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Ciao! We're a happy family with two kids, aged 17 and 12, living in a beautiful, touristic area on the North-West seaside of Italy, close to Portofino, Genoa and the Five Lands. A great area for hiking, in addition to beaches and beautiful landscapes.
We love family life, spending time outdoors, sports music and good food (we pay attention to choose just the best ingredients and avoid industrial stuff).
Our kids are smart, happy, active, and speak good English thanks to our wonderful previous guests/helpers.
They both play piano and tennis, and attend a gym.
They are both very independent by now, so basically we're just looking for a friend to them, to help them practising their English. That's why in the next future we'll host just English native speakers, preferably from the UK, and just during July and August.
We live in Rapallo, a beautiful touristic seaside town on the Ligurian Riviera, very close to the city of Genoa. You could get in contact with several other foreigners living in this area, should you like it.
We love languages and meeting new people, that's why we're happy to grow our kids with the help of "big sisters" from abroad. We've been hosting girls mainly from the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, then thanks to Workaway we've been adding new nationalities and new experiences to our list! We keep on being in contact with several of them since they feel like family to us, after having shared so many good experiences.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We'd share with you our family life, teach you about Italian way of living and values. We'd help you as a family would do, having a great time here, meeting other students around and getting the most from our area.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
Even if the requested tasks are simple, we're looking for a girl who truly loves interacting with younger people and is happy, chatty, proactive and responsible, as she will be part of our family for a while.
We'll need you to help us with our kids with their English practice (mainly conversations) and with the household.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Spanish: Beginner
Italian: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
We love being able to speak in English to the people we host, and are available to help them learning our own language, too
Accommodation
We live in Rapallo, a beautiful touristic town on the Ligurian Riviera, very close to the city of Genoa.
From where we live, you could easily go to several other cities (Milano, Torino, Pisa, Firenze just to do an example), which are just between 1,5 and 3 hours away by train.
We live in a modern apartment with a huge terrace and very nice view of the town and the sea, very close (5 minutes' walk) to shops, bus and train station, beaches and parks.
You would have your own little bedroom with the use of a bathroom in front of it.
We have good wi-fi internet connection at home. We also offer the hospitality of a true family, who will help you during your time here. We've been hosting several girls in the past years who could give you references about us.
What else ...
This area is great for seaside and scenic landscapes, as our region (Liguria) is one of the most popular in Italy for holidays all year round! it is famous for hikes, as we have lots of wonderful paths with direct sea view and breathtaking scenery. The most well-known is of course The Five Lands area (Cinque Terre), just 45 minutes by trains from us, where you usually walk hearing every possible foreign languages spoken around you ;)
We are close to Portofino (20 minutes by bus) and its natural reserve area, and of course to the historical and fascinating city of Genoa, the home town to Cristopher Columbus and which was a very powerful town-state for over 500 years.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
I'm used to work from home too, a couple of days a week. We have a good optic fiber wifi connection.
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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My tasks mainly consisted of picking Aurora up from the school bus, taking her to sports classes and looking after her in the afternoon. Playing with her wasn’t work at all, but pure fun! She is such a creative, well-behaved and lovely child and I already miss dancing with… read more
Our family had a great experience with her: amongst other positive qualities, she is sweet, caring, and happy to share her culture with other people. Definitely the perfect guest, and for us a friend <3
We… read more
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My tasks mainly consisted of picking Aurora up from the school bus, taking her to sports classes and looking after her in the afternoon. Playing with her wasn’t work at all, but pure fun! She is such a creative, well-behaved and lovely child and I already miss dancing with… read more
Our family had a great experience with her: amongst other positive qualities, she is sweet, caring, and happy to share her culture with other people. Definitely the perfect guest, and for us a friend <3
We… read more
If you will decide to stay with this Italien Family you will feel like home from the first minute of entering the apartment.
The kids are very kind, sweet, good in english speaking, polite, easy to look after, well behaved and very used to au pairs. The girl is so… read more
Her English is really good even if she is not a native speaker. She has a quiet attitude but is very nice to kids, available and patient. She is good willing and ready to work so we can recommend her to any future host!
The tasks are very straightforward and easy to complete. Most of the "work" time consisted of spending time with their daughter (of… read more
The… read more
