Help with home and garden, dog sitting, homeschooling, speaking english...in our pretty village of Les Junies, France

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  Description

  UPDATE MAI:
  
  I will be working a lot for my small business these next 3 months, so I would love to have help with household chores like cleaning, cooking, tidying....). My small garden looks like a jungle as I don't have time to work on it, so I would like help to keep this space nice for this summer time :)
  
  When I'm at home:
  Mostly I'm needing help with housekeeping (keeping the house clean and tidy day to day) some deep cleaning preparing and tidying, cooking.... This year I am leaving the big orchard garden to concentrate my energies on other projects. But I've arranged and prepared the small garden next to the house, with just some aromatics and flowers, strawberries....I have some "artistic" ideas to transform that garden into a nice place so all other ideas are welcome!!!!!
  
  Hello!
  
  I'm Emma, a Galician/Mexican girl (39 y.o.) I live with my son Natan (french-Galician-Mexican, 12 years old), and our little dog Rubi (2 years and a half) at a cozy apartment in the pretty village of Les Junies, near (by car) from services and a lot of heritage interesting points. The apartment is bright and overlooks our little garden, the pretty little park of the village, and the Castle of Les Junies (look at photos!)
  
  All around, trees, forest, nature, and some pretty ancient stone houses!!
  
  We love to meet new people. talk, laugh! sing!!
  
  I love music, I sing and I play guitar (a little). We go often to jam with some friends.
  
  I love cooking when I have free time... (some Mexican-Galician food, and mostly, "Emma's inventions"! ). We eat vegetarian and organic as often as we can, sometimes some meat, if you want or need another type of meal we can talk about it.
  
  I work since September in a high school, I sleep 2 nights in the boarding school, also sometimes I teach Spanish to online and I'm beginning a little own business (I'll produce and sell some chili and spices products at markets and festivals next summer)
  
  Natan is at home in "homeschooling", so learning from life but we begin to do some formal learning some mornings when he's at home (He passes half the time with his father)
  
  Now, we have a pretty little garden in front of the apartment (it is an ancient house divided into 2 apartments) We have also, at 5 minutes from the house, an orchard garden where I grow up some vegetables. We do that garden in the respect of nature and life, so no chemicals, and try to don't perturb the soil to plants, so we try, as much as possible, to do handwork instead of machine work.
  
  We have good internet access.
  
  We try to live in an eco-friendly and also in economical way, so we are attentive to reducing gas, water, and power consumption. So we will appreciate it very much if you help us with that :=)
  
  We and the earth will be grateful to you if you use eco-friendly and biodegradable products, like shampooing, soaps, sanitary napkins, etc.
  
  I think you will love to be here, the department of the Lot, where Les Junies is located, has a rich natural and cultural heritage, and there are a lot of things to do and to discover! it will be a pleasure for us to advise you about some places, transport, and if we can, maybe go with you to visit or bring you to some places :)
  
  Come here!! We will be happy to know you!! ;)
  
  Thanks!!! à bientôt!! hasta pronto!! vémonos!

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Art Projects

  Language practice

  Help with Eco Projects

  Teaching

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Babysitting and creative play

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance

  Help with Computers/ Internet
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  We'd love to talk in Spanish or French with you if it could help you; we can show you the village and depend on the time and the possibilities, other places....
  There are several hiking trails beginning from the village. We will be pleased to show you. (We love hiking and, personally, I plan to walk on the Route of Compostela one day with Natan...!). If I have some free time, we can go hiking together!
  
  We will be happy to propose you come with us when we go in the car to places that you could love. Go swimming in the river, lake, pool in summer...
  
  We can talk about France, Mexico and Spain and I can cook Mexican, Galician and Spanish depending on the ingredients I can find, yummy!! :)
  
  Please tell us what are your needs. Maybe We can help you with other things. It will be a pleasure!
  
  Depending on the date, and your economy, you can come with us on travel (I'll go sometimes to Galicia), maybe to the Pyrenees for camping, to the Mediterranean....

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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

  Depending on the moment of the year, I'll be asking to help me with some of these tasks:
  
  - Help with housework:
  I would like to take more "quality time" with Natan, that's the reason why I'm looking for help mainly with the housework, as I will be able to use those moments to be with him without stress :). Also to have some time to work...
  So need help with cleaning and tidying the house, cooking, and some interesting projects to do as re-organize the space: toys books, furniture, etc. to make this space nicer! all the ideas are welcome! :)
  
  - Help with DIY:
  If you're a handyman/woman and know how to work with wood, I've got some shelving and other projects for you to do at home. I'm hand-making some learning material for Natan too, maths, and language mainly. So cut, plasticize, print, assamble, etc...
  
  
  - Childcare/ help with school:
  Sometimes, maybe, while I'm working: play at home with Natan, to make creative activities, read books, etc. if it's in English or Spanish, better! :).. but If not, it's good also...he can teach you French and Spanish! :) Also help him with his school activities.
  
  - Playing/teaching music:
  I take singing lessons for 1 year and a half, I have also a guitar and I'd love to improve my playing... :)
  
  If you have musical talents we will love to learn with you! I would like to learn the piano as well..
  Music is in my veins!!
  
  - Help with the garden

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  Spanish: Fluent
  French: Fluent
  Galician: Fluent
  English: Intermediate

  This host offers a language exchange
  We want to practice English, so we can speak half time English half Spanish or french if you want :)
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  Accommodation

  Bed and 3 meals (not the snack between meals) :)
  
  As the apartment has only 2 bedrooms and now Natan has his first own bedroom, we can propose you sleep on the big sofa in the living room (it's really comfortable and large for one person, but if you don't sleep well there, we can talk about it and find solutions), we have also mattresses to put on the ground, sometimes I let my room (for example for a couple of Workawayers) and I sleep on the sofa... everything is possible if we talk about our own needs :)
  
  
  On the days off, we will share the normal house tasks as roommates (if one cook, the other clean, cleaning of toilets, sweep, etc. to maintain the house tidy).
  
  Please make sure that these conditions are ok for you, as well as rules about our eco-friendly and economical way of living because is really important for us. Thank you! :)

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  What else ...

  The Lot is a department with a lot of activities, music, sport, hiking, cultural activities, etc. The summer we have some interesting festivals (Blues festival in Cahors, Lot of Saveurs-local gastronomy, Les Rencontres de Cinéma de Gindou and many many others...).
  Concerts every time everywhere-
  
  We are at 25 minutes from Cahors, and from there It is easy to go to Toulouse by train (1h30)

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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

  I have ethernet internet access, sometimes I can turn the wifi on but I prefer to keep it off as much as possible. I've been having health problems for a few months that prevent me from sleeping when I have wifi or other EMFs on, so the less exposure I have, the better off I am. But I can always try to arrange times to do it if possible if you need it (I'll go for a walk in the forest while you're using it, or organize my schedule to go shopping at those times, etc.). Otherwise, the ethernet works fine :=)

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  Space for parking camper vans

  I have no parking, we live in the middle of the town, but you can park in the village and there's a parking next to the church where caravans park often.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  One

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  Hours expected

  4 or 5 hours per day, 5 days per week (the days you don't work, we will share normal tasks like cleaning and cooking as room-mates ) we can talk about this, according to our common needs and wishes :)

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