Come and love our old dog in Nurmes, Finland

Infos

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  Description

  Spring 2024.
  The 3 of us, Iain, Janka, and our old dog - Szilva - have just moved into a beautiful big house at the end of the road on top of a hill with amazing views.
  
  Both of us have plenty of experience travelling as workaways, but now we want to invite you to our place and share a bit of our life with us.
  
  What you could help us with right now -
  Making garden beds.
  Composting.
  Planting a huge potato field.
  Collecting wild herbs.
  Building things from pallets.
  
  
  We are very used to sharing our space with others. We've both lived a lot on communities and eco villages.
  
  This property has a bunch of dog kennels in the yard, it used to be a dog day care and we aren't sure what it will be for us. We both have a history of working with sled dogs, so perhaps this place will become that. At least for now the idea is to have chickens in the dog shed. But let's see.
  
  Szilva is Jankas old family dog and we decided to take care of her for the rest of her life. She's very sweet, but also extremely sensitive. She's our little shaman. She's harmless, but she's loud.
  She doesn't need to be walked, she is free to roam around the hill. But she loves to go for an adventure and part of the deal of living with us is to share time with her, especially if we are out working. She is a Pumi - Hungarian sheep herding dog. In her eyes we are her sheep, and if you come to live with us then she will assume you are too.
  
  We always find something to do. Right now the place is a blank canvass for us to create, come and make something nice with us. Although there are some clean ups and repairs to do, it's a warm, cosy and clean place to come and be for a while.
  
  Welcome.
  
  
  
  The type of people we feel fit best to come here are generally a little bit older (or old soul), independent traveller(s), wanderers, who have already been around some adventures and who know themselves, how to travel, to be adaptable and spontaneous. To be comfortable enough to find their own way here - there is a bus stop outside of our driveway. (Although we can also arrange a pick up if it alligns)
  
  It can be hard for us to commit to specific dates more than a couple of months ahead of time, but if we feel it would be a good fit, then everything is possible!
  
  Don't feel that these are restrictions, if you feel an interest to be part of our home for a while then please write, and if we feel a good connection then we can see.
  
  We always aim to respond, even if it is a polite no thankyou.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Projets artistiques

  Pratique d’une langue

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  S’occuper des animaux

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  We are doing DIY and building. Starting a garden from the beginning. Wild herb foraging and making tinctures, fermenting, sourdough baking, Worm composting.
  
  We listen to a lot of music and love to dance, do movement arts and exercises, massage and herbal treatments.

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  Aide

  Just come and be part of our lives and what we have going on.
  Spending time with our old dog. Taking care f the garden, harvesting wild herbs from the forest. Firewood. Just good old country living.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Courant
  Finnish: Courant
  Hungarian: Courant
  Français: Débutant

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  Mostly English is spoken in our home. Iain is learning Finnish and Hungarian from Janka, who is native speaker of both languages. Szilva responds to Finnish. You can join in learning languages with us and share some of yours.
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  Hébergement

  There is a cosy attic space above the stove. There's not much privacy but it's warm and comfortable . You can also bring a tent and campervans are welcome. There are a couple of nice finished guest rooms in the barn that we would like to use, but currently they are empty. Perhaps you could help us furnish and decorate them.
  
  We both love to cook and eat good food. Often we cook for our livelihood at events but also at home we eat really well. We hope you like to be part of the cooking, or at least part of the cleaning up. We can teach you some nice recipes and are happy to learn some from you.
  
  We always have some food on the stove. We eat a bit of everything but we try not to eat factory meat from the store to much. If you have some special requirements for diet it is very possible to come here. We know how to cater to all kinds of special needs, but don't always want to do it at home, so as long as you can prepare some meals that meet your needs then we can make it work.

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  Autres infos...

  We live in a very beautiful part of the country, and we are just discovering it ourselves. You are welcome to explore it with us, find the best lakes for swimming , fresh water springs for drinking, and generally just enjoy being in the nature.
  We are quite social people so you can be invited along to our outings and share time with the people who come to visit us.
  There are horse farms around that we are connected to, so if you like horses there could be some opportunities for that.
  
  It's rural and small town life here, so don't expect any kind of partying nightlife or mall visits. Do expect peace, wildlife, nature and good food. And music...

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  Informations complémentaires

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    Accès Internet

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    Accès Internet limité

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    Nous avons des animaux

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    Nous sommes fumeurs

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    Familles bienvenues

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  Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

  We would love to, but we don't have a constant Internet connection. We can share hotspot to help a workaway keep connected, we know how important this is! However, it's not possible to provide it for someone to work online with consistently. If you have your own internet connection then you are welcome to work from here.

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  Cet hôte a de la place pour les vans.

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  Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux

  Dogs could be tricky, but if you are walking with a donkey please come.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Plus de 2

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  Nombre d'heures attendues

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week