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Hi, my name is Christine and I'm 42. I've been regularly welcoming "workaway travelers" for over 10 years and each time we've had wonderful experiences! We sincerely hope that you will like our ecological renovation project and that we will soon have the pleasure of sharing a small part of our life with you.
Here, in a few words, is a brief description of our interests:
Tapha, my husband is a visual artist and at home we have a workshop specially dedicated to our creative work. He also attaches great importance to sport (jogging, gym, basketball, etc.)
And is also an excellent cook who regularly prepares Senegalese specialties for us.
He comes from the country of Teranga where hospitality is the motto!
Although I didn't make it my job like him, I also really like artistic and manual work, I trained in different eco-construction techniques such as the use of lime and clay (and I learned to forge). My other passion is “people” ;-). Which led me to study psychology and then, after 7 months of volunteering in Tunisia, to work in the social sector. Eternally curious to learn new things, I am currently completing training in kinesiology and I am starting to learn hypnosis and dance therapy.
My hobbies are gardening as well as walking in nature, yoga, African dance and spending evenings with my loved ones at a concert or around a drink and a good meal!
My son, Maël, 19, plays a little drums and is a film student (directing). He loves going wild camping and spending time with his friends. During the week, he lives near his university and comes back to spend certain weekends with us.
And then there is Luna, our Border Collie cross dog, who is overflowing with affection for all our guests and is never contrary when it comes to a little walk!
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Salut, je m'appelle Christine et j'ai 42. Cela fait plus de 10 ans que j'accueille régulièrement des "voyageurs workaway" et c'est à chaque fois des expériences magnifiques que nous avons vécues! Nous espérons de tout cœur que notre projet de rénovation écologique, vous plaira et que nous aurons bientôt le plaisir de partager avec vous une petite part de notre vie.
Voici donc, en quelques mots, une brève description de nos centres d'intérêts :
Tapha, mon mari est artiste plasticien et à la maison, nous avons un atelier spécialement dédié à notre travail créatif. Il accorde aussi une grande importance au sport (footing, salle de sport, basketball, etc. )
Et est également un excellent cuisinier qui nous prépare régulièrement des spécialités sénégalaises.
Il vient du pays de la Teranga dont l'accueil est la devise !
Bien que je n'en ai pas fait mon métier comme lui, j'aime beaucoup aussi le travail artistique et manuel, je me suis formée à différentes techniques d'éco-construction tel que l'utilisation de la chaux et de l'argile (et j'ai appris à forger). Mon autre passion est "l'humain" ;-). Ce qui m'a amené a faire des études de psychologie et ensuite, après 7 mois de bénévolat en Tunisie, à travailler dans le social. Éternelle curieuse de faire de nouveaux apprentissages, je termine actuellement une formation en kinesiologie et je débute l'apprentissage de l'hypnose et de la danse thérapie.
Mes loisirs sont le jardinage ainsi que me promener dans la nature, le yoga, la danse africaine et passer des soirées avec mes proches à un concert ou autour d'un verre et d'un bon repas!
Mon fils, Maël 19 ans, joue un peu de batterie et est étudiant en cinéma (réalisation). Il adore aller faire du camping sauvage et passer du temps avec ses amis. La semaine, il habite proche de son université et revient passer certains WE avec nous.
Et puis il y a Luna, notre chienne croisée Border Collie, qui déborde d'affection pour tous nos invités et n'est jamais contraire lorsqu'il s'agit d'une petite balade !Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
- Ecological restoration techniques (plastering with lime or clay, natural isolation with fiber wood or liège, etc.)
- French
- The local culture (culinary, social, artistic, architectural, etc.)
- And how life can be beautiful and simple when it works thanks to the encounter and sharing :-)
- Des techniques de rénovation écologique (le plafonnage avec la chaux ou l'argile, l'isolation écologique avec de la fibre de bois ou du liège, etc)
- le français
- la culture locale (culinaire, sociale, artistique, architecturale, etc.)
- et combien la vie peut être belle et simple lorsqu'elle fonctionne grâce à la rencontre et au partage :-)Help
For 10 years, my father has helped me to renovate in an ecological way, during our free time, an old farmhouse dating from 1720, located between town and countryside.
First of all, we put in new wooden window frames that I treated with natural products and stains. Then we insulated the roof with wood fiber panels, we capped with clay, lime or natural plaster and my father brought the entire electrical installation up to standard. Currently, almost the entire house is finished, except for a bathroom-laundry room, and the finalization of the attic layout (heating, water, WC and part of the electricity)
If you have good knowledge in these areas, your help would allow us to complete the renovation 🙏. In addition, having learned a lot by myself the techniques of eco-construction, I would be very happy to transmit them to allow others to practice them more quickly!
And I also have various less specialized tasks to perform such as this one:
- plastering (with lime, clay or plaster depending on the location) (technique easily accessible as long as you have patience and like meticulous work)
- If you have experience in woodworking, we would be delighted to benefit from your skills to make cupboards, skirting boards, etc.
- sanding and treatment of woodwork (floors, etc.)
- paint walls and woodwork (ecological paints)
- on sunny days: maintenance of the garden and the vegetable patch (all knowledge of permaculture, organic farming, etc., is welcome)
- or help us with simple but physical tasks such as loading wheelbarrows with rubble for the "recycling park" for example, or in various small handling tasks.
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Depuis 10 ans, mon père m'aide à rénover de façon écologique, durant nos temps libres, une ancienne ferme datant de 1720, située entre ville et campagne.
Nous avons tout d'abord mis de nouveaux châssis de fenêtre en bois que j'ai traité avec des produits et lasures naturels. Ensuite nous avons isolé le toit à l'aide de panneaux en fibre de bois, nous avons plafonné à l'argile, la chaux ou avec du plâtre naturel et mon père remet aux normes l'entièreté de l’installation électrique. Actuellement, presque l'entièreté de la maison est terminée, excepté une salle de bain-buanderie, et la finalisation de l'aménagement des greniers (chauffage, eau, WC et une partie de l'électricité)
Si vous avez de bonnes connaissances en ces domaines, votre aide nous permettrait d'aboutir la rénovation 🙏. De plus, aillant du beaucoup apprendre par moi même les techniques d'éco-construction, je serrais très heureuse de les transmettre pour permettre à d'autres de les pratiquer plus rapidement!
Et il me reste également diverses tâches moins spécialisées à réaliser telle que celle-ci:
- du plafonnage (à la chaux, l'argile ou le plâtre en fonction des endroits) (technique facilement accessible pour peu que l'on aille de la patience et qu'on aime le travail minutieux)
- Si vous avez de l'expérience dans le travail du bois, nous serions ravi de bénéficier de vos compétences pour réaliser des placards, des plinthes, etc.
- ponçage et traitement de boiseries (planchers, etc.)
- peindre des murs et des boiseries (peintures écologiques)
- lors des beaux jours : entretien du jardin et du potager (toutes connaissance en permaculture, agriculture bio, etc, est la bienvenue)
- ou alors nous aider pour des taches simples mais physiques tel que charger des brouettes de gravats à destination du "parc de recyclage" par exemple, ou dans diverses petites tâches de manutention.Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.Accommodation
We have 2 guest bedrooms (one of which has no heating, but is well isolated. Point of view bedding, I have, against a mattress of a person to offer.
And we are happy to share our bathroom and our other living spaces with you.
Nous avons 2 chambres d'ami (une des deux n'a pas le chauffage mais est très bien isolée). Et je partage avec plaisir la salle de bain et les divers lieux de vie avec vous 😊.What else ...
As we both occasionally work during the week , it is possible that sometimes we will work with you on a Saturday/Sunday and that your days off will be during the week.
We do not smoke in the house in the presence of my son.
A well-connected station is a 10 minute drive from our house,I have a place in my car, and I will willingly pick you up there if I am available when you arrive, and you can easily travel around the local area by bus or on foot (and if necessary, there is also a grocery store 5 minutes walk from our home!).
Here you can find informations about own city :
And you can also look for information about our 3 other neighboring towns : Liège, Theux et Spa - Francorchamp!
Il se peut, que parfois, vos jours libres tombent en semaine et que nous profitions du WE pour travailler
Nous ne fumons pas dans la maison.
Une gare bien desservie se situe à 10 min en voiture de notre maison, je possède une place passager dans ma voiture, et je viendrai volontiers vous y chercher si je suis disponible lors de votre arrivée, sinon vous pouvez facilement circuler en bus ou à pied (et si nécessaire un magasin d’alimentation est situé à 5 min à pied de notre domicile).
Voici un site où vous pouvez trouver des informations sur notre ville :
Liège, Theux, et Spa - Francorchamp, sont également 3 villes voisines qui sont reconnues pour leur attrait touristique!A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
25h/semaine à définir avec les volontaires selon les projets et notre disponibilité
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Merci Lorraine pour ta précieuse aide motivée et consciencieuse! Et merci pour toutes les discutions et les supers moments partagés avec toi!
Nous serons toujours heureux d'avoir de… read more
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Merci Lorraine pour ta précieuse aide motivée et consciencieuse! Et merci pour toutes les discutions et les supers moments partagés avec toi!
Nous serons toujours heureux d'avoir de… read more
Thanks for everything, we had a very good time with you, Mael, your father George, Raphael and the kids.
I wish you a good start this summer and I will keep in touch to see how is going :)
Now I have a good starting point to ask Brendan for a "baldaquin", ahahah.
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I highly recommend you !!
Carly thank you for your help (and your card Strasbourg :-)!)
Christine
I wish you the best for the future!
I also got to go with her to watch her African dance performance and an international work day,
which was a lot of fun too! Thanks for everything Christine, I hope… read more
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I was helping Christine for the polishing and plastering the walls with lime and clay on the roof level. Happy to learn to use the ecological materials in building and rediscover that we actually have better materials already in the past!
Thanks Christine for treating me so nice. She… read more
I wish you beautiful intercultural experiences and sharing, and good luck in your job search!
PS: Urbanism agrees achieving the 2 large windows :-)
I spent almost two weeks with her and his son Mael in their cozy house. She always offered her kindness and… read more
Thank you for these two weeks of sharing and laugh! I can not thank you enough for the commitment and perfectionism that you offered in your every gesture of help, and smile and humor that always accompanied them. Your presence, to help me, and in free time (Esperanzah festival, moments shared with my friends, walks, tours, epicurean… read more
Thank you for everything Marianna. Time spent with you was filled with laughter and interesting exchanges. You are a quiet, conscientious person. You still have the desire to do well and you helped us a lot! You were also great with our little puppy just adopted by our family a few days before your arrival. And… read more
Even if I didn't have any experience with gardening, Christine took me in and patiently taught me how to work with what she needed, provided me AMAZING food and a super comfortable bed as well. The entire family is amazing! Hanging out with… read more
Thank you for this wonderful comment and especially for unforgettable two weeks you spent with us! I desire my turn to write you a beautiful feed back :-). Life, making us cross your path, and made us the wonderful gift to place forever in our hearts an extraordinary person of love and peace. In your company, everything is beautiful and… read more
I arrived to the green hills of Christine's town and walked under the nice summer sun to her house. Since she opened the door to greet me I felt her good heart shining… read more
We have adopted right away and now you do a little part of the family. We will never forget your motivation, your will, your kindness, your creativity and your humor! You are always ready to help with smile and find solutions!
Congratulations also for your "French", it is excellent and it is with… read more
I immediately felt welcome in the house and at the dinner table.
Applying a clay insulation layer in the (soon to be) master bedroom was an interesting experience and I was very impressed by Christine's patience, perseverance and attention to detail.
Other than… read more
I've done some interesting and diversified work there, learning how to use lots of helpful tools from the impressive grandad's… read more
I recommend you to other projects for which you holding interested!
You are welcome at home whenever you… read more
The work we were allowed to to was the best I experienced with workaway so far, as it was multifaceted and we could learn with what we were doing. Together with… read more
L'aide que tu nous as procuré durant ces 3 semaines a fait avancer d'un bond nos différents chantiers!
Tu as su t'adapter facilement, autant aux habitudes de vie de la famille que pour développer les aptitudes nécessaires aux… read more