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4 Mar 2020
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Description
We are six friends. The four of us are couples.
We are from Komotini, a town at north east of Greece.
Our names are:
Sissy and Kostas (couple),
Nikos and Dina (couple),
Miguel and Jorge.
Kostas/Sissy's and Miguel's houses are near the city center.
Nikos/Dina and Jorge live outside the city (3 km) at a place surrounded by trees without neighbors just nature !!
Kostas/Sissy's and Miguel's fields are about 3-5 km out of the city.
We are not professional gardeners or farmers but we try to be self-sufficient.
In our fields we try to produce just enough vegetables to cover our food needs. We want to host people because our time is very limited and we need some extra help with our garden and our house but mainly because we like meeting new people, and learning about their cultures.
Miguel has an olive orchard and a garden where also apart from his vegetables he has chickens to take care.
Nikos'/Dina's and Jorge's gardens are where their houses are.
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Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Farmstay help
Help around the house
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You will come in contact with Greek culture, the gastronomy and the hospitality!
You will also see our traditional dances and if you are interested you can participate !
Very often we come meet and have barbecue!
We also meet for reasons of our local organization/community, that its aim is to collect and preserve traditional varieties of seeds and every year we have a festival where we distribute many varieties of seeds for free.
Projects involving children
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Help
We need some extra hands for our garden especially with weeding.
Also we are trying to use permaculture in our field so we would like to exchange knowledge and experience.
We also need some help with cooking and the household chores.
Languages spoken
Greek: Fluent
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Accommodation
Each one has it's own farm and it's own house, so if you like to visit us we will decide who is going to host you depending on our needs.
Kostas/Sissy have an extra room in their house to host people and have also have a little dog leaving with them in the house.
Nikos'/Dina's and Jorge's houses are at the same place with their gardens.
They have a shared room (living room) where the workawayers stay.
Miguel can't host people.
People with children will not be accepted.
At Nikos'/Dina's and Jorge's places dogs or cats are acceptable but not in the house, only outside where there is a big yard, together with the rest animals.
Nikos/Dina and Jorge have also dogs and cats at their places
What else ...
Komotini is a city with 50-60 ths. citizens. There is a university with almost 10 ths. students, so its a city with many restaurants and many bars, pubs and cafeterias.
Our area combines sea and mountain so we can have often excursions. Easy access by local buses also. Also Komotini is very close to Bulgaria and Turkey. It is only 20 minutes from Bulgaria and 1-2 hours from Turkey.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (13)
We didn't know what to expect when we arrived - we were a bit confused of all the new surroundings, the farm, the dogs, the cats - everything was new :) - but Dina and Niko were incredibly warm from the first time they saw us: I remember Dina offering us some warm cheese… read more
Nicolas and Eleni are two wonderful persons.They are polite,kind and very calm.When Nicolas and Eleni came,our garden wasn't ready for the cultivating season,so their help was precious, because they helped us to prepare the garden for the cultivating season and also to plant the first plants.They also helped us with… read more
We stayed with Sissy and Kosta for 4 weeks in their house in the city. The help included mostly cooking, shopping and gardening, always clear instructions and never to heavy work. But most importantly we met two amazing people who let us feel welcomed from the first moment. They… read more
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We didn't know what to expect when we arrived - we were a bit confused of all the new surroundings, the farm, the dogs, the cats - everything was new :) - but Dina and Niko were incredibly warm from the first time they saw us: I remember Dina offering us some warm cheese… read more
Nicolas and Eleni are two wonderful persons.They are polite,kind and very calm.When Nicolas and Eleni came,our garden wasn't ready for the cultivating season,so their help was precious, because they helped us to prepare the garden for the cultivating season and also to plant the first plants.They also helped us with… read more
We stayed with Sissy and Kosta for 4 weeks in their house in the city. The help included mostly cooking, shopping and gardening, always clear instructions and never to heavy work. But most importantly we met two amazing people who let us feel welcomed from the first moment. They… read more
We have past two weeks together and now we are friends. At your home you can learn make flour and the bread, eat a good vegetable from your garden. They are two person very warmth that like know really the people, they like so much play with cards in the night for past the time… read more
This 4 lovely guys became close friends. They welcomed us with open arms and let us be a part of their life, what we aprishiate very much.
We learnd a lot about seeds and the community Peliti.… read more
Im really happy to become friends with this people. This was a fantastic summer with alot of new knowledge and with alot of fun. We worked really good together so we also got the opportunity to visit other places around the komotini area and to meet many of their friends. They are very kind people who are social and really easy to… read more
