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Last replied
12 Feb 2024
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Description
We're a family of 4 (daughter 14 and son 15). We love travelling and spending time outdoors, we have a dog, quite a big garden with vegetables, fruit and herbs.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Language practice
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We want our volunteer to be part of our family and our lifestyle. We have two cars so our volunteer can use one for trips. We travel a lot and if you want to see Poland's beautiful sights or visit Slovakia (which is nearby) you would love it. We grow organic vegetables and like to live and eat healthily. We live on a hill and there's a pasture just above our house with herd of sheep - there's a hut where local cheese is sold and local products.
We go to the woods a lot to pick mushrooms and bluberries at and pick things to make decorations in the garden or arts.
In we go kayaking in Mazury but we can organise such outing closer to our place where we live.
We often go to music concerts and performances, play games or watch Netflix.
What you can do here:
- go hose riding (there are many stables and horse riding schools in the neighbourhood, my sister-in-law owns a horse)
- help in animal sanctuary (there's a dog shelter in the town nearby and they need every pair of hands)
- grow herbs and vegetables (we're open to new ideas)
- teach English/German or Spanish (or help with any age groups I teach)
- teach art or just do art with us (I do artwork for myself out of clay - then we fire the ceramics)
- ride bikes (nice hilly areas to ride)
- go trekking,
- ski or snowboard (in winter)
- there're 2 swimming pools (with sunsas and salt caves) and a river nearby
- eat traditional sheep and goat milk products
- cook bread
- smoke trout and sausages (there's a farm trout nearby)
- pick widberries and mushroom (in late summer)
- stay in a beautiful, quiet countryside
- go to zumba classes
- visit our friends and relatives
- try local wine
- try traditional Polish cousine ( lots of dishes made from cabbage and beans)
- visit such beautiful places as Zakopane, Wrocław, the Tatras Mountains, Prague
- spend time in hot springs (not far away from us, we usually go once a month)
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Help
We are a family of 4 (two kids 13 and 15) and we are looking for an English/German/Spanish-speaking volunteer to help with everyday activities. We are a friendly, easygoing family who loves travelling, hiking, riding bikes and gardening (we grow our own veggies).
We also would like to practice English/German/Spanish and use it in the house. We are open to learing new languages like German or Spanish and new cultures.
My husband is a firefighter and when he's on duty he's away for 24h and I run my own business (it's a small language school so you can also help there) so just being there with the kids, organising time for them (they love walking, riding bikes, playing the piano, doing all sorts of arts).
Cooking most welcome but not essential as we also love cooking ourselves, we love trying out new recipies. Helping with the household chores would be much appreciated (vacuuming/ironing/dusting - kids also help).
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Polish: Fluent
German: Intermediate
Spanish: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
Right now I would love to improve my Spanish. I can teach English as I am a qualified teacher of English
Accommodation
We offer to stay in our garden house which has its own heating (kitchen and toilet in our house). We provide food (brakfast and supper - feel free to take what you like from the kitchen) - we cook traditional Polish cuisine dishes for dinners. We all eat meat but also like vegetarian dishes.
What else ...
Our town is conveniently located 1,5 from Krakow and Katowice airport, there's good train connection to Prague, Wrocław or Warsaw. It's perfect place for hill trekking. It's 1,5h drive from the winter capital of Poland - Zakopane and the Tatras mountains.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Hours expected
3
Feedback (5)
I thank Iza from the bottom of my heart for the time she put in the school project she involved me in, which was an incredible experience with pupils from 1st to 8th… read more
Besides doing some gardening, practicing german with Iza, helping with general household chores and some other small… read more
This was my first workaway experience, and I couldn't have dreamt a better start. Iza and Lukasz are very open, supportive, generous and caring; their kids - very lively and curious, and the work at school - casual and comfortable. You get your own space and plenty of time for exploring - the area is lovely in winter.
Be… read more
She is fun to be with and we recommend Karolina a lot!
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I thank Iza from the bottom of my heart for the time she put in the school project she involved me in, which was an incredible experience with pupils from 1st to 8th… read more
Besides doing some gardening, practicing german with Iza, helping with general household chores and some other small… read more
This was my first workaway experience, and I couldn't have dreamt a better start. Iza and Lukasz are very open, supportive, generous and caring; their kids - very lively and curious, and the work at school - casual and comfortable. You get your own space and plenty of time for exploring - the area is lovely in winter.
Be… read more
She is fun to be with and we recommend Karolina a lot!
Apart from that she's very… read more
