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We are a German family living in Rastede near Oldenburg.
Gerhard (48) is an online journalist and Maren (37) is a language teacher and translator. Our son Levi was born in November 2022.
We both work from home (Maren currently isn't working)
We have 2 dogs and 1 cat.
We are looking for a kind person to mainly help with our son. Just entertaining him a few hours a day or take him for a walk etc.
Since Levi is speaking a lot now we prefer people with at least some German at the moment 🙂
Or spanish speakers are also very welcome,so he can get used to the language (also it's always nice for us to improve our Spanish - maybe if you are good at teaching I'm even interested in a few lessons) as we live part of the year in Spain and he will start nursery there in November.
Also a little help around the house like vacuuming.
Some spring cleaning and tasks and sorting out stuff that we never get around to doing.
There is also some gardening to be done if you like or if you are good at fixing things there are always some things that need improving.
Of course you must be an animal lover and it would be great if we could go away for a long weekend or even a week while you look after our animals once they know you.
Also we would love to have someone who likes to cook🙂 We like cooking too,but always tend to eat the same things.
So would really love to take turns at cooking
We invite you to practice your German with us if you are not a native speaker.
We have been travelling a lot around the world ourselves, Maren has also been a volunteer, and we are looking to host likeminded people.
We love travelling, meeting other people from other cultures.
We are looking for mature (mentality, not necessarily age) and independent people who don't need our care and entertainment 24/7. We love the company, cooking together, eating together etc, but we also like our privacy (especially in the evening when we like to retreat after Levi has gone to bed).
Also Maren has chronic migraine,so sometimes just needs some quiet time (the main reason why we need some help with Levi).
We can only host a single volunteer at the moment.
Ideally we're looking for someone who can stay between 2 weeks and 2 months.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Gardening
Animal Care
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
If you love children and animals, you will love our little ones ❤️
You can practice your German or English with us and get to experience life in Germany.
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Help
Help with our little son (playing, taking him for a walk etc, no "serious" duties)
Gardening
Help with our cats and dogs
Cooking
Cleaning
Teaching Spanish / language practice
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Spanish: IntermediateThis host offers a language exchange
My native language is German and I speak English fluently, so could help you with those Am interested in improving my Spanish Interested in improving my Spanish (which is pretty good already) or learn some Portuguese, Italian, Indonesian
Accommodation
Your own small room in our house, we share the bathroom
We have a nice house with a garden at the edge of town
What else ...
We are one vegetarian and one meat eater, so all welcome.
Volunteering schedule is somewhat flexible, but we expect you to do the hours. also we have some key hours (in the morning) that we definitely need covered (9-12)
You can go to Oldenburg by train are welcome to borrow a bike to explore the area.
The coast is not far either (less than half an hour)
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We use the internet for work including video calls
Space for parking camper vans
You can park opposite the house or in our garden
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Hours expected
5 a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (6)
It was kind of an awkward atmosphere from the beginning, something we have not known from previous workaway exchanges.
They did not really talk to us and also mostly ignored our little son unless "they… read more
Leider war es nicht ganz so wie wir es uns vorgestellt haben. Vom Haus aus geht man um die 30min zum… read more
We couldn't have asked for a better "big sister" for him.
Anita is very sweet and considerate and we enjoyed having her around.
Levi loved playing with her and she was so nice and helpful and also very proactive and always found herself something to do.
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It was kind of an awkward atmosphere from the beginning, something we have not known from previous workaway exchanges.
They did not really talk to us and also mostly ignored our little son unless "they… read more
Leider war es nicht ganz so wie wir es uns vorgestellt haben. Vom Haus aus geht man um die 30min zum… read more
We couldn't have asked for a better "big sister" for him.
Anita is very sweet and considerate and we enjoyed having her around.
Levi loved playing with her and she was so nice and helpful and also very proactive and always found herself something to do.
She was a great help with our little son as he absolutely loved her.
She also looked after our animals while we went on holiday,they all loved her too 🙂
They were always motivated and hands on and good company.
Would have them back any time :-)
They are both very handy and fixed a lot of things.
They do their work independently and are super reliable.
Both are easy going and good company, we really enjoyed having them here!
They are easy going, nice company and bonded well with our animals.
They helped us with a variety of tasks - vet trips, cleaning, gardening, translating,...
Just give them a task and they'll happily do it!
They also had some own ideas which we always welcome.
When we went away for… read more
