We have been based in the tiny village of Mahon, Brittany, France for the past 5 weeks. Mahon is 15 minutes drive from the bigger town of Josselin. The sit has been the longest one so far. This has given...

We needed a stopover on the way to Brittany and Rheims was suggested. I am just so very happy that we listened to recommendations from the travel forum on Tripadvisor. The cathedral is so inspiring and...

Annecy is known to be a very scenic and expensive city close to Switzerland (Geneva is 30 minutes away) in SE France. It often gives access to some of the best ski resorts of France. Annecy has a lovely...

We had a 10-day gap between our Belgium sit and our 5 weeks sit in Brittany. In winter the amount of housesits is definitely reduced as less people are traveling, especially just after Christmas. We wanted...

The Countess Mathilde de Canossa, who reigned over northern Italy and Tuscany in the 11th Century stopped for a drink of water at this spring and her gold wedding ring dropped in the water. Legend says...

We spent just under 3 weeks in a small town called Straimont in the Ardenne region of Belgium. The dogs were wonderful and the area was really so pretty. I didn’t realise before we came on this big trip...

We have looked after many dogs in our journey but Angus has been the happiest so far 😊 He is 4 years old and has such a JOY of life. He would bound around on the forest paths, carrying a HUGE stick in...

2 October 2021 – 3 January 2022 Well we have now been travelling for three months. In this time we have done six house sits with four being in Germany, one in France and one in Switzerland. We...

Trier is the oldest city in Germany and can trace its roots back to the 1st Century BC. When we saw that it was available as a housesit over Christmas and New Year for several weeks we jumped at it. We...

Since Luxembourg is only 45 minutes away by train we decided to go there for a short while. It is a beautiful, clean very busy city. Interestingly it has the second highest GDP per capita in the world....