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Currently looking for some help approximately July 19 - August 09
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We are really excited for this opportunity for cultural Exchange. We have traveled quite extensively and taken cooking classes in many different countries and look forward to sharing our experiences. We love meeting new people from new cultures and look forward to sharing our own.
I have a little experience in Spanish and French and consider myself a beginner with both languages.
Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Pratique d’une langue
Jardinage
Bricolage et construction
Cuisine/repas pour la famille
Aide à la maison
Entretien général
Centres d’intérêt
Vie en van
Dev. personnel
Politique/justice sociale
Films et télé
Événements/vie sociale
Culture
Arts du spectacle
Soin des plantes
Musique
Langues
Jardinage
Cuisine et alimentation
Livres
Yoga / bien-être
Sports nautiques
Cyclisme
Randonnée
Fitness
Camping
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
Vancouver Island is one of the best places in the world for hiking, camping, kayaking, fishing and outdoor activities in general. I would have to say to anyone in the world, experiencing the Pacific Northwest on our island and engaging in outdoors activities would be a fantastic cultural experience.
We are both musicians and play together in some bands and individually in other projects. If someone is staying with us that has musical ability, they could join us in some rehearsals at some of the bands or we could just all find something to play together. If a person has less musical ability, of course they would still be welcome to come along to audit rehearsals.
Kathryn plays in one group in particular that regularly features music written by women composers of modern Canadian classical music.
Aide
We are retired, quite busy, and could use help with some of the following: Yard clean up, Gardening help, Painting/coating, exterior deck/pond, small projects around our property depending on experience.
Langues
Langues parlées
Espagnol: Débutant
Français: DébutantCet hôte propose un échange linguistique
I've always loved learning languages and in the past have studied Latin, German, Esperanto, Spanish and French. Spanish and French are the only two languages I consider myself to be at beginner level these days.
Hébergement
We offer an apartment/suite for the visitors/workawayers to stay. All photos in this profile are of the separate apartment/suite for the visiting workawayer(s). It is self-contained and has it's own separate entrance and so, is separate from our house. It is downstairs from the main floor where we live.
We would be sharing meals in our house upstairs, although the apartment has it's own kitchen if the visitor would prefer to make any of their own meals. The apartment has a laundry for the guest's use and also has it's own deck with ocean/city views.
Autres infos...
Our home location is surrounded by hiking trails and there are biking trails nearby. We also have access to ocean kayaking if a person has had appropriate training. There is also a small lake with a beach about 10 minutes walk from the house.
Victoria BC is the capital of the province of BC and is a fantastic tourism/cultural destination attracting multiple cruise ships daily. It also has amazing history. Some highlights are ; beautiful inner harbor, provincial capital buildings and museums, the oldest Chinatown in Canada.
Downtown is approximately 30-45 minutes away by bus, 25 minutes by car, 1 hour by bicycle. Although there is a bus stop 50 meters from the house, we are happy to drive our guests to the bus station (approximately 5 minute drive) which allows a quicker transit to downtown. We are also happy to drive guests to local sights when time/schedule permits.
We are happy to pick up and drop off our visitors/workawayers at the airport, ferry or downtown bus locations on their arrival and departure.
Informations complémentaires
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads
We have a quite solid internet connection with ethernet available to 300 mbps and wifi rated less than that depending on devices.
Espace pour garer des vans
We have our own VW Westfalia and our driveway is certainly capable of holding a campervan or small motorhome. Trailers would not work however due to the driveway geometry.
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they were the perfect introduction for me into workaway and I very thankful for the time I spent with them.
It was a delight from start to finish. Truly great people with a beautiful property.
From the start, we were welcomed into a beautiful private apartment with a stunning view that made every morning special. Both Vic and Kathryn are very musical, and it was a joy to hear Kathryn play the piano.
The tasks were varied and enjoyable:… read more
They were always ready to take on new tasks and put great effort into completing them.
They did great work planting, grounds-keeping and painting. When it rained they did excellent work inside digitizing a lot of our media. They were always a pleasure to have around and… read more
Getting ready for winter required a fair bit of physical work and they were easily up to the tasks. Markus’s knowledge of trees/plants helped out determining how… read more
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they were the perfect introduction for me into workaway and I very thankful for the time I spent with them.
It was a delight from start to finish. Truly great people with a beautiful property.
From the start, we were welcomed into a beautiful private apartment with a stunning view that made every morning special. Both Vic and Kathryn are very musical, and it was a joy to hear Kathryn play the piano.
The tasks were varied and enjoyable:… read more
They were always ready to take on new tasks and put great effort into completing them.
They did great work planting, grounds-keeping and painting. When it rained they did excellent work inside digitizing a lot of our media. They were always a pleasure to have around and… read more
Getting ready for winter required a fair bit of physical work and they were easily up to the tasks. Markus’s knowledge of trees/plants helped out determining how… read more
The weeks flew by as we learned some Aussie slang and of their many travels and culinary adventures in various parts of the world.
Aiden and Bree were… read more
