'I felt like Cameron Diaz in The Holiday - then the 洗面所 爆発するd': New York woman who 貿易（する）d apartments with a friend in Scotland 明らかにする／漏らすs the grim realities behind glamorous movie-奮起させるd home 交換（する）s

A woman who swapped her New York City apartment with a friend who lives in the UK in what was a real-life 見解／翻訳／版 of Cameron Diaz's The Holiday has 述べるd the highs and lows of the experience - 含むing not 存在 able to 人物／姿／数字 out how to turn on the heat and an 爆発するing 洗面所. The 2006 flick - which also starred Jude 法律, Kate Winslet, and Jack 黒人／ボイコット - followed two strangers, one from a 静かな English village and the other from 星／主役にする-studded Hollywood, who decided to 貿易（する） homes in an 試みる／企てる to spice up their lives.

Talia Lakritz, a 新聞記者／雑誌記者 from New York, experienced a real apartment switch recently - spending weeks living in her friend 粒子 Chung's two-bedroom home in Edinburgh, Scotland, with her partner, Coren. At the same time, 粒子 (pictured), who is 非，不，無-binary, and their beau, ツバメ, lived in Talia's one-bedroom abode - but the house 交換（する） wasn't as 平易な as it seemed in the movie The Holiday. While Talia said it was an 'incredible' experience, she 認める that she 直面するd 非常に／多数の struggles along the way, 含むing trouble adjusting to her new home and some major plumbing problems 支援する in New York.

She opened up about the adventure to Insider recently, explaining that the idea （機の）カム about after 粒子 地位，任命するd an 広告 on their Instagram and Twitter asking if anyone 手配中の，お尋ね者 to change homes with them. 'NYC! I am looking for a 住宅 交換（する）. Please 攻撃する，衝突する me up if you want to spend the holiday season in sunny Edinburgh,' she wrote.

'Edinburgh is not very sunny, but it is magical nonetheless.' Talia said she 'すぐに reached out' because she 'loved the idea of swapping homes with a 信用d friend as a way of traveling to a new country.'?

The two '交流d photos of their living spaces' and '確認するd dates that would work for both of them.' They then wrote 詳細（に述べる）d 'guides' to their apartments and 近隣s, before jetting off to their new homes around the globe. '類似の to an Airbnb guest 調書をとる／予約する, we 含むd basics like Wi-Fi logins, trash 処分, and laundry-machine use, 同様に as 場所s of the closest grocery 蓄える／店s and guides to 地元の transportation,' she explained. Upon arriving in Scotland, Talia (pictured) said she was 即時に reminded of The Holiday. 'Dragging my luggage through the cobblestone streets of Edinburgh, I definitely felt a bit like Cameron Diaz's character in The Holiday,' she wrote.

'In the film, Amanda's (Cameron Diaz) cab driver 減少（する）s her off as の近くに as he can get to the 田舎の cottage. She ends up trudging through the snow with her cumbersome スーツケースs while slipping around in her high heels. The 10-minute walk to my accommodations wasn't as 劇の, but it did make me nostalgic thinking of the movie.' However, Talia soon 直面するd her first problem when she had trouble turning on the heat in the apartment.?

'I don't 支配（する）／統制する the heat or hot water in my New York apartment, so it took some time to learn my way around the boiler in 粒子's,' she explained, 追加するing that the guide 調書をとる／予約する 粒子 had written '証明するd useful' in helping her finally 人物／姿／数字 it out. There were some other '予期しない 問題／発行するs' during the 交換（する）, like blown fuses and burst water 麻薬を吸うs. Pictured: Talia in Scotland.?

'In Edinburgh, a flickering light fixture blew a fuse that 要求するd calling an electrician to 修理,' she explained. 'I was worried I had done something wrong, but 粒子 保証するd me that those lights have always been "cantankerous," which made me 料金 l a bit better. The electrician they recommended （機の）カム the next day and 直す／買収する，八百長をするd the problem in about 15 minutes. A little while later, I noticed my New York City building's group 雑談（する） talking about plumbing 問題／発行するs in さまざまな apartments.'

'I let 粒子 know that there might be a problem with water in the building ― in the past, 冷淡な 天候 has 原因（となる）d 麻薬を吸うs to burst. All seemed 罰金 until two days before I was scheduled to 飛行機で行く home, when 粒子 messaged me to let me know that my 洗面所 had, in fact, 爆発するd. My superintendent was able to 供給する an 即座の short-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 直す／買収する，八百長をする until a plumber arrived the day after I got home. I still feel bad that they had to を取り引きする that.' Pictured: 粒子 with their partner, ツバメ.?

In the end, にもかかわらず the 事故s, Talia said it was a successful 努力する. She explained that living in an apartment - rather than staying in a hotel - helped her feel more like a 地元の and いっそう少なく like a tourist, giving her the 十分な Scotland experience. It also saved both of them a hefty 量 of money that they would have had to 支払う／賃金 for 宿泊するing.?'I would 絶対 交換（する） apartments with a friend again,' she 結論するd. '全体にわたる, the 協定 worked out perfectly for both of us. We each had 解放する／自由な places to stay in countries we 手配中の，お尋ね者 to visit, and it was lovely to reconnect with a friend I hadn't seen in years.' Pictured:?粒子.?

'I asked 粒子 for their thoughts, 同様に. They told me that it was "極端に grounding" to stay in someone's home while traveling, and helped them feel いっそう少なく anxious about 存在 in a new place.' Talia 追加するd that she would definitely do it again with another friend, however, she 'doesn't think she would feel comfortable swapping apartments with a 完全にする stranger' like in The Holiday. And next time, she said she would make 'extra 成果／努力 to 確実にする that she is as 用意が出来ている as possible for any 可能性のある 複雑化s' and that they both 'know who to 接触する if something needs to be 直す／買収する，八百長をするd.' Pictured: Talia with her partner,?Coren.

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