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We are a family of four. There is Mathieu, firefighter, likes the evenings between friends with fresh beer! Sport and card games. Livia, a nurse, enjoys outdoor activities, nature, deco and graphic novels. Lou, 10 years old, likes to ride horseback, playing piano and passionate about ancient Egypt. Suzon, 7 years old, enjoys doing manual activities, playing board games and creating worlds throughout the house.
I do not say everything you will learn to know us...
Without forget our wonderful Corto, our dog, he is super friendly, his only fault is to ask too many caresses!
For eleven months we travel across the United States, as a workaway and on our return we wish to continue the adventure on the other side.
If you want, don't hesitate to check our profile workaway as a volunteer, there is pictures of our house :
By becoming hosts, we want to continue this exchange of culture and life that we have been living for a year. It is important for us this notion of exchange, you will really be a part of our family. If you're just looking for a place to sleep and do your laundry, it's not here!
If you are interested: send us an email, tell us why you are interested in France and this region? What makes you want to meet us? And especially what you expect from the stay with us, do you have particular expectations? What kind of volunteering do you care about?
The main element for everything to work is communication, so be honest and especially open!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Language practice
Art Projects
Teaching
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We live in the center of a typical village in the north of France, Rieulay, we have a lot of green trail around us along the 'scarpe': a beautiful river, we are just next to a lac with a lot of aquatic activities like canoe, paddle... we have a lot of forest and we are just in a natural reserve, in our private pond you can see a lot of species like kingfisher, heron... We live next to Douai a nice little medieval town. We are a 20 minutes by train from Douai to Lille: a big Flemish style city, there are wonderful museums of all kinds, shops, "estaminets" everywhere in our region, famous for the "miner" cities, many sites with artifacts from the Second World War. We are one hour from the great beaches of the north, we can do sand yachting, kite flying ... A car is not essential everything can be done by bike and train that we can lend you. But a car is still advising sometimes the weather here is capricious ..
We have also a lot of museums around us like leeward (mines) and 'le louvre' de lens.
We live in the countryside so lovers of nature will find their happiness there are many hiking trails, especially the Tour de France passes by there.
Depending on what you like and our time off we will have the pleasure of making you discover our region and our way of life. Depending on what you want and what you like. We are very flexible.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
You can help us in many areas depending on your skills. We can discuss it together beforehand. We have a big property of 10 acres, with a lot of trees and a orchard and vegetable garden , so we always need help for gardening. We built a house so there is a lot of building work, so someone with some knowledge of renovation work or gardening is welcome. Sometimes it will be good to have a moment with our children. And the others, well, you are welcome too, the purpose is to share and there are many other way where you can help us, we are open and curious.
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 live in a tiny house, just in the front of a big private pond, in ecologic area. For the moment we welcome you to our property in different types of camp (tents or caravan), you will have a share bathroom with other workaway if there is, we have dry toilet.
We will take fresh meals together, if you want to cook it will be a pleasure! We are open to any type of diet. We past a time in a vegan farm, it was awesome. We lend bike and like I regularly we can drive you in a gare station.
What else ...
We are close to Belgium, 1 hour of Brugge, 1h 30 of De Panne, 2 hours of Brussels. We are 1 hour from Paris via the TGV and 1h 30 from London via the shuttle. Full options depending on which ones you like. Nature or urban : Lille city is a dynamic city student. There's something for everyone.
And if you just enjoying calm and nature we have a private pond to stay calm and enjoy the nature life!
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
This host has said they are willing to accept those travelling with a pet.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (8)
The work that I did was generally weeding in the morning, then I… read more
She did an excellent job. Especially the thanksgiving dinner and triming the hedges. Sometimes she helped me without asking. She was so nice with the girls. She did a great job to help Lou with the piano.
Emma, you are welcome anytime!!
It was just incredible for me ! I spent only two weeks with this wonderful family. I had really good times with all of them. They are so welcoming and kind. I already want to go back there with them to finish their futur house and spend more time in Cappelle !
Looking forward to see them… read more
He integrated perfectly in our family ! Very respectful! He worked hard with Mathieu to build the tiny house. He was an indispensable help! We will never forget what he did for us, big days to finish the tiny in time!
We had a good time together! We can… read more
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The work that I did was generally weeding in the morning, then I… read more
She did an excellent job. Especially the thanksgiving dinner and triming the hedges. Sometimes she helped me without asking. She was so nice with the girls. She did a great job to help Lou with the piano.
Emma, you are welcome anytime!!
It was just incredible for me ! I spent only two weeks with this wonderful family. I had really good times with all of them. They are so welcoming and kind. I already want to go back there with them to finish their futur house and spend more time in Cappelle !
Looking forward to see them… read more
He integrated perfectly in our family ! Very respectful! He worked hard with Mathieu to build the tiny house. He was an indispensable help! We will never forget what he did for us, big days to finish the tiny in time!
We had a good time together! We can… read more
Very willing, curious, enthusiastic. We do Workaway for the exchange of cultures and Eloise has a lot to share. She cooked us some good food, I will keep the recipes, thank you!
She has to share every moment it's great!
The work required at home while she was there was a lot of weeding… read more
It's very impressive to see a girl like this traveling alone and doing so well. She did not hesitate to explore every free time every time!… read more
My expierence with Livia, Mathieu, Lou and Suzon was so great! I got to spend Christmas with both of their families and I felt so welcomed by everybody that there're just not words that can describe how grateful I am with all of them.
Spending time with them (all of them) was always fun, and I got to learn about a lot of French… read more
He is a boy full of good energies, curious, kind, easy going...
He helped us to knock down a shed in bad condition with enthusiasm and good mood. He loaded bags and bags of bricks under the rain without ever complaining and always with a big smile. A pleasure to work with him
A big… read more
Molly stayed 2 weeks, it was too short, we miss her a lot.
She cooked for us every day and that was amazing good! Her knowledge of cooking is fantastic!
I learned a lot of things from her, especially good vegetarian dishes that she did not hesitate to share recipes!
She did great at Thanks Giving, I invited… read more
Their town is charming and adorable complete with pizza Tuesdays and a bar down the street with the best french fries I've had in France by far.
They have a multitude of projects going on so there is always… read more
Livia, Mathieu, Lou and Suzon are just exceptional hosts! Not a day went by without somebody… read more
Quelle chance de l’avoir eu comme volontaire, un vrai bonheur.
Laura nous a aider pour nos projets de rénovation, elle a principalement fait peinture et décapage, elle a très bien travaillé, elle est minutieuse et travaille proprement.
Nous pouvions tout lui demander et ne nous décevait… read more
