Dama & Friedrich

Travel information

We are currently

Description

2024 update: Now we are three! In September 2023 little Amalafrida (amala) was born. Our plan for the summer of 2024 is to travel with our campervan to different projects around Germany in the hopes of figuring out which area we would like to live in. We are currently living in Leipzig, and while we love it here, we would like to move to a place where the earth is a little less flat and nature/hiking trails are a bit more accessible. We're looking forward to meeting lovely people and spending a good time together =]

Amala is currently (april) 6 months old, and she's generally a pretty chill baby. So far she loves other people (no stranger danger phase yet) and doesn't cry at night. This would be our first workaway experience with a baby, so I'm not sure how the workflow would go, but we would try our best to balance babycare and workaway help. We have our own campervan, and if we couldn't manage the hours of help that you are looking for we can also provide our own food. We are really just curious about different projects and communities, and we are easygoing about setting expectations.

Old description:

After finishing our university studies (Dama studied medicine (She's a doctor!!) and Fred studied International Studies/ Peace and Conflict research) we grabbed our backpacks and spent two years hitchhiking from Norway to Thailand. We workawayed (is that a word now?) in many places along the way, learned a ton of new skills and met many beautiful people doing it =] We kept hitchhiking around Europe and the US for a bit before buying an old rotten campervan in England. We spent a year completely taking it apart and building everything from scratch, while also traveling in it. Now we're mostly done with it and tired of moving around so much. We've been on the road for five years, so we feel like temporarily settling down, and chose Leipzig as our location. Dama would like to learn German and tattooing, and Fred works for a sustainability project online, so all he needs is enough time and internet access to be able to do it. We have our own accommodation in the form of our campervan, so all we really need is a parking spot, some water and electricity and a toilet somewhere not too far =]

Interests

Languages spoken

German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Polish: Fluent
Spanish: Intermediate
French: Intermediate
Russian: Intermediate

Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn

Some knowledge of:  

Gardening

Animal Care

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Able to teach about:  

DIY and building projects

Babysitting and creative play

Being an elderly companion

General Maintenance

Creating/ Cooking family meals

Life at a Farmstay

Eco Projects

Helping around the house

Hospitality/Tourism

Charity Work

Languages

Art Projects

Helping with Computers/ Internet

Teaching

More details about your skills

Dama:
Languages: English (native), Polish (fluent), Spanish (intermediate), Russian (intermediate), German (intermediate, but learning quickly)

Medical knowledge, piano, violin (beginner), photography, carpentry (Dama did all the woodwork in the camper), some permaculture experience (worked on farms in Turkey, Hong Kong, and Taiwan), graphic design, drawing and painting (generally any creative work), sewing and crocheting, partner acrobatics/acroyoga, writing, tattooing, climbing.

Fred
Languages: German (native), English (fluent), French (not bad)

Juggling, playing harmonica, a couple of different flutes, starting to learn the clarinet, partner acrobatics/ acroyoga, teakwondo, climbing.
Social scientist, writing, statistics, data analysis, economic analysis,
Experienced with Word, Excel, PowerPoint and SPSS (statistics) and getting better with GIMP (similar to Photoshop) right now
Pretty good at working with my hands. Got taught by my dad and worked on construction sites as a youngster.
Basic electric work
Can repair Bicycles.
Like to learn new things and am usually a quick learner.


We can both use tools, have gotten better at basic mechanics since getting our camper, and we're both friendly and easygoing!

Age

34 & 36

What else ...

<3

Some more information

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  Smoker

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  Driver's licence

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  Allergies
  nope

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  Special dietary requirements
  Prefer Vegetarian Diet but we are not dogmatic, Dama is lactose intolerant but has pills