trails from behind our house - through the river valley for many miles in either direction.

Oro

Iscritto dal

2011

Disponibile per lo scambio

Date per lo scambio	Durata
May 15, 2022 - September 30, 2023	1 weeks
We are open for an exchange in Summer 2022 if Covid permits. We have just returned from the UK and Portugal (not an exchange) but would consider another exchange in the late summer or early fall of 2022. Very interested in summer 2023. We hope to exchange with a Hamburg couple but would be open to other exchanges too. We would like to exchange for at least a week but as much as a month or more would also interest us.

Date per lo scambio

Durata

May 15, 2022 - September 30, 2023

1 weeks

We are open for an exchange in Summer 2022 if Covid permits. We have just returned from the UK and Portugal (not an exchange) but would consider another exchange in the late summer or early fall of 2022. Very interested in summer 2023. We hope to exchange with a Hamburg couple but would be open to other exchanges too. We would like to exchange for at least a week but as much as a month or more would also interest us.

Modern, architect-designed house in wonderful central Edmonton location - designed to be "aging in place" friendly/accessible

Our house is in a very central location, within sight of downtown Edmonton and backing on to a large ravine and trail system – great views and access to the river valley "ribbon of green" - trails that go from one end of the city to the other. Bike, walk, cross-country ski.... The house was built about fourteen years ago. We planned it so that we can stay in it as we grow older. All three floors are accessible with a wheelchair thanks to an elevator and "at grade" entrance. We do not require accessibility (yet!), so our exchange can involve stairs. It is a fairly big house even though it only has two bedrooms. We could accommodate a couple of children on futons or foam mattresses, although the house is not really “toddler” friendly. We have two offices that could be used as sleeping spaces. We often travel with another couple so would enjoy an exchange which could accommodate four adults, but we would also be happy with a place which would be comfortable for just us two. In a great location, we are happy with a one bedroom apartment. We could supply complete camping equipment for four if you wanted to visit the mountains or lakes. (Tent, sleeping bags, camp stove, etc.)

In summer 2018 we spent two wonderful weeks in Amsterdam. In Summer 2019 we were in Sweden, Estonia and the UK. We had planned to be in London in 2021 - but...COVID. :( We are now looking at Summer 2022 at the earliest. We have tentative plans for June 2023 to exchange with Hamburg but would be willing to add on somewhere else in Europe. Or exchange with somewhere closer to home.

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La nostra famiglia

2 Adulti
0 Bambini
8 Scambi effettuati

Occupazione

Retired social policy consultant
Retired librarian

La nostra casa

Tipo di casa: Casa
Ambiente: In città
Camere da letto: 2
Bagni: 3
Posti letto: 6
Superficie calpestabile: 222 m2
Superficie totale: 270 m2

Referenze

Nella mia casa

Animali da compagnia - Non permessi
Bimbi piccoli - Benvenuti

Tipi di scambio

Bed & Breakfast (indicare il numero delle persone)
Richiesta di ospitalità
Si richiede uno scambio di lunga durata
Scambio non simultaneo
Scambio casa
Scambio di ospitalità
Scambio tra adolescenti
Case in affitto

All'interno

accesso ad internet gratuito
Computer a disposizione
Aria condizionata
Riscaldamento centrale
Camino
Giocattoli
Lavatrice
Lavastoviglie
Asciugatrice
Televisione
Chitarra

All'esterno

Giardino
Terrazza
Balcone
Parco giochi
BBQ
Garage
Biciclette: 2

Cosa offre la casa

No fumatori
Ascensore
Adatto a persone disabili
Uso/scambio della macchina

Lista destinazioni preferite

Aperto a tutte le offerte
Estonia
Croatia
Italy
Slovenia
Ireland
Canada
New Zealand
South America
Europe
Portugal
Spain
Poland

Lingue parlate

Inglese

Aeroporto più vicino: Edmonton International Airport (YEG) - 30 kms

Edmonton is the capital city of the province of Alberta. Population - 1 million+. Located in Treaty 6 Territory- Amiskwacîwâskahikan  ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ. Edmonton is known as the “Festival City” - August brings the largest Fringe Theatre festival in North America and a fantastic 4-day folk festival that attracts many international artists. In previous years, these have included Emmy Lou Harris, Martin Simpson, k d lang, Bonnie Raitt, Rodney Crowell, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Arlo Guthrie and John Prine. All a ten minute walk from our house! We have short but hot summers and we cram as much entertainment into them as possible.
We are located on the edge of a ravine which is connected by a “ribbon of green” that winds across the whole city – you can bike or walk from one end of the city to the other and the trail runs right behind our house. We can supply bicycles.
We are within sight of downtown – a 5-minute bus ride or a 20-minute walk. We live in Old Strathcona, the most vibrant neighbourhood in the city and voted the best neighbourhood to live in for 5 years in a row. We're also close to the University of Alberta. We have two open-air street markets close by and many restaurants and bars only a walk away.
Other tourist attractions include Fort Edmonton, an open-air historical museum, the Royal Alberta Museum (great indigenous collection!), the Art Gallery of Alberta, and West Edmonton Mall – for many years the largest shopping mall in the world.

Occupazione

Retired social policy consultant
Retired librarian

Bambini

Nessun bambino

Animali da compagnia

Non abbiamo animali domestici.

We are a recently retired couple who love to travel. Peter ran his own consulting business in the area of social policy. He is originally from New Zealand. Alison is a librarian and recently retired from Edmonton Public Library. We have two grown sons.

Two of our home exchanges involved hosting students attending University of Alberta for a semester (one from France, one from Sweden) We have really enjoyed the experience and getting to know their families.

This member has completed 8 successful exchanges. Here are some members that he exchanged with in the past: