Europe

"Adapter Kit: European Vacation Rental" author Steenie Harvey provides options in 13 European countries with all the information visitors need, including resources for language instruction, accommodations for every interest, and even engaging sidebars on regional highlights like ski resorts, golf courses, pubs, and markets.

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Passionately written by authors who have taken the plunge themselves, the exciting new Adapter Kit series helps travelers extend their journey and live like the locals in select international destinations.-- Hands-on tips for finding a home base while traveling -- whether it's for five days or five years -- in the most desirable cities, provincial towns, and rural areas

-- Well-researched information, such as estimated weekly and monthly costs, residency permits for longer stays, employment regulations, banking, transportation, health care, taxes, and languages spoken and resources for learning them

-- Commentaries on each destination's society and culture

-- Authors' thought-provoking personal anecdotes

-- Ideal for business travelers, students, military and government employees, couples, families, and retirees

-- Provides country-by-country facts for any traveler to Europe who desires a front-door key and a place to call "home"

-- Organized by region: Austria and Switzerland, Belgium and the Netherlands, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece and its islands, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Scandinavia, and Spain

-- Offers an introduction to each country, tourist office contacts, consulate information, and resources for language instruction

-- Lists accommodations for every budget and interest, such as a castle in Scotland, a canal boat in the Netherlands, a fjord-view log cabin in Norway, and a troglodyte cave in Spain

-- Sidebars feature regional highlights, including Alpine ski resorts, German Christmas markets, Irish pub culture, and Portuguese golf courses

-- Includes an appendix with information on home exchanges and how they work, a metric conversion table, andlistings of major European holidays, useful Internet addresses, emergency phone numbers, and country codes