Cozy comfy home in a small historic college town. Three bedrooms with 1.5 bathrooms. Three TVs & wireless computer access. Beautiful backyard with whimsical hosta & flower gardens Plenty of sitting areas. Lots of limestone hardscape including outdoor fireplace.

Small safe town with Cornell, the only college in America whose entire campus is on the national historic registry. Take time to walk the campus & tour King's Chapel & enjoy the magnifent architecture. Lots of beautiful well maintained Victorian homes "Painted Ladies" to visually enjoy. We are five minutes from beautiful Palisides Kepler state park with hiking, rock climbing & fishing. Two city parks, pool & playgrounds within walking distance. All shops & restaurants in town are unique & locally owned.

Suggested Day Trips:

Iowa City IA. Home to IOWA HAWKEYES! Diverse college town University of Iowa & the beloved Hawks. 30 min drive

Cedar Rapids IA Shopping,Farmer's Market, museums, restaurants & theaters. 25 min drive.

Coralville IA Coralridge Mall best shopping 40 min drive.
Coralville reservoir with beach, swimming, picnicking, camping & boating, water skiing...

Williamsburg IA Outlet Mall 1 hour drive

Mississippi towns within an hour drive:

Dubuque, Ia with Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium with boat rides and great fishing & hiking.

Galena IL wonderful views shopping & restaurants. 90 min drive.

Quad Cities..Davenport IA, E Moline IL, Moline IL Bettendorf IL Home to American Pickers! (LeClair, Ia) 90 min drive.

Amana Colonies, Amana IA. Founded by Germans in the 1800s local tourist attraction. Remnants of an older simpler communal life. Modernized with great shops, wineries & family style restaurants. 1 hour drive.

Kalona IA. Modernized community living amongst Menonite community. Specializing in quilts & cheese curds. 90 min drive

Decorah IA in northern IA. Rich with Norweign history. 3 hour drive UFFDA

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http://www.visitmvl.com

http://cornellcollege.edu/about-cornell/visit/index.shtml
Please make sure to watch & listen to the ariel tour of our town & campus

http://www.stateparks.com/palisadeskepler.html
Website doesn't not do this beautiful state park justice.

http://www.foodisimportant.com/
Lincoln Cafe. Trendy restraurant in town. Review in Oprah's O magazine!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_City,_Iowa
Diverse fun college town 30 min drive.

http://amanacolonies.com/pages/arts-culture.php
One of the most visited tourist attractions in Iowa

http://www.cityofdubuque.org/
Beautiful Mississippi River town. Rich with history. Great day trip combined with Galena IL
http://www.cityofgalena.org/
Don't miss Italian meal at Vinny's http://www.vinnysgalena.com/

http://www.sutliffcider.com/index.html
GREAT local fun.

Abierto a cualquier fecha

Open to all destinations

New Orleans, LA
Ocean City, NJ
Charleston, SC
Washington, DC
San Francisco, CA
Savannah, GA
Seattle, WA

To name just a few!

We have an Australian exchange set for Oct 2013. Looking for a possible 2nd location for an extended visit to the Land Down Under.

Steve & Darla. Steve is a nationally published poet & retired Art teacher. Darla works customer service. Darla enjoys quilt making & flower gardening. We have 3 adult children who may or may not all travel with us. Chloe, 25 is working full time & Logan, 22 is a full time student at Loras college in Dubuque. Reid, 36 accomplished fine carpenter in Kansas City.. We have 1 small dog who also may or may not travel with us depending on destination & exchange partners' preferrance. We love to travel & home exchange seems to make it more affordable, interesting & comfortable.

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