Retirement Travel : a possible dream

Every day I seem to come across new blogs on home exchange: one of the most interesting I have read recently has been retirement travel : a possible dream. The blog, written by Pat and Lew Weinstein who reside in Key West, Florida, contains a mine of information both about home exchange and the possibilities of spending part of your retirement in another country - in this instance France. They write about how they found their apartment in a seaside village in the South of France and use it as a base for home exchange travel all over Europe. But not only is their residence in France part-time, it would seem that for Lew, an author, retirement is part-time too as he has just published his book "The Heretic" which is receiving acclaim reviews.

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Posting a comment on the GTI Home Exchange Weblog

Members of GTI Home Exchange may be unfamiliar with the concept of blogging and how to post comments on articles which have been published on the GTI Home Exchange Blog.

The "Comment" hyperlink is found at the end of each article and clicking on it brings up the login page, where you are able to create an account. Click on the link "Login as a different User". This will provide your with a User Name and a password, which is all that is required in order to be able to log-in and add comments on the GTI Home Exchange Blog.

We hope that GTI members will appreciate the value of the GTI Home Exchange Web-log where you can share your home exchange experiences, offer information useful to others contemplating a home exchange, and bring up any other relevant topics. This is your forum for home exchange - make it a great one. Enjoy home exchange with Green Theme International, a Great Travel Idea for people with Good Travel Intentions.

Creating a GTI Home Exchange blogspot account

Members of GTI Home Exchange may be unfamiliar with the concept of blogging and how to post comments on articles which have been published on the GTI Home Exchange Blog.

In order to be able to add a comment, you first of all need to create an account at http://www.blogger.com/start.
Click on "Create your Blog" and complete the first part of the procedure which is to Create an Account, by filling in the boxes "Choose a user name", "Enter a password" etc. as appropriate. This will provide your with a User Name and a password, which is all that is required in order to be able to log-in and make a comment on the GTI Home Exchange Blog. The "Comment" hyperlink is found at the end of each article and clicking on it brings up the login page.

You do NOT need to complete Steps 2 - Name Blog and 3 - Choose Template - unless you wish to create your own Personal Blog.

If you need any further help in posting a Comment on the GTI Home Exchange Blog do not hesitate to send me an email requesting further assistance.

A Step too Far

Hi Kate,
Now I know I went to Aus but the blogspot is just now perhaps a step too far, I do this in the library and hotmail does not like me visiting a site outside hotmail!! I think my article looks really good, though I say so myself. Just a shame the media wants families for their programme as we would have been up for an exchange where they paid the expenses, how wonderful is that. Hope more people get inspired to put their experiences on line.
Bye for now Jo Chambers