Ellen

& Todd

Information de voyage

Actuellement, nous sommes

Les activités qui nous intéressent :

Being active in nature, eco-tourism, engaging with new cultures, teaching and learning, enjoying simple local foods with newly made friends.

Description

Hi there! We are Ellen & Todd and it's nice to meet you. We met more than 25 years ago in Spain, backpacked the world for 2 years and then moved to Colorado, USA, Todd's home country, where we raised our two sons. After two great careers in hospitality and IT, we recently made the step to leave the corporate desk jobs to spend more time doing the things we love most: volunteering, adventuring, learning, and meeting new people and cultures along the way.

In this stage of our life, we are embracing a full-time slow-mad lifestyle, living in one country/region for 1-3 months. On occasion, one or both of our college kids may join.

Our motto is: "traveling is not so much about what you see, but much more about who you meet and what you eat".

Centres d’intérêt

Langues

Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Hollandais: Courant
Allemand: Débutant
Espagnol: Débutant
Français: Débutant

Plus de détails sur les langues qui m'intéressent
We love to chat in any of the languages we know and open to learning others.

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Compétences et connaissances que nous aimerions partager ou apprendre

Ça nous intéresse :  

Jardinage

Bricolage et projets de construction

Entretien général

Préparer les repas / cuisiner pour la famille

Aider dans une ferme

Éco-projets

Aider à la maison

S’occuper des animaux

Accueil / tourisme

Travail associatif

Langues

Enseignement

Aide informatique / Internet

Baby-sitting et jeux créatifs

Tenir compagnie à une pers. âgée

Projets artistiques

Quelles sont vos compétences ?

Our biggest skill may be 'flexibility': we simply enjoy helping where we can be most useful and are easy to get along with. In addition to various Workaway experiences, we've recently volunteered in English immersion programs (outside of Workaway).

About Ellen:
I am a do-er by nature; hospitality is in my heart and veins. Originally from The Netherlands, I studied Hotel Management and worked in luxury hotels for years, yet equally love hostels, campgrounds, and Airbnbs: pretty much anywhere where people from different backgrounds come together. My most recent career job was in recruiting hotel managers, a company that I founded and ran for 12 years. I really enjoyed connecting people to their new dream jobs. Along the way, I've learned a lot about people and running a business.
I love giving back and have volunteered at a homeless Café, with Project Cure, an NGO that collects and ships medical goods around the world, and at the Denver Botanical Gardens where I learned so much about native plants.

About Todd:
I grew up as an only child in Dallas TX and realized how big the world was on a trip to Denmark at age 15. After graduating from University, I taught conversational English in Japan for a year and a half, then decided to travel around the world, which is when I met Ellen.
When we settled in colorful Colorado, my career focused on IT, yet my passions have been in the outdoors and in 'building things'. I enjoy working on our house projects and am known to fix things in every house we stay at. My meticulous and thorough work ethic has produced quite a few nice pieces of furniture and funky, functional art. I am excited to once again explore the world, and meet people from around the world. I am inquisitive, eager to learn and contribute.

Ellen likes to cook, and Todd takes care of the clean-up. We enjoy eating lots of vegetables and could be called flexitarian. Not too picky on food as long as it is fresh, has good flavor and is enjoyed with great people. Todd's happiest with spice and rice, perhaps in line with his Asian heritage.

We are active and love being outdoors. Long walks, mountain biking, paddle-boarding, snorkeling and skiing are some of our favorite sports. Not a skill perhaps, but certainly a passion that drives us to spend lots of time in nature.

We enjoy being around kids, mostly in a mentorship/teaching role. We both have some teaching-assistance experience, mainly as volunteers including play and kid projects. What better experience than raising our own two sons, who are both at University? We do not have any pets currently, allowing more freedom as we wander the globe, but enjoy animals all the same.

Hopefully, that gives you a bit of a glimpse of us. Surely, we have lots more to exchange when we meet in person.

Âge

52 & 53

Autres infos...

Vaccinated against Covid19

Informations complémentaires

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  Allergies
  No

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  Régime alimentaire spécial
  No