Laois, Irland
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House in Ireland; Co. Carlow, ca 80 km from Dublin. Near Carlow Town.
We have agreed an exchange for the summer of 2024 with Orlando FLA.
We are ready to go again in the summer of 2025, and we are flexible as regards length of stay.
We are the Derenda family from Ireland. 2 adults
So far, we have completed 21 exchanges 5 in the US & 1 in Canada, 6 in Spain, 2 in Germany, 2 in France, 1 in Ireland, 1 in Austria, 1 in Sweden, 1 in Portugal & 1 in Italy).
Our house is about 100 km from Dublin airport, and about 80 km from Dublin city entre. A new motorway, located only 9 km from our house, will bring you there in about 1 hour. The nearest city is Kilkenny, about 30 km away.
Our own town, Carlow (the county's administrative "capital" with approx. 20,000 inhabitants) is only 2 km from our doorstep, yet we are considered to be "in the country". Find out more @ http://www.carlowtourism.com/ and www.countycarlow.com/ OR
https://www.tripadvisor.ie/AttractionsNear-g186593-d492235-Mount_Wolseley_Golf_Club-County_Carlow.html
We are close to many interesting sights in Ireland. Located in the South East of the country we are only 80 km from Dublin city, 30 km from Kilkenny http://www.kilkennytourist.com/directory/places_to_visit/ 80 km from Waterford http://www.waterfordtourism.org/ . The Irish East Coast is famous for its beaches (Curracloe Strand - location of Spielberg's 'Saving Private Ryan'- 80 km). Glendalough, the world famous monastic site http://www.glendalough.ie/ (80 km) in County Wicklow, the 'Garden of Ireland'. http://www.visitwicklow.ie/ Boat-cruises can be taken on the river Barrow either upriver to the River Shannon or downriver as far the Irish Sea - South Coast). Local Places of interest include, Brownshill Dolmen (one of the largest monoliths in Europe, http://www.carlow.pl/en/browneshill-dolmen
Plenty of golf (Mount Juliet http://www.mountjuliet.ie/golf/index.html golf course (50 km en route to Waterford). For the not-so-serious golfer there are a number of 'pitch and putt' courses and a 'par three' course in the immediate vicinity. Also of interest are The Irish National Stud and Japanese Gardens, Kildare Town, 50 km. http://www.irish-national-stud.ie/
Many other Irish sights and attractions are only a short drive away.
Familie
- 2 Voksne
- 0 Børn
- 21 Antal gennemførte bytteaftaler
Beskæftigelse
- Barrister
- Teacher
- Teacher
- Lecturer
Vores bolig
- Boligtype: Flerplanshus
- Etager: 2
- Beliggenhed: På landet
- Soveværelser: 4
- Badeværelser: 3
- Antal sovepladser: 6
Referencer
I min bolig
- Husdyr - Ikke tilladt
- Mindre børn - Tilladt
Aftaletyper
- Boligbytte
Indendørs
- Gratis internet adgang
- Computer tilgængelig
- Centralvarme
- Pejs/brændeovn
- Vaskemaskine
- Opvaskemaskine
- Tørretumbler
- TV
- Klaver
Udendørs
- Have
- Terrasse
- Legeplads
- Grill
- Garage
- Cykler: 4
Faciliteter
- Ikke-ryger
- Nødvendigt med bil
- Bilbytte
- Ugenert
- Husdyr skal passes
Our Destination Wish List
- Åben for alle tilbud
- Portugal
- United States
- Florida, USA
- California, USA
Sprog
- Engelsk
- Tysk
Vores omgivelser
Nærmeste lufthavn: Dublin - 100 km
- Carlow Golf Club (4.7 km)
- Dunnes Stores Shopping Centre (1.2 km)
- Oak Park Forest Park (5.8 km)
- River Barrow (1.7 km)
- Nearest Boat Launch (2.2 km)
- Killeshin Hills (3.5 km)
- Irish Sea (73.6 km)
- Wexford Beaches (69.0 km)
- Blessington Lakes (54.1 km)
Our detached dormer bungalow is located on a small country road approx. 2 km from Carlow town.
For more impressions of the area in and around Carlow itself please follow these links: www.carlowtourism.com/ OR www.countycarlow.com/ OR https://www.tripadvisor.ie/AttractionsNear-g186593-d492235-Mount_Wolseley_Golf_Club-County_Carlow.html
We are close to some of the most favourite spots in Ireland including the coast at county Wexford, approx. 60 - 80 km away (with the famous lighthouse at Hook Head http://www.thehook-wexford.com/ The coastline here is ideal for mackerel fishing
http://www.wexfordtourism.com/ We are also next door to counties Waterford, Wicklow, Laois and Kildare.
Beskæftigelse
- Barrister
- Teacher
- Teacher
- Lecturer
Børn
- Der er ikke registreret nogen børn.
Husdyr
- Cat (domestic, shorthair, black & white male, neutered)
Om familien
We are: Anne and Claus,
Anne is a retired Science and Mathematics teacher , Claus a lecturer emeritus (German and English) SETU (South East Technological University, Carlow Campus).
Our children Daniel (26) & Barbara (23).no longer travel with us. Daniel is a Barrister and Barbara is a Science Teacher.
We have a cat called Figaro (8 years).
Livsstil
At the moment our car for exchange purposes is either a 1.6 l Ford Mondeo (Taurus in US) or a smaller 1.2 l Dacia Sandero. Both manual, both seat 5 max.. N.b. cars may change betwen now and the time we go on exchange.
We also have a small apartment in Frankfurt, Germany, which we could offer for exchange purposes and/or use if you want to explore more than just Ireland. (Probably of lesser interest if you are from continental Europe.) Flights are very frequent and cheap. N.B. The Frankfurt apartment is only available if Grandmother travels with us!
Referencer
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