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A wooden house in the Italian countryside. A garden with pergola, lawn and fruit trees. Aromatic and medicinal plants. Cultivation of olive trees, vegetables in open fields, truffles (in a forest situated nearby). Two cats and a dog (for finding truffles).
WE SPEAK in Italian, Danish, English, French, Portuguese, Kriolo Portuguese.
We, Kirsten and Dario, have worked for years as volunteers in Africa (Guinea Bissau) and we have traveled in and outside of Europe (Asia, Africa, Latin America).
Dario is a retired high school teacher who collaborates with the organic farm attached to the property. Kirsten is a doctor and used to work with acupuncture, herbal medicine, homeopathy, and bioresonance. Due to a cerebral hemorrhage last April, she is doing rehabilitation at home with different therapies.
Our daughter Elsa came back home to share her life with us. She is 30 years old, studied and worked in different countries within the field of architecture and performing arts.
We look for people who would like to share the everyday life with us. Among the activities there are: gardening, general maintenance, cooking, and companionship.
HOSPITALITY: a guest room with double bed and bathroom, in our wooden house.
COUPLES ARE WELCOME.
Cooking and meals are together
Transport:
bus station in Tuscania,
railway trains in Tarquinia, Viterbo and Orte.
One bicycle.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Elderly Companionship
Gardening
Animal Care
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
The life in the countryside, the agriculture (expecially horticulture), the ancient history (monuments of Tuscian period, Roman, Middleage, Renaissance, Baroc....) the nature (volcanic lakes, hot spings, beaches, mountains, forests...)
The opportunity to learn italian language.
Help
Gardening, general maintenance, cooking, and companionship.
Languages spoken
Danish: Fluent
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
Portuguese: Fluent
Accommodation
HOSPITALITY: a guest room with double bed and bathroom, in our wooden house.
COUPLES ARE WELCOME.
What else ...
Transport:
bus station in Tuscania,
railway trains in Tarquinia, Viterbo and Orte.
one bicycle.
Many historical and naturalistic sites around here, depending on the volunteers interests.
Rome is 90 km from Tuscania, the lake 14 km, the sea 25 km, the mountains 30 km, the hot springs 20 km
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can possibly accept pets
This host has said they are willing to accept those travelling with a pet.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
