We are Liz and Guido. Guido is fully retired after having spent many years in management with a multinational electronics giant. He is an electrical engineer, and it is unbelievable how many objects and devices he can restore to their original functionality. Liz is a linguist and teacher in adult education and is retired, too, but still takes on occasional assignments. We are experienced and meticulous homeowners, gardeners, handypeople and animal lovers. We know cats, dogs and horses and their special needs. When we travel, our lodgings are usually in better shape after our stay than they were before. We keep a clean, well-organized household in our two homes and will definitely do the same for yours. Our only requirements are Internet access and a clean and functional dwelling, which will be returned to you in immaculate condition. With our newly-won freedom to move about in the world, we are experienced home exchangers and have had housesitters both in our Austrian home and the Florida condo. We have done several house-/petsits ourselves now, too. References and additional information are available on request. We speak English, German, French, Italian and basic Spanish. We are seeking a New York 2012/2013 wintertime housesit. From March 2013 we will be available again for housesits in Europe.