21 July 05 - Our plans so far

Our initial plans are as follows:

A couple of days in London to find our travelling feet.


Then off to Edinburgh for the Fringe Festival and Military Tattoo.
More about the Fringe and tattoo:
http://www.edfringe.com/ and http://www.edintattoo.co.uk/











After many late nights in Edinburgh we will relax in Dundee for 2 weeks with Tam's sister and her 8 month old baby Kali.


After eating too much haggis, we are then off to Paris to meet up with Lillian and Rod where we have booked an apartment in the 10th arrondissiment.
Our Paris accommodation.

















After 7 nights in Paris, we make our way to our first home swap in Berlin for two weeks.
http://www.silvialettau.com/berlin/berlin.html


Our next stop is Copenhagen (another homeswap) so we can catch up with 'our Mary' for three weeks.
Our Copenhagen accommodation:
http://www.digsville.com/listing_photos.asp?id=771


We're then off to Amsterdam for our second last homeswap where we can admire all the skinny houses for three weeks.
Our Amsterdam accommodation:
http://www.homebase-hols.com/ihea/houseinfo.cfm?id=16263


The final home swap is in St Sornin (near Cognac in France) where we have four weeks in a 200 year old stone cottage.
Our St Sornin accommodation.
















We don't know where will be be over Christmas, Mark's Birthday and New Year but it will be around Spain, Andorra and the French Riviera.


Our final extended stop is in Casoli (same level as Rome but on the opposite coast) where we hope to get some snowboarding in.
Our accommodation in Casoli is on this hill overlooking the mountains.















Then its off for a couple of days in Rome before Mark heads back home via London whilst Tam travels a little bit more into Ireland and back to Dundee for a final visit with her sister.