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Article: Pretty as a picture
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- The Irish Times
- Article date:
- September 19, 2009
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Amanda Gannon , a reader from Sandyford, in Dublin, had the
holiday of a lifetime after swapping houses with a couple on
France's tropical Indian Ocean island of Reunion
TOWARDS THE END of the summer of 2008 a friend mentioned that she
had just house-swapped with a family in Florida. It had been a great
success, and for a family of six it also made economic sense,
allowing them to spend four weeks on holiday rather than the
traditional two.
Were there any downsides? "Well, I locked away my bling and the
family silver, of course," she said. "Oh, and I spent weeks
beforehand cleaning out cupboards that had not seen the light of day
for many a year. Otherwise it was great."
That evening, having ...