by Siggy Buckley - checking in from her Intrepid Home Swapping trip to Europe                   Although I'm German and ...

... Except there is no real border anymore when you cross over from Germany into France, only a sign saying: “ You now entered Fra...

The wonderful house we swapped with a German family in the East near the Baltic Sea   came with a boat house and a small craft that di...

My favorite weekly German news magazine " Der Spiegel " surprised me last week with an article about eBooks and becoming your own...

When I tell people that we're doing home swaps as a way to have a wonderful and cheap vacation time, they ask me about the main diff...

It was the last week in January.  Back in my own home, tuned in to my favorite Irish radio station and presenter, I was listening to him tal...

With more dash than cash it's hard to fulfill your traveling needs...Thinking of the top '100 places you should see before you die...

Here are the News: Standard & Poors (allegedly) is downgrading Germany! Fear! Panic! Here is a different reading: tiny little private...

Let me take you on a little pre-Christmas trip today from your PC or EZ-chair to the lands of Christmas markets, Germany and Austria. Also...