SabbaticalHomes.com members have a lot in common. These stories illustrate small world connections and the implicit degree of trust amongst academics.
We were excited to recently discover that a family of 6 welcomed their lucky 7th member during their stay in a Sabbatical Home! The Butchers, an American family from Ithaca, New York (Cornell University) relocated their family of 6 to the UK while on a…
Greg* and his partner are both PhD researchers at Yale University in classics and comparative literature, respectively. They desired to travel to London to access vast library collections, particularly those at the Institute of Classical Studies. So Greg posted a home wanted listing on SabbaticalHomes.com…
Living happily every after with the help of SabbaticalHomes.com Perhaps you believe in love at first sight, but what about love at first rental? SabbaticalHomes.com has learned that an owner and a tenant who met via SabbaticalHomes.com have become engaged and plan to marry in…
Connections that result in long-lasting friendships People meeting by chance who happen to be from the same city is interesting but not all that uncommon. Two people meeting who spent time in the same tribal area along the Niger River in West Africa is certainly…
Barbara Kolber attended a festival in Cartagena Columbia two years ago and heard author Monica Ali speak about her immigration experience. Ali’s book, Brick Lane, was made into a movie in her Bangladeshi community in London. Kolber found her to be a modest and eloquent…
We get wonderful stories from our members about unique connections. One of these comes from a member from Illinois, Kathleen Adams. She and her husband were toying with the idea of moving to a new house in their neighborhood when they got a SabbaticalHome.com inquiry…
