English practice for our kids and animal feeding in La Vera region, in Western Spain

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  Description

  We are a family of four living in La Vera region, in western Spain. Our beautiful home is located in an olive grove, close to a nice lively village, and surrounded by nature. We live with two dogs and a cat, and share the land with a flock of nice young hens.
  La Vera region is an outstanding area, covered with forests and mountains. Beautiful water streams run down the mountains and offer endless swimming spots for the summer. The villages around are small but very lively during the summer months.
  Summer weather is hot and dry, perfect to swim during the day, and with pleasant nights to have dinner outside and enjoy the summer sky. Come meet us and know this awesome region!

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Language practice

  Animal Care

  Babysitting and creative play

  Creating/ Cooking family meals
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  La Vera region is a natural wonder, with mountains, villages, rivers and forest to explore. Summer weather is Mediterranean, so hot and dry days are to be expected. We are located two hours drive from Madrid and it’s cultural offerings, so it is an easy weekend trip from here.

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  Projects involving children

  This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

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  Help

  We have two main tasks for this summer 2024: child care and house sitting (with animal feeding)
  
  We work during the morning and kids have no school, so we are thinking about having someone here to be with them for those morning hours. One of us works at home as a freelance, the other one at the local bakery. Swimming in the river is the main summer activity, but there is also a swimming pool in the village or even here in our own property, so it’s an easy plan. We are looking for someone who likes being with children (7 and 11 years old) and looking forward to talk in English to them, so they can listen and learn a little. Child care dates are from August 1st to august 15th mainly.
  
  We might go out for some time during the summer and we would need someone to take care of the house and animals during that time. The main tasks would be animal feeding on a daily basis (cat, dogs and sheep) and just take a look around to check that everything is right. It's a fairly simple task really... The dates for this kind of work are around the first half of July.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  Spanish: Fluent
  English: Intermediate
  German: Beginner
  French: Beginner

  This host offers a language exchange
  We would like to practice English anytime! Also French os German could be an option.
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  Accommodation

  We offer a big private room in the house for our guest. There are two shared bathrooms, both with shower.
  We follow a Mediterranean diet, so all kinds of food are to be expected, but we are very open minded and flexible. We love cooking and eating new dishes.
  We usually have breakfast in the morning, lunch around 14:30 and dinner at night when the summer heat is lower.

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  What else ...

  Our guests can make us of their free time as they like, but around here nature is what one finds right at our doorstep. Biking, hiking, swimming are the easiest options. We can lend a bike to our guest. There are small villages around with interesting sights, also, and we can provide our guest with a car to move around during the afternoon. Public transportation is not so useful around this area. Traveling to and from Madrid is easy, though, with everyday bus available.

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Can host digital nomads

  We offer a private room for our guest so working from there is perfectly possible. There is internet access at home, though speed is not always as fast as one would like.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  Big camper vans can have some problems to come home because of the narrow road, but we have lots of space to park here.

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  Can possibly accept pets

  We accept all kind of pets that can live with our own ;) We have two dogs and one cat at the moment, and also a flock of hens and four sheep.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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  Hours expected

  We expect our guest to volunteer for 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week (Monday to Friday)