Brest, France
Platinum
Member since
2011| Exchange dates | Duration |
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| December 22, 2024 - January 04, 2025 | 1 weeks |
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Somewhere in Europe, from 1 week to 10 days. |
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Very bright house fully renovated in BREST, France
After several months of total renovation of our new home, we're proud to offer it to you in exchange for new experiences
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Our house was built in the 1950’s and was fully renovated last year. We mooved in it in March 2023.
It has 3 storeys (ground floor, 1st floor and attic) and a closed garden.
At the ground floor are located the kitchen, the living room and the bathroom. This floor leads directly to the garden, where you can enjoy eating in the open air in summertime and where children can play freely on the grass.
At the 1st floor are located the children’s and parents’ rooms and the 2nd bathroom + separate toilets.
And in the attic, you will find a study room, a guest room and another bathroom with a magnificient view on the bay of Brest.
Rooms on the garden side of the house also have a view over the sea.
There is also a cellar.
Our Family
- 2 Adults
- 2 Children
- 12 Exchanges made
Occupation
- Responsable de projets
- Enseignante
Our Home
- House Type: House
- Floor: 3
- Environment: In the city
- Bedrooms: 4
- Bathrooms: 3
- Sleeping Capacity: 6
- Living Area: 210 m2
- Total Area: 469 m2
References
In my house
- Pets - Not allowed
- Small children - Allowed
Exchange Types
- Home exchange
Indoor
- Free internet access
- Computer available
- Baby equipment
- Toys and games
- Washing machine
- Dishwasher
- Clothes dryer
- Television
- Piano
- Other musical instruments
Outdoor
- Garden
- Terrace or deck
- Park / playground
- Garage / private parking
- Bicycles: 2
Facilities
- Non-smoking house
- Use/Exchange of car
Our Destination Wish List
- Open to any destination
- Italy
- Japan
- Mauritius
- Norway
- New Zealand
- USA
- Vancouver, BC, Canada
- United Kingdom
- South Africa
- Quebec, Canada
- Australia
- South Africa
- Argentina
- Switzerland
Spoken Languages
- English
- Italiano
- Français
- Deutsch
Our Neighbourhood
Nearest Airport: Brest Guipavas - 15 min from our home
We live in the very city of Brest, in a part of it called Saint-Marc, which is very residential and quiet. Our street being a one-way street, we don’t have much traffic. And our neighbours are very peaceful people too!
So if you happen to spend a while in our house, you shouldn’t be bothered by the noise.
Brest is a city of about 150.000 inhabitants, comprising around 300.000 people with the whole agglomeration. It’s the second city of Brittany (Bretagne in French), which is the westernmost region of France. This place has much to offer, thanks to its cultural heritage and its beautiful geography.
If you want to know more about Brittany, you can have a look at this site: http://www.brittanytourism.com/
There is a lot to do and discover as far as cultural activities, museums, dancing, singing and eating are concerned.
As far as nature is concerned, Brest is set in a beautiful bay and is surrounded by beaches, cliffs, green hills and landscapes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2quW8PoDkaQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4CeosYKR9w
If you like hiking or simply going out for a walk, there’s a lot to do : http://www.brest-metropole-tourisme.fr/en/
In less than an hour drive you’ll be able to visit historic cities like Quimper or Locronan or explore the beautiful Crozon peninsula.
The site for the Finistère "département" (administrative area) is : http://www.finisteretourisme.com/home/
And for a look at possible leisure activities, you can look this site as well : http://www.loisirs-en-finistere.com/
(French)
Deux sites sur la ville et ses environs ainsi que sur son offre touristique.
http://www.brest-metropole-tourisme.fr/
http://www.tourismebrest.com/
L'été on ne s'ennuie pas dans notre région, le Finistère. Si vous voulez varier les plaisirs, de nombreuses plages et des paysages de rêve s'offrent à vous aussi bien au bord de la mer qu'à l'intérieur du pays. Par ailleurs, il existe un grand nombre de festivals de musique de style varié. Les sites ci-dessous vous permettront d'avoir plus d'informations sur ces événements.
http://www.vieillescharrues.asso.fr/
http://www.festival-cornouaille.com/
http://www.festivalduboutdumonde.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2quW8PoDkaQ
Occupation
- Responsable de projets
- Enseignante
Children
- Boy - Age: 17
- Boy - Age: 15
Pets
- We do not have pets.
About Our Family
We are a family of 4: Tatjana, 52, Gilles, 58, Ael 16 and Emil 14.
Tatjana teaches French, Literature, Drama and Communication to High School students and is also specialised in teaching French to foreigners.
Gilles works for a computer services company as a project manager.
Ael is at high school and Emil is going to secondary school . They both seem very happy there. They are very sportive boys (wind surfing, swimming, jogging, kung fu and scuba diving) and like practicing some music instruments (Irish flute and Scottish bagpipes while Emil plays piano).
Discovering other cultures and regions is our biggest passion. That’s why we spend our free time in travelling all around the world, the most of the time with our boys !
We have made 12 successful exchanges and are really enjoying this type of sustainable travelling.
Lifestyle
We're passionate about travel and all the world's cultures. We've loved discovering them with our boys since they were very young, either by the means of learning languages or by travelling, watching movies, going to the theatre, playing and listening to music or even reading.
Practising sports also belongs to our favourite activities : running, swimming and yoga mainly for adults and windsurfing, running and swimming for our boys. Every week we try to explore some new places in Brittany. And in Summer, we try and take advantage of the beaches that are next to Brest to have a swim in the ocean.
As a leisure we also take care of our garden, trying to keep the plants and trees under minimal control.
We don’t have pets, even though we like animals !
We’ve travelled a lot around Europe (Western, Southern, Northern, Central Europe and Balkans mainly) and in other parts of the world (Canada, USA, Russia, Japan, Mexico, Mauritius, New Zealand, Thailand, Vietnam, Senegal, Tunisia, Peru,...).
Swipping houses through Intervac provides us a great way to discover a place extensively, while being comfortable enough to attend some basic needs.
We have swapped houses 12 times through Intervac (Denmark, Canada, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Spain,Quebec, England, Austria, Switzerland, etc). It was always a great experience and we're ready to renew this adventure.
References
This member has completed 12 home exchanges. Those referenced below may contain feedback/impression from its exchange partners:
Brugge Sint Michiels, Belgium
BE00675Het huis was zoals in de aanbieding getoond, heel netjes en comfortabel Ook zeer rustig gelegen.
De communicatie verliep heel vlot, we voelden ons ook goed ontvangen (speelgoed voor onze kleinkinderen was speciaal klaargezet door de kinderen!).
Topruil!
Markham, Canada
CA2764
Marly, Switzerland
CH49903Der Kontakt mit der Tauschfamilie war unkompliziert und herzlich. Das Haus und die Region wunderschön.
Unsere Tauschpartner hatten uns viele Infos für Ausflüge in der Region bereitgelegt. Auch während des Austausches blieben wir in Kontakt und konnten somit allfällige Fragen klären.
Hinnerup, Denmark
DK100612
Vigo, Spain
ES2223
Espoo, Finland
FI0722
