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Next available stay with us is from May 14th to May 20th.
Hi! We're Lara and Marlene. We're 27/26 years old and have been a couple for 4 years.
We're originally from Germany and moved to Calgary at the end of 2022. We have lived in few different countries already - we met in France and then Lara went to Italy for an Erasmus semester and Marlene to Argentina. After that we both moved to Austria for our Master's degree and now we are looking forward to discovering Canada. :)
As we are a proud part of the LGBTQIA+ community, we'd be particularly happy to host anyone who identifies as part of the community too.
We live a vegan lifestyle but don't worry, you don't have to be vegan for us to host you. We will only provide vegan food but you're free to buy + prepare anything you'd like for yourself.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
Animal Care
Help around the house
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We're looking forward to sharing dinner with you and getting to know you more. We love to meet new people and talk about travel stories, our own couchsurfing/workaway experiences + life in general. :)
Depending on the time of year, your own preferences and the vibe between us in general, we're happy to spend more time together - play games in the evenings, take you with us on a hike on the weekend or go for a drink in the city etc..
We're new on Workaway but used to hosting Couchsurfers, so we're used to having travelers around.
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Help
The help we are looking for includes:
1) Daily walk with our dog every morning. This will be about 30-45 minutes. Abby is great off-leash and is flexible about when to go out, meaning anytime before 10am will be fine for her. We occasionally have foster dogs staying with us, so if there is more dogs, you would take them out on the walk too.
2) Daily vacuuming the house and cleaning the floors every 2-3 days (depending on whether it is necessary or not. Our house is only 90m2 big, so don't worry it's nothing major to do.
3) In addition to these daily task, we will give you 1-2 additional tasks each helping day which we will discuss together in the evening before. These tasks can be for example cleaning the fridge/oven/stovetops, windows, cars, deep clean a certain room in the house or garden work. The garden work depends on the season, there might not be much garden work in the winter. There will be also some days where you have to take out the dog(s) twice!
You will not work more than 3 hours per day for most days!
You are free to plan your day according to your own preferences - we don't care about when the help is done during the day. We do request that it is done before 4-5pm. We're also open to giving you a day off if you're travelling or going on day trips if you complete the work the day prior (day 1: work from day 1 and 2, day 2 : off).
We can only accept you to stay for a maximum of two weeks, preferably 10 days or less. Please check our indicated availabilities.
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Spanish: Intermediate
Italian: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
We love languages and are always happy to practice our skills or help someone with their skills if we can. :)
Accommodation
You will have your own bedroom. For couples, we can pull the bed out to the size of a kingsize bed. You will have some space in the drawers for your clothes. The bathroom is shared with us.
If we cook dinner, we're happy to cook for you as well and eat together. In the morning and during the day, you're free to take anything you need from the fridge.
What else ...
We live in Calgary Bowness, so very close to the mountains. Day trips to Kananaskis or Banff National Park are perfect. Calgary itself has a lot of great parks and neighborhoods to explore as well. We live close to the river. Calgary has public transit that can get you anywhere in the city (it might take a bit though). We're happy to recommend some places to you and help you organize your free time if you need us to.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have unlimited internet connection all around the house. Lara sometimes works from home as well.
Space for parking camper vans
We have a private driveway as well as free street parking in front of our house.
Can possibly accept pets
Abby loves to meet new dogs and we're flexible about other animals as well, except for cats as Marlene is allergic to them, unfortunately.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 3 hours a day, 6 days a week
Feedback (2)
Their welcome was super warm, I felt at home straight away. I took advantage of all the free time to go for nature walks or go to downtown Calgary. Having dinner all together is what makes the difference: for sure it's a nice moment to… read more
I ate like a king, all the food they cooked was delicious and we had many good conversation while playing card games at night!
The work I did was fairly easy: walking the dogs, vacuuming, a little… read more
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Their welcome was super warm, I felt at home straight away. I took advantage of all the free time to go for nature walks or go to downtown Calgary. Having dinner all together is what makes the difference: for sure it's a nice moment to… read more
I ate like a king, all the food they cooked was delicious and we had many good conversation while playing card games at night!
The work I did was fairly easy: walking the dogs, vacuuming, a little… read more
