Share our daily life while discovering Dax, Gascon culture in Landes, Aquitaine, France

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  2025 

 Min stay requested: No minimum

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  • Description

    Description

    Update January2025:
    Hi there, in February I'd like to host someone to take care of the dog Noun (Walk him, staying with him) because he is very social. As I work outside during the day, I'd like him not being alone. This will be your main job.
    You 'll have also to keep the house clean.
    As I won't ask you more things to do, you will provide for your ownfood. You can use the kitchen to cook.
    In the week-end, if you want to work more, or learn about, we could work in the garden, or put insulation on the roof, paint some wooden shutters, creating RJ45 plugs, and other little works.
    If you want a place with a lot of free time it will be so.

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    last minute janvier2025
    Bonjour,
    En Férvier 2025 je voudrais accueillir du monde pour s'occuper du chien Noun ( le promener et passer du temps avec lui). C'est un chien très social et je ne veux pas qu'il reste seul toute la journée. Je travaille à 30 km comme électricien et ne serai présent que le soir et le week-end.
    Il vous faudra également garder la maison propre et donc faire un peu de ménage quotidien (essentiellement nettoyer ce que vous salissez et balayer/aspirer les poils du chien.
    Comme je ne vous demande que très peu de travail, je ne vous nourrirai pas. Vous pouver cuisiner ici et/ou acheter en ville.
    Le week-end, si vous voulez travaillez plus, ou apprendre de ces sujets, nous pourrons jardiner, poser de l'isolant (laine de bois) au toit, peindre des volets, câbler des prises RJ 45, ou d'autres petits bricolages.
    Si vous chercher un endroit avec beaucoup de temps libre cela pourrait être ainsi.

    Ps: You'll be alone with the dog during the day because Susana is travelling
    Vous serez seul avec le chien durant la journée car Susana est en voyage

    Hi I am Thomas I'm 39. I live in a big house with my roommate Susana (who arrived here through workaway) and a big dog Noun, I'm fond of gardening and botanic.

    i'm electrician, I alsoI have a master in middle age history, have been worker in a factory, in a campsite, quality technician,..
    I like to host people from around the world, that makes me 'travelling without moving' and practicing foreign languages
    Susana runs the garden as a little organic farm (with ecocert label).

    I like to practice foreign languages such as english, spanish, or german. I have a big house with plenty of room and a big garden with vegetables in Dax downtown (Landes, Gasconny, Aquitaine, SW France), just in front the railway station.
    i need some help to keep the house clean, walk the dog, gardening works. Since a year, I'm working to improve the second floor. The roof has been changed and now I'm at the insulation. All along this year, I'll be working at the second floor. If you've got skills in building I'd appreciate it.
    If you have knowledge or skills in gardening, especially vegetables gardening i'd appreciate it too.
    You don't need a car.

    Bonjour, je suis Thomas, j'ai 38 ans et je vis, dans une grande maison avec ma colloc Susana (qui est arrivée par workaway) et mon grand chien Noun. Nous avons un grand jardin rempli de potagers en face de la gare de Dax. Susana en a fait une exploitation Bio certifiée ecocert / A.B.
    Electricien parlant anglais (et assez bien allemand et aussi espagnol). Je peux accueillir du monde contre principalement de l'aide au jardin ou a l'entretien de la maison.
    Je suis en plein travaux à l'étage alors si vous avez une expérience dans le batiment ou que vous etes motivés ca me va.
    Si vous avez des compétences en jardinage ça me va aussi bien.
    Voiture non necessaire.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Language practice
    Help with Eco Projects
    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Animal Care
    Farmstay help
    Help around the house
    General Maintenance
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Botanic, Gardening, vegetables gardening, History. Languages. DIY.

    English speaking (B2+ in writing, C1 in oral). Some others languages too.
    French is my native language. I've studied old french languages: North (langue d'oïl) and South french languages (occitan, gascon) and read a lot of these when I studied history.I keep on learning gascon and occitan. So I've got a really good knowledge of french and can teach it with a lot of tips to help you learning french.
    I've learned the basics and praticed a litlle of some languages in school, when i worked in a campsite on the Atlantic coast, and as a workaway host. I'm found of languages and the different concept into the words.
    Speaking Foreign languages is a hobby for me, that makes me "travelling without moving" (as Jamiroquai sings it). So I think we could understand each other whatever your language is.

    Discovery of a small gascon town in the South West France, 30km from the ocean, 40 km North of Bayonne and 130km South of Bordeaux.
    Gascon culture and gastronomy. Ocean.

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    Ich spreche auch gern Deutsch und ich nähe alles worten verstehe, aber ich verstehe bessern dan ich spreche als ich fur jahren nicht deutsch sprechen habe. Und so bin ich wort besuchen.

    Y hablo un poquito castellano pero no lo aprendi a la escuela. Susana me ensenha castellano y lo hablé y habla mucho con workawayers. Mi conocido en latin y en las viejas idiomas franceses me ayuadan mucho a entender castellano o catala
    porque tienen muchas palabras comunes.

    Decouverte d'une petite ville gasconne du Sud Ouest a 30km de l'océan. 40km au Nord de Bayonne et 130km au Sud de Bordeaux.
    Culture gasconne et gastronomie du Sud Ouest. Ocean. Botanique. Jardinage, potager, beaucoup de potager et jardinage. Histoire. Si vous parlez une langue locale occitane, le gascon ou l'occitan scolaire, je voudrais approfondir ma connaissance.

  • Help

    Help

    In february I need independent people who can cook for themselves, know how to sweep and do all the necessary for daily life. Walk the dog.



    Next text is for others period of the year:
    (I need help to make grow some vegetables, a lot of vegetables. a lot of diferent kinds. Water them, plant some pikes to link the tomatoes and others plants if they need it.
    Also cut the fences, plant some trees and keep the house clean.

    I can teach vegetables grow, a lot of botanic. Everything here is growing without any chemical product

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    Potager très garni et varié , taille d'arbustes et arbres. Nettoyage et entretien courant de la maison.)

  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    English: Fluent
    French: Fluent
    German: Intermediate
    Spanish: Intermediate
    Latin: Intermediate
    Occitan: Intermediate
    Italian: Beginner

    This host offers a language exchange
    langues latines notamment car je voudrais progresser dans celles-ci

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    I got 2 furnished bedrooms inoccupied at the groundfloor. I've got my own room and bathroom upstairs.

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    J'ai 2 chambres meublées disponibles au RdC dédiées aux voyageurs.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    I'm really downtown Dax so you don't need a car. I have some bike I can lend to you to move into the city. Bus and train station are near my home at less than 5 minutes by foot.
    Every bus ticket is only 2€ wherever you want to go, so you can go to beach/surf (Hossegor, Capbreton and Seignosse at 40 minutes by car or bus), walk or ride in the forest, visit Bayonne, Dax and the area, french gastronomy.
    In winter you can also go skiing i(1 hour and a half by car or bus).

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    Je suis en plein centre-ville donc pas besoin de voiture. J'ai 2 velos je peux vous en preter pour vous deplacer dans la ville et alentours. Les arrets de bus et la gare sont à 5 minutes à pied (2rues).
    Shopping, balade en foret, visite de la region (Dax, Bayonne,...), gastronomie du sud-ouest, plages et surf à 40minutes et stations de ski à 1h30 en voiture ou en bus.(2€ par trajet de bus)

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Can host digital nomads

    Can host digital nomads

    My home is connected to the net by optical fiber and as i'm electrician, i have a real internet network in the house. travelers can connect by internet wires or wi-fi

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    It's not a good place cause under the sun all day long, and my garden can be a litlle flood some days from October until June. Either it's not practical to get in/out because of the traffic. But you can park on grass or near my home at a little park place.

  • Can possibly accept pets

    Can possibly accept pets

    any kind but keep in your mind i have a big male dog, he doesn't eat cats...

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    Two

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