Santa Rosa, USA


Member since
2001The member has not specified any exchange dates
House in Santa Rosa, USA
Dear Home Exchangers. We live in Sonoma County, which is less than an hour's drive North of the Golden Gate Bridge of San Francisco. San Francisco is cool and foggy in the summer months. While our area is warm and sunny all summer. Our county is a land of agricultural bounty and world class wines; ancient redwood forests and secluded ocean coves and beaches and genuine small towns populated with independent thinkers and more than 300 friendly wineries, 40+spas, farm-to-tab le restaurants, art galleries, shops, rivers and trails that meander over oak-covered hills. We are famous for biking and hiking trails. The Pacific Ocean is fine for summer swimming with its beautiful sand beaches that stretch up and down the Coast.
Our Family
- 2 Adults
- 2 Children
- 11 Exchanges made
Occupation
- Retired Socail Workers
- Retired Socail Workers
Our Home
- House Type: House
- Floor: 2
- Environment: In a small town
- Bedrooms: 4
- Bathrooms: 3
- Sleeping Capacity: 7
References
In my house
- Pets - Not allowed
- Small children - Allowed
Exchange Types
- Home exchange
Indoor
- Free internet access
- Computer available
- Air conditioning
- Central heating
- Fireplace
- Washing machine
- Dishwasher
- Clothes dryer
- Television
Outdoor
- Garden
- Balcony
- Park / playground
- Garage
- Bicycles: 2
Facilities
- No smoking
- Car necessary
- Use/Exchange of car
- Seclusion/Privacy
Our Destination Wish List
- Lake Como, Italy
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Seville, Sevilla, Spain
- Granada, Spain
- London, UK
Spoken Languages
- English
- Español
- Deutsch
Our Neighbourhood

Nearest Airport: Santa Rosa, SFO; OAK - 24 mins;1 hr; 30min: & 1hr.
Occupation
- Retired Socail Workers
- Retired Socail Workers
Children
- Boy - Age: 44
- Girl - Age: 47
Pets
- We do not have pets.
About Our Family
My husband, Don, is 81 years old and walks with a cane. For the last 5 years he has been taking German lessons and we
have done 5 exchanges in German speaking countries. In total, we have done 16 exchanges over 25 years; two of them
were back-to-back in Europe. We like to go to classical music concerns, museums, lovely gardens, zoos and aquariums.
Judy, is 80, and likes to bike on exchanges and do all the above activities. Don wants to be in a big city for our 2016 exchange and close to public transportation...ie., bus or metro (subway) service. He does not want to have to walk up more than
2 flights of stairs to exchange family's apartment or home....prefers elevators to 3rd floor apartments. For all our exchanges,
except in Amsterdam, Don has had to drive a stick shift car and does not want to have to drive every day.
Lifestyle
We live in a small retirement village with lots of activities. Friends play golf across the street and sometimes eat at
the restaurant there. We like to walk in our neighborhood. Judy likes to ride her bike. Judy goes to aqua aerobics 3 times a
week and swims every day in one of the 3 swimming pools in our village. She and Don attend world affairs lecture weekly,
sometimes use the local gym. Judy likes to garden and belongs to the garden and Spanish clubs. We like to sit on our
front deck in the mornings and have coffee and look at the beautiful view of the mountains, green golf course and wineries.
In warm days, we like to eat dinner in our private backyard patio and watch the deer, rabbits, wild turkeys and quail roam
on our hillside (and eat our beautiful plants...haL ha..! Don likes to watch football and baseball on the T.V.
References
This member has completed 11 successful exchanges. Here are some members that he exchanged with in the past:
Graz,
Austria
AT05169
Thun,
Switzerland
CH2264
Hamburg,
Germany
DE1005692
Berlin,
Germany
DE7870