Profile information
Host rating
80 %
Last replied
12 Oct 2023
Feedback
20
Email verified
Badges (2)
Details
Description
We are an easy going family of 4, two girls 17 and 16 and a little dog.
We are very friendly and we like meet peolple coming from different countries. We like to live in open air, nature, sports , arts and music. We like also visiting cultural sites.
We love good and healthy food and you will always find something healthy and tasty to eat, and if you are interested to learn Italian cookery I will be glad to teach you (such as home made pasta).
We live in a nice village on the hills near Prato (Tuscany), from where you can reach Florence (30 min), Lucca, Pisa, Siena or Bologna, etc. Or go for nice hiking up on the hills.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Teaching
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Joining a real italian family athmosfer you will practice Italian language and you'll benefit a very good italian cooking.
Live the experience of a very relaxing country lifestyle as well visit beautifull city like Florence, Lucca, Siena etc
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
We look for someone who can teach English to our youngest daughter in a proactive and funny way. Possibly with teaching background.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
German: Beginner
Spanish: Beginner
Accommodation
You will have your own apartament, so you will have a lot of privacy, however you can join us during the main meals and all the time you want.
What else ...
We live in a small group of houses on the tuscany hills, about 2 km from the main village (Vaiano), from where you can reach Prato by train (in 5 min) or by bus (in 30 min). from where you can reach Florence, Lucca, Pisa, Bologna etc. There is a bus at 700 mt that goes to the main village.
If you like relax, nature, beautiful view, or walking around breathing the local life style this will be your place.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Hours expected
4/5 hours a day, 5 days a week. 2 days free.
Host ref number: 122964356963
Feedback (9)
16 Nov 2018
Left by host for Workawayer (Elena)
We hosted Elena only for 5 weeks (she should stay longer, but due to some family problem she must to go back to her country) and we are very sad for this!
Elena is a very competent and serious teacher. Thanks to her our daugher Alessia improved her English a lot.
She is very tidy and respectfull too!
Our dog loved Elena a lot!!!!
Thanks, Elena for… read more
Elena is a very competent and serious teacher. Thanks to her our daugher Alessia improved her English a lot.
She is very tidy and respectfull too!
Our dog loved Elena a lot!!!!
Thanks, Elena for… read more
(Excellent
)
16 Nov 2018
Left by Workawayer (Elena) for host
I spent 5 weeks with this very nice family! Erika is very lovely and she is always willing to show you around and to help you in everything!. Alessia works very hard on her English and she is improving a lot! A little dog Ercole loves to be taking for a walk! And in the garden are 5 beautiful cats too! I had a big lovely house all for myself and… read more
12 Sep 2018
Left by Workawayer (Michelle) for host
Erika, Riccardo, Alessia, Viola and..... yes, even Ercole (the family dog) made for such an enriching work away experience. They are a lovely family and I had the privilege of working with Alessia (who is lovely) over the summer in preparation for her English exams. I can honestly say they welcomed me in from the first day and included me in many… read more
4 Sep 2018
Left by host for Workawayer (Michelle)
Hosting Michelle has been a blessing to our family.
She is a very kind woman, with a lot of skills. Full of energy and enthusiasm, a dinamic and open mind person and very professional too.
She helped our dislexic daughter Alessia to improve her English in the most powerfull way.
She is very special to us and we hope we can host her in the… read more
She is a very kind woman, with a lot of skills. Full of energy and enthusiasm, a dinamic and open mind person and very professional too.
She helped our dislexic daughter Alessia to improve her English in the most powerfull way.
She is very special to us and we hope we can host her in the… read more
(Excellent
)
10 Jul 2018
Left by host for Workawayer (Robyn)
Robyn is a very nice girl, respectful, clean and tidy.
She has been very kind with all of us.
Robyn: we all wish you all the best for your life.
She has been very kind with all of us.
Robyn: we all wish you all the best for your life.
(Very good
)
Feedback
16 Nov 2018
Left by host for Workawayer (Elena)
We hosted Elena only for 5 weeks (she should stay longer, but due to some family problem she must to go back to her country) and we are very sad for this!
Elena is a very competent and serious teacher. Thanks to her our daugher Alessia improved her English a lot.
She is very tidy and respectfull too!
Our dog loved Elena a lot!!!!
Thanks, Elena for… read more
Elena is a very competent and serious teacher. Thanks to her our daugher Alessia improved her English a lot.
She is very tidy and respectfull too!
Our dog loved Elena a lot!!!!
Thanks, Elena for… read more
(Excellent
)
16 Nov 2018
Left by Workawayer (Elena) for host
I spent 5 weeks with this very nice family! Erika is very lovely and she is always willing to show you around and to help you in everything!. Alessia works very hard on her English and she is improving a lot! A little dog Ercole loves to be taking for a walk! And in the garden are 5 beautiful cats too! I had a big lovely house all for myself and… read more
12 Sep 2018
Left by Workawayer (Michelle) for host
Erika, Riccardo, Alessia, Viola and..... yes, even Ercole (the family dog) made for such an enriching work away experience. They are a lovely family and I had the privilege of working with Alessia (who is lovely) over the summer in preparation for her English exams. I can honestly say they welcomed me in from the first day and included me in many… read more
4 Sep 2018
Left by host for Workawayer (Michelle)
Hosting Michelle has been a blessing to our family.
She is a very kind woman, with a lot of skills. Full of energy and enthusiasm, a dinamic and open mind person and very professional too.
She helped our dislexic daughter Alessia to improve her English in the most powerfull way.
She is very special to us and we hope we can host her in the… read more
She is a very kind woman, with a lot of skills. Full of energy and enthusiasm, a dinamic and open mind person and very professional too.
She helped our dislexic daughter Alessia to improve her English in the most powerfull way.
She is very special to us and we hope we can host her in the… read more
(Excellent
)
10 Jul 2018
Left by host for Workawayer (Robyn)
Robyn is a very nice girl, respectful, clean and tidy.
She has been very kind with all of us.
Robyn: we all wish you all the best for your life.
She has been very kind with all of us.
Robyn: we all wish you all the best for your life.
(Very good
)
27 Oct 2016
Left by host for Workawayer (Joan)
Jaun is a nice guy. He likes to learn italian cook and at the same time he cook for uas tasty spanish food!!!.
He teach some basics martial arts to our daughter and this was fun and usefull!!!!
It has been a good experience hosting him in our family.
He teach some basics martial arts to our daughter and this was fun and usefull!!!!
It has been a good experience hosting him in our family.
(Very good
)
28 Sep 2016
Left by Workawayer (Joan) for host
It's a beautyfull family with who I've learned fastly Italian language and italian food. I felt really respected and we did a good swap to help them at home and also to have time to search for work. Has been a gorgeous experience.
30 Aug 2016
Left by host for Workawayer (Mike & Sophia )
Mike and Sofia are easy going guys. A nice couple very respectfull and friendly.
Unfortunally we could not spend as much time togeether as it was sopposed to, but during the summer we had to change our schedule ( we had sone more hollydays.
Unfortunally we could not spend as much time togeether as it was sopposed to, but during the summer we had to change our schedule ( we had sone more hollydays.
(Excellent
)
23 Aug 2016
Left by host for Workawayer (Murray & Jo)
Jo and Murray are a very nice couple, we really enjoy them.
Jo is a courious and funny woman, always smiling and full of interests.
Murray is an excellent worker and loved take care of our dog .
We had a lot of funny time together, playing dobble, go hiking mountains or enjoying dinner and lovely chats.
They were very respectfull with the… read more
Jo is a courious and funny woman, always smiling and full of interests.
Murray is an excellent worker and loved take care of our dog .
We had a lot of funny time together, playing dobble, go hiking mountains or enjoying dinner and lovely chats.
They were very respectfull with the… read more
(Excellent
)
15 Aug 2016
Left by Workawayer (Murray & Jo) for host
This was a real positive workaway experience. The family certainly made us feel part of their lives with their welcoming ways.
They live a busy life balancing work and leisure well. They often work alongside you with lots of energy.
Erika amazes you with how she can handle all sorts of power tools and Riccardo makes electrical work look easy.
… read more
They live a busy life balancing work and leisure well. They often work alongside you with lots of energy.
Erika amazes you with how she can handle all sorts of power tools and Riccardo makes electrical work look easy.
… read more
5 Aug 2016
Left by Workawayer (Teresa) for host
What a wonderful family in a beautiful place! I had an amazing stay with this sweet, warm & happy family, and each day was a pleasure being with them. I helped them to paint a bedroom and bathroom, particularly the ceilings of this typical tuscan apartment with the wooden beams was a challenge for me and a new experience which I was proud to have… read more
26 Jul 2016
Left by host for Workawayer (Teresa)
Teresa has been a very nice surprise. She stay in our home for 10 days, painting the badroom and the bathroom. She is a very interesting woman, with very strong behaviior and work ethic. She enjoy our family in many ways and we really love her way to be.
Kind, sweet, hard worker, open mind, generous, and much more.
We miss you! And hope to meet… read more
Kind, sweet, hard worker, open mind, generous, and much more.
We miss you! And hope to meet… read more
(Excellent
)
4 Jul 2016
Left by host for Workawayer (John & Tracy)
We have benn blessed to have the oppunity to host a nice couple like John and Tracy (and Sasha). They are very special. They don't only made a very good job, they realy enjoy our family and home.
We feel as hosting very old friends or relatives. They were very nice with our 2 daugthers too.
Tracy cooked for us nice traditional english dinner… read more
We feel as hosting very old friends or relatives. They were very nice with our 2 daugthers too.
Tracy cooked for us nice traditional english dinner… read more
(Excellent
)
2 Jul 2016
Left by Workawayer (John & Tracy) for host
Hi , we are John and Tracy from Liverpool UK we were lucky enough to be given the opportunity to share some time with this wonderful and charming family in the beautiful Tuscan hillside. We were given a lovely, fully equipped appartment which was very comfortable .Erika's cooking is excellent and we really enjoyed the healthy meal times which were… read more
9 Jun 2016
Left by host for Workawayer (Jessica)
Jessica and his brother Nicholas stay in our family 10 days. They are wonderful people. As a parent I will be very pround if my two daughters will be like them, with a strong and heartful relationship/connection as they have.
They are very good and hard workers, taking care in what they were doing.
What I realy loved about them is the way they… read more
They are very good and hard workers, taking care in what they were doing.
What I realy loved about them is the way they… read more
(Excellent
)
6 Jun 2016
Left by Workawayer (Jessica) for host
My brother, Nicholas, and I stayed with this family for a week and a half and, being our first workaway experience, the bar has been set impossibly high for future workaway hosts. Erika, Riccardo, Viola and Alessia are not only outstanding hosts, they're wonderful people, and we enjoyed getting to know each of them over the course of our stay. We… read more
1 May 2016
Left by Workawayer (Tessa12) for host
Brian and I were very fortunate to be workaways for Erika, Riccardo, Viola and Alessia. We were welcomed into their family with huge open arms and their warmth ensured we felt comfortable together very quickly. We enjoyed working with Erika on her project, she was very clear with what needed to be done and the jobs were very manageable. We loved… read more
30 Apr 2016
Left by host for Workawayer (Tessa12)
Therese,
We had lovely time with you and Brian.
You both are lovely, warm and friendly.
You helped me a lot in my project, and Riccardo enjoied your walk on the hills around our home.
You both are serius worker, taking care in what you are doing.
We all 4 hope to see you .... may be in England!
With love. Erika
We had lovely time with you and Brian.
You both are lovely, warm and friendly.
You helped me a lot in my project, and Riccardo enjoied your walk on the hills around our home.
You both are serius worker, taking care in what you are doing.
We all 4 hope to see you .... may be in England!
With love. Erika
(Excellent
)
20 Apr 2016
Left by Workawayer (Jacqueline) for host
I had the very best first workaway experience I could imagine! Erika and her family were very welcoming and attentive and integrated me into the family from the very first day. Restoring the windows and building garden furniture out of euro-pallets was so much fun with Erika, I personally wouldn't consider it work as I really discovered a new… read more
15 Apr 2016
Left by host for Workawayer (Jacqueline)
Jackie is a very nice girl. We really love her.
She worked hard, untill the job was finish, just because this is her way to be, very tidy and respectfull with a good sense of humour
.... Viola miss you so much.... you should be back!
XXX
She worked hard, untill the job was finish, just because this is her way to be, very tidy and respectfull with a good sense of humour
.... Viola miss you so much.... you should be back!
XXX
(Excellent
)
