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ENGLISH : Laetitia and Guillaume, two nice French fellas, are about to transform a little house in the heart of the woods of Fontainebleau.
This little land of heaven on earth need your help for outdoor work : mainly gardening and cutting/store wood
The house is situated only a few bike- minutes away from a large and famous climbing paradise in the Forest des 3 pignons.
The house is about one hour away from Paris by train.
FRENCH : Laetitia et Guillaume forment une équipe de deux sympathiques Français et retapent une petite maison au cœur de la forêt de Fontainebleau. Ce petit havre de paix avec son grand jardin, sa magnifique terrasse et son extension en bois a besoin d’un petit coup de pouce pour arriver à son terme.
La maison se trouve à quelques minutes à vélo du sentier de randonnée des 25 bosses et des blocs d'escalade mondialement connus de la forêt des 3 pignons.
La maison se trouve à moins d’une heure de Paris en train.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
ENGLISH :
Laetitia and Guillaume travel a lot and they love cultural exchanging and sharing:
Laetitia is a French teacher for foreigners and a yoga teacher. She loves cooking vegetarian food and playing music.
Guillaume is into climbing, music and he’ s an excellent educator: if you want to learn to do handcrafts or how to climb, if you are into music jam sessions around the fire in beautiful nature, then this is the place to be!
FRENCH : Laetitia et guillaume sont 2 grands voyageurs. Ils adorent l'échange et le partage culturel : Laetitia est professeure de français pour les étrangers et professeure et de yoga. Elle adore cuisiner végétarien et faire de la musique. Guillaume est grimpeur, musicien et un excellent pédagogue : si vous voulez apprendre à bricoler, à grimper et participer à des djams sessions improvisées autour d’un feu de joie en pleine nature, it's the place to be!
Help
ENGLISH :
Depending on the needs of the house, the workawayers can help painting the walls, cleaning,, cutting the grass, gardening, helping to place the parquet floor...
FRENCH : selon les besoins de la maison, les workawayers pourront faire de la peinture, nettoyer et ranger, tondre la pelouse, remplir la haie sèche de branches mortes, s'occuper du potager, aider à la pose du parquet...
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: 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
ENGLISH : You will be hosted in our home in a private area (bedroom + living room + bathroom - see pictures) - this area is possibily to be shared between 2 workawayers (2 separate beds). If the workawayers prefer not to stay in the same room, we can arrange a second room as well. There is one bathroom for both workawayers.
If you want more intimacy, you can also bring and stay in your tent. The Land is big.
We will organise the schedule for the week together so that everybody is happy in the house.
We can have our meals together (we are vegetarian but eat eggs and cheese, no fish or meet)
FRENCH : Vous disposerez de votre propre chambre et vous partagerez la salle de bain avec l'autre workaway.
Pour l’organisation de la semaine, tout est envisageable afin que le rythme de la maison corresponde aux envies et à l’énergie de tous.
Les repas végétariens (ni viande ni poisson mais œufs et fromage) seront pris ensemble.
What else ...
ENGLISH : For your free time, you can use some of our bikes to cycle around the forest and other villages in this area.
If you are already climbers, bring your own shoes (if not, we have some here as well in different seizes.) We also have some crash pads and some deck chairs to chill in the sun, a ping pong, a dart, many music instruments (piano, guitar, ukulele, cajon) yoga mats… it’s difficult to get bored here!
You can also visit Paris (the train last 35 minutes from Fontainebleau to Paris Gare de Lyon, the centre of Paris)
FRENCH : Pour votre temps libre, vous aurez des vélos à disposition pour des balades dans la forêt ou les villages environnants. SI vous êtes déjà grimpeur vous pouvez venir avec vos chaussons, (sinon nous en avons de différentes tailles !) et nous avons les crashpads. Nous avons aussi des transats pour chiller au soleil, une table de ping pong, un baby foot, un jeu de flechette, des instruments de musique (piano, guitare, ukulele, cajon, flûte), des tapis de yoga…. Bref, pas vraiment de quoi s’ennuyer !
Vous aurez aussi la possibilité d’aller visiter Paris. (train direct de Fontainebleau à Paris gare de Lyon 35 min pour arriver au centre de Paris)
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
4/5 heures par jour max, 5 j/sem.
Feedback (6)
We had so much fun, nice discussions and big laugh during her stay that we already miss… read more
She acquired very rapidly new skills and participated smoothly and actively to the house life and its energy.
We are highly recommend her and she will always be welcomed here. Thank you Annika and… read more
I spent almost two wonderful weeks with Guillaume and Laeti and I really enjoyed this experience a lot. The two of them took very good care of the workawayers and always made sure that we were having a good time. The work mainly consisted of renovating the bathroom and I… read more
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We had so much fun, nice discussions and big laugh during her stay that we already miss… read more
She acquired very rapidly new skills and participated smoothly and actively to the house life and its energy.
We are highly recommend her and she will always be welcomed here. Thank you Annika and… read more
I spent almost two wonderful weeks with Guillaume and Laeti and I really enjoyed this experience a lot. The two of them took very good care of the workawayers and always made sure that we were having a good time. The work mainly consisted of renovating the bathroom and I… read more
They took us to walk through the forest and visit beautiful places, they also taught us how to climb. They are both… read more
She is a very easy going person, easy to communicate with and put a lot of efforts in the different tasks she worked on.
She will be always welcomed to our place with pleasure !
Guillaume a toujours sûr être précis dans les tâches demandés et reconnaissants quand le travail été bien fait
L accueil chaleureux, sympathique et artistiques ! :)
Un bonheur !
Un jolie confort, je m y suis sentie bien et accepté tel que je suis.
Bref j… read more
