Jasmijn

Netherlands
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I am currently
At home
Description
My name is Jasmijn, i am 26 years old and I'm a young filmmaker and writer from the Netherlands. I originally grew up in The Hague, but currently living in Utrecht. What makes me happy i life is art, cinema, writing, literature and everything creative. just finished filmschool, and trying to figure out what i want to do for my next project.
I love music and reading and enjoy spending time alone just as much as i enjoy being social.
Interests
Photography
Movies & TV
Nature
Outdoor activities
LGBTQ
Books
Performing arts
Videography
Writing
Plant care
Music
History
Cooking & food
Art & design
Animals
Culture
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
German: Intermediate
French: Beginner
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Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn
Some knowledge of:
Gardening
Animal Care
Teaching
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Life at a Farmstay
Helping around the house
Able to teach about:
Languages
Art Projects
Hospitality/Tourism
More details about your skills
I have a lot of experience working in hospitality, this makes me sociable, clean and organised and i'm good at anticipating peoples needs. I am good with plants and nature and have been riding horses since i was ten years old. I am very comfortable with working with animals! I enjoy cooking a lot, especially authentic Italian food (though i am no chef, yet...).
I have a lot of experience working with kids, have been a part-time and full-time nanny and volunteered at a primary school.
Age
26
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- Smoker
- Driver's licence
- Allergies
- Special dietary requirements
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15 May 2024

Left by Workawayer (Jasmijn) for host (Help me with gardening and ...)

My time with Lorenzo can only be described as transformational. After a unsuccessful experience at another place, I was so lucky to be able to come to his beautiful home on such short notice.
From the moment he picked me up from the busstop, i instantly felt comfortable and at ease. We started talking about the deeper things in life almost… read more immediately; love, family, passion, meaning. We had a glass of wine and some pizza at a local band night, which was so fun. He is very good at creating a safe and welcoming environment where you quickly feel at home.
The next morning we started working on the garden. The work was easy and very manageable, we made so so much progress in only a week! My main task was removing the olive branches from the patio and helping Lorenzo with the small path down the hill. We did a mixture of bigger and smaller tasks everyday. When i was tired i did some gardening or collected some stones. We listened to music the whole time and really bonded over our love for The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel and Red Hot Chili Peppers.

After my work i mainly just relaxed and read my books. We also took some walks together in Gavorrano and on my day off i took the bus to the beach. The region is beautiful and Gavorrano is a small, but very charming little town.

It is truly amazing to see a place as beautiful as Lorenzo’s come together, being made by all these different hands with so many different story’s. The place feels like love and i can’t wait to come back one day and see how much progress has been made by him and all the others that’ll follow in my footsteps as workawayers. Lorenzo has so many amazing ideas for the property and i just know that one day this place will be a little paradise on earth.

Lorenzo is a man with lots of stories, he traveled a lot in his and he told me so much about the history of the region. He is a man with a lot of life experience, which makes him a wonderful person and great conversationalist. We both met each other in very different points in our life’s, which made it very interesting to talk to one another. We shared our world views and talked about our past as if we’ve known each other for years. He is such a genuine person, who is very eager to learn about himself and the world everyday. He truly became a friend in the short time i stayed at his place. He is respected and was truly able to wind down and relax at his place after all the hard work.

We are both sensitive and emotional people, we laughed and cried together, looked at the sunset and the sunrise, we ate good food and worked hard. I will never forget him and the time we shared together, it was truly meaningful.

Lorenzo, thank you so much for this beautiful experience, i wouldn’t have missed it for the world. I wish you all the best in this life and i truly hope we can meet again someday, in Gavorrano or somewhere else in this world.

(Excellent )

1 May 2024

Left by host (Help me with gardening and ...) for Workawayer (Jasmijn)

Sincerely, as you know, the experience with Workaway truly offers wonderful and unexpected possibilities, something special that is difficult to explain unless you experience it first-hand.
With the kind Jasmijn it was something magical, a very positive encounter from the very first moment. I picked her up at the bus stop ("Bagno di Gavorrano"),… read more and from the first moment I found a very kind and helpful person, willing to listen, to learn and to share her experience and energy. We had fun together, and in addition to sharing a love of good food, I found in Jasmijn a great willingness to work, to collaborate, and a desire to fix my farm in the best possible way, making very good use of the time we had. She helped me in the path from my house to the annexe, and she was also very kind, and without having to ask, she helped me keep the house tidy and clean. I found her to be a very kind and helpful person, and we had fun pruning branches together.
I am very happy because I also found in her a friend, and it was nice to talk and tell each other a bit about our lives, our goals, and above all the idea of a totally eco-sustainable farm, an idea that united us from the very first moment.
Jasmijn is very respectful, she understood the important things about the house without the need for me to explain too much, she worked independently cleaning the terrace and the garden, without the need for me to tell her everything step by step, in short a really intelligent and helpful person. We had good breakfasts together, both savoury, with eggs and cheese, and sweet, and plenty of fruit juice. In short, it was a really wonderful and positive experience which I hope to repeat again. Without a doubt, in fact, beyond all expectations, I was really very happy. We did things calmly, without having to wake up too early, working quietly in the daylight hours, resting and chatting together in the evenings, in complete relaxation. I can't pass judgement, because I'm not in a position to do so, but my impression was so positive that I can't wait for her to come back, perhaps in a little while, to help me, and to see how the situation at my farm evolves, also with the help of the next workawayers to come. Above all, we enjoyed beautiful sunsets together from my terrace, and we were in great harmony, so my impression of Jasmijn was exclusively positive and I highly recommend this person for any kind of workaway, because she is very empathetic, intelligent, helpful and willing.
Jasmijn is very flexible and helpful, and I hope to find more people like her on my path, because such a workawayer is truly a fantastic gift, to be welcomed with open arms.
Dear Jasmijn, thank you for everything, I hope to see you again, and I hope your journey will continue in the best possible way. When you want to return to my farm in Gavorrano, I will be very very happy to host you again. Thank you for everything and see you soon!

(Excellent )