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Language(s) I would like to learn : English
Mehdi is looking for a language buddy
about 29 minutes ago
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Hello everyone, :) My name is Leo and I'm 22 years old. I am currently experiencing a wonderful adventure that is the Travel for a period during almost 8 months. I left France on 01/03/2022 for Ireland, my first stage of travel. In this country, I did a WORKAWAY (work for a host and you have food and a bed in exchange) for 1 month in Glendalough (in the south of Ireland). Before returning to Dublin for 1 week. It was an incredible experience, I recommend to everyone, both for its values (humanity and sharing) and for its superb encounters. Discovering, working, and living with a host is a great opportunity. As immersive as it is human, it allows not only to learn to discover others but also to discover yourself. Indeed, getting out of its comfort zone to push its limits as well as to make new encounters, are for me, the real issue, and values of the WORKAWAY...of the TRAVEL. After this country, I take the plane for going in Iceland. It was a new page turning, for a new adventure in my Road trip. I'm arrived the 9 of April and left the 21 of July… It was the most incredible and wonderful experience I never do before in my entire Life. :) I’m so grateful to live this experience and I know that it has marked me for the rest of my life
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Language(s) I would like to learn : Hebrew, English
Yamen is looking for a language buddy
about 46 minutes ago
Travel buddy
"On a given day, a given circumstance, you think you have a limit. And you then go for this limit and you touch this limit, and you think, 'Okay, this is the limit.' As soon as you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high." Let's go.
Lydia is looking for a travel buddy
about 1 hour ago
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Montmorillon, France
Antonia is looking to meet other workawayers
about 2 hours ago
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We are a family of five who love nature and hiking. Marta is a nurse who enjoys yoga and music, Joan is a doctor who loves cooking and board games, and our three kids are active, curious and helpful
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about 3 hours ago

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