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Beschreibung
You are welcome to help us for minimally three weeks starting in June.
At the moment someone who enjoys cooking is particularly welcome. You would be of great help if you would cook one vegetarian meal a day (not in the weekends) for the three of us: you, Astrid and Thomas. We have no supermarket at hand for forgotten ingredients, so you have to like it to be creative with what is available.
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Who are we looking for?
The helper (in exceptional occasions two) we are looking for likes to live a basic almost primitive life, and enjoys being outside. Enjoyed nature as a child already? Then you will find our place a wonderful playground.
We ask you to help us 25 hours a week. There is some clothing for you but not in all sizes, so please bring your own working clothes, shoes and rainwear.
We have had helpers since 2010. Doing all sorts of things and with all sorts of qualities. Come 2026 we realize that what we need is someone who can take simple tasks out of our hands.
Things like taking care of the chicken, helping with some pruning, clearing a field. Thus giving us time to do the more specialized jobs. In which you are welcome to help us as well, if you think they are suitable to you. A carpenter in particular would be very useful.
How long?
We understand perfectly well that you want to travel, but we ask you to commit yourself for at least three to four weeks to our project. This gives us time to invest in you. And for you to learn how to live a life in a not-so-ordinary off-grid setting.
We love to share, not only our food, but also our knowledge and experiences. If needed with a beer or a (home made) cider next to the camp fire. We know a lot about living life as self-sustaining as possible, but we can also brush up your knowledge about art, mushrooms, philosophy or the pruning of your apple tree. And we hope you want to share your experiences, ideas and knowledge with us! We like to go on an excursion with you, if time allows that.
What are you getting into?
Though Infiesto with all basic facilities is only 4 or 5 beautiful hiking kilometres away, a stay at our finca is quite isolated. There are no next-door neighbours. Here it's usually only us and our very modest livestock (1 dog, 2 cats, 6 sheep, 5 chickens, 1 rooster).
We stay in an old wagon. You will have your own place in our old camper van (hot water bottles and warming cats available). Internet is limited here, no cable, but the mobile network signal is good. Checking your e-mail on our laptop is fine. For other purposes there is free broadband internet in the Telecentro in Infiesto. The good news is that we have warm water in the panoramic shower.
Who we are?
We are Thomas and Astrid. A middle aged Dutch couple that settled for this independent lifestyle in 2007. We enjoy meeting new people and learning things from them in a companiable atmosphere. We usually eat vegetarian, do not smoke, do like a beer, wine or cider, but don't do other drugs. We don't expect you to have the same habits.
To conclude
Please tell us in your e-mail about your motivation for wanting to come to our place, and in what period you are available.
Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten
Hilfe bei Ökoprojekten
Gartenarbeiten
Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten
Betreuung von Tieren
Mithilfe auf einem Bauernhof
Zubereiten / Kochen von Mahlzeiten für die Familie
Hausarbeiten
Handwerkliche Arbeiten
Haus- & Haustiersitting
UNO-Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung, die dieser Gastgeber verfolgt
Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten
In our place we try to live as natural and self-sustaining as possible. We are an eco-finca, registered as an "asociación sin ánimo de lucro", a non-profit organisation, for nature lovers and tranquility seekers. Guests can accompany us in our daily and special activities, and learn about a basic living by doing so. It is a beautiful place. It's just that our mini natural paradise still needs quite some fine-tuning. That's where you come in.
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What's to be done?
You can take over some of the routine jobs, like taking care of the chicken and the sheep, weeding, lugging wood, cooking, removing bracken and gorse. There are also always special projects to help us with.
Gesprochene Sprachen
Deutsch: Fließend
Englisch: Fließend
Spanisch: Fließend
Französisch: Fließend
Niederländisch: Fließend
Unterkunft
For you we have a sleeping place in our little camper van.
Was noch ...
We usually do not mind if you bring your dog.
Town (Infiesto), with a bus and train station, is 4 to 5 km away. We're in the mountains, but not too high (250m). The National Park Picos de Europa is about 20 km's away, and unfortunately has become almost impossible to reach by public transport. Beach is half an hour drive, and also to be reached by a long bus or train journey. The bigger cities (Oviedo, Gijón) are about 45 car/bus/train minutes away taking Infiesto as your starting point.
Etwas mehr Information
Internet Zugang
Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang
Wir besitzen Tiere
Wir sind Raucher
Familien möglich
Kann Digital Nomads unterbringen
You can connect to the internet through our laptop, but we cannot give you direct access. We have too little capacity for that. We are digital nomads ourselves for that matter. The signal here is good, so with your own internet subscription you should be fine.
Platz zum Abstellen von Camper Vans
A small camper van can stay near the reception area if the conditions are not too wet. A bigger camper van can stay on a lovely spot next to our land or, if not too big, near the reception area.
Hier sind Haustiere in der Regel willkommen
Usually not more than one dog, and only after consulting us
Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal
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Meine Tiere/Haustiere
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Astrid was one the strongest, smartest and most organized woman i've ever seen (without exaggeration). She's fearless of hard work… read more
Mar, you are always welcome here. Hopefully you will be able to visit… read more
Feel always welcome,… read more
Thank you for taking me to all the hikes and beautiful markets in the area. You definitely showed me… read more
We hope we have been able to show you that there are several paths leading to a suitable destination in life. That… read more
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Astrid was one the strongest, smartest and most organized woman i've ever seen (without exaggeration). She's fearless of hard work… read more
Mar, you are always welcome here. Hopefully you will be able to visit… read more
Feel always welcome,… read more
Thank you for taking me to all the hikes and beautiful markets in the area. You definitely showed me… read more
We hope we have been able to show you that there are several paths leading to a suitable destination in life. That… read more
My first Workaway experience could not have been better. I had a wonderful experience helping Thomas and Astrid. They are very kind, hard working and good to talk to. Thomas and Astrid are lovely people and very generous hosts. You get the chance to do all sorts of different work and you honestly learn a lot. I… read more
She sometimes may seem a bit absent minded,… read more
Astrid and… read more
I stayed with Tomas and Astrid for 3 weeks, i learned a lot of stuff there, especially how to deal with the donkeys, taking there to the "poor field and the "rich field". I had to feed the sheep too and the chickens. I did other things too like making a fence, clearing the road, moving heavy stuff, cleaning a wall,… read more
I really enjoyed being able to just be outside there with A + T for more than 2weeks. The work was varied, not too exhausting for an old lady like me :-;. Thomas and Astrid are a good company with a lot of creativ ideas. Your ecological constancy is admirable! Thank you for the good… read more
It is probably one of the most beautiful places on earth. I really enjoyed living so close to the nature and so far from civilisation.
I wish you all the best for you and your project!
He's a good cook and very sociable. He helped us greatly with the production of this years cider (the tedious job of bottle-cleaning), woodland-managment in general (cleaning out leaves and branches) and a bit of… read more
thank you for helping me making my mind up and to get some clarity in the current mess in my life ;)
