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22 Oct 2023
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Description
Call for autumn 2023:
• Building a cob sauna
We are Csongi, Ágota and baby Misi (37&29 and born in July 2023) a Hungarian family on the countryside of Eastern-Hungarian big flatland.
Csongi is a chef and furnace-builder, and a handyman. He has a dayjob, so not always home.
Ágota loves traditional handcrafts, and learning about wild edible- and medicinal plants among others.
Our village is very-very small (~20 people), 8 km from Szarvas, 10 km from Békésszentandrás. It is a request that volunteers are also able to spend some of their time by themselves and organize their time on their own. We have extra bicycles you can use to explore the area.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Babysitting and creative play
Help around the house
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We can teach you for example:
• working with clay and adobe (seasonal: from April to October, and depends a lot on the weather)
• making bread, pasta, cheese, yoghurt, ferments and other beautiful foods;
• collecting wild edible herbs and mushrooms when in season;
• fixing clothes by hand;
• basic felting
Projects involving children
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Help
Help we need depends on the current projects, your physical strength and abilities, and most of times on the weather.
Building and fixing things, cutting wood, preserving fruit and herbs; taking care of animals and garden, yearly maintenance (painting with lime, fixing the walls with clay).
There’s place for creative ideas.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Hungarian: Fluent
German: Beginner
Accommodation
Our life is very simple, nothing fancy or perfect.
Small guest room in our house. Kitchen and bathroom are shared. Composting toilet both inside and outside. We have limited mobile data, no WiFi.
We eat meat, can absolutely
cook vegetarian dishes, and cannot support very special diets.
Shopping for groceries we go maximum once a week, but you can borrow a bike if you need anything extra.
One pig, 9 ducks, 8 chicken, 3 rabbits, usually 4 cats.
What else ...
There’s a direct BUS from Budapest to Szarvas (3 hours). The TRAIN is a bit shorter in time, but then you have to change from one line to an other.
We can pick you up at “Szarvas szivattyútelep” bus station, which is 2 km from our house.
Körös river at 10 minutes walking distance, where you can swim in the summer.
In Szarvas (8 km), there is a botanical garden, a wild animal park, cafés and shops, and a mini mock-up park of Hungary.
In Békésszentandrás there is a small handcraft-brewery.
Bigger cities: Békéscsaba (55 km), Szolnok (60 km), Kecskemét (75 km), Szeged (85 km).
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
Can possibly accept pets
Yes, they can stay outside in the garden, not allowed in the house.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
4-5 hours a day, 2 days off, meals provided
Feedback (9)
During the day we had nice conversations and learned a lot from each other.
Whenever she’s knocking on the door of your life, we recommend you to let her in. :)
We played dice in spare time, he even showed us a delicious crêpe recipe from his family.
Hope to see you again somewhere in the future!
So many laughs and so many yuhuuu!
Hope to see you again some day :)
Ps : the food man! It's so good
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During the day we had nice conversations and learned a lot from each other.
Whenever she’s knocking on the door of your life, we recommend you to let her in. :)
We played dice in spare time, he even showed us a delicious crêpe recipe from his family.
Hope to see you again somewhere in the future!
So many laughs and so many yuhuuu!
Hope to see you again some day :)
Ps : the food man! It's so good
During her stay she helped mostly to finish a roof, build walls, helped in the garden, but has so many skills and good qualities. We played and talked a lot, exchanged cultural habits. She even brought some original Israeli wonderful… read more
amazing amazing amazing!!
I love it so much, and miss it a lot.
Agota and Csongi are super nice, funny, interesting and we had great conversations about life.
the work is not hard at all. they are always making sure you are okay with the work and making it not feel like work but just having a great… read more
She is the sweetest volunteer you can find on Workaway, hard-working, well focused, but also fun to be around. We had enjoyable conversations next to the fire, exchanged recipes (if you get the chance to try her auntie’s chocolate cake recipe or her galettes,… read more
It was an opportunity to learn how to work with clay and to build walls with this natural material. I was taught a few syrup recipes. May is the season for planting and cutting hay.
The work was cool, I could manage my time during the day. There is… read more
He was a sweet fruit in the dark Autumn. Helped, observed and shared a lot.
It was a new experience for us to have someone in our house for longer time, sometimes having difficulties in our communication, but we always found a… read more
Ágota y Csongi son una tierna pareja de Ositos que viven en una acogedora casa en una pequeña villa rodeada de verdes campos y del sonido de los animales. Ágota destaca por su dulce voz, Csongi es un maestro en la cocina. Sin dificultad pueden intercambiar sus roles y la combinación de sus talentos… read more
If it comes to the volunteering, it's sure that you'll get respect, the chance to use… read more
Whenever you have the opportunity to host… read more
We had a good time together, if… read more
Finishing the roof, collecting branches for the walls, packing, carrying stuff and so much more.
He made very delicious rice, we played cards and badminton.
You are welcome to visit us again when you want, wishing you the best for your studies and travels!
We played music and did some sewing, went biking and hunter for mushrooms as well.
It was a pleasant experience, we’d be happy to host you again, even as a guest, not just as a worker.… read more
