Returning to an exchange home you've used before is such a comfortable feeling. You have already figured our where to find things and how to work around the home's peculiarities. This particular home was our son's third swap when he was an infant. We have tried to recreate some of the snap-shots we took on that first trip to highlight how he has grown, from a tiny baby, asleep in many of the original images, to a tall boy about to enter elementary school.
Montreal is seducing me again. I love the historic Old Port area where our last home exchange house was located, but the same issues that apply to any tourist area make Vieux Montreal a harder place to swap homes than the Plateau, where we are now.
The older homes in the historic port have no garages, and on-street parking is impossible. Granted, I like to drive here then never touch the car again until it is time to leave, but if you swap in an area mobbed by tourists, you may have to walk a mile to get something from your vehicle, as I did several times during that swap.
Here in the more residential, but still interesting, Plateau the exchangers have a garage. Their car is parked there, but that is just as well: it is the tightest garage entrance I have ever seen. But with the exception of one hour spent sitting in my car around the corner during the weekly street cleaning hour, I have had a spot just outside the exchangers' living room window since arriving.
Which leads me to the next installment in free home exchange travel: intermodal transportation methods. Stay tuned...
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