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Mira (46), Dennis (47), little Julian (8) and Jonas (4) live in a 250 years old renovated house in a small but lovely village called, EPPELDORF.
In 2012, we bought some land near DIEKIRCH with a marvelous view over the Sure Valley. Since then, we installed an ORCHARD with 50 trees (old traditional an typical regional fruit varieties) and a VEGEABLE GARDEN with a permaculture design. Many projects, like tree planting & pruning, fencing, hay making with scythe and an oldtimer tractor, building of an animal shelter and a handicraft place, composting, installing an irrigation system, building a compost toilet,,... have been accomplished so far.
In 2014, we started an ambitious project related to the construction of a DRY STONE WALL. Passionate by old building techniques, we warmly welcome volunteers to share this old knowledge and learn how to build a wall without any mortar to bind stones together.
2014-2015 we traveled 1 year around Europe to work as volunteers at different farms. This was a great experience, that´s why we decided to be hosts ourselves.
2016 we hosted our first volunteers.
In January 2017, Julian was born and completed our family.
2018 we bought an OLD FARMHOUSE in EPPELDORF, a village at the edge of the Mullerthal Region, called Luxembourg´s little Switzerland. We renovated with the help of an architect and several handicraft firms in addition to many hours of personal work of us with family, friends and volunteers. The first renovation phase of the farmhouse is coming to an end, the next phase (expansion of the attic) is in preparation.
In January 2021, after two and a half year of renovations, we moved into our "new" 250-year-old farm house. 200m2 of living space offer a comfortable life.
2021 Jonas enlarged our family.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Interests
Van life
Sustainability
Farming
Architecture
Performing arts
Plant care
Music
Gardening
History
DIY & crafts
Cooking & food
Carpentry
Yoga / Wellness
Nature
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
During the renovation work, we'll share our knowledge about renovation skills, architecture, handy skills, ... At the orchard, general information about gardening, bee keeping, fruit tree pruning, preservation of food, sheep, dry stone wall techniques, ... can be transmitted.
Dennis and Mira speak 5 languages fluently (French, German, English, Luxemburgish and Dutch).
MIRA is biologist and has worked as a nature reserve manager. She has a solid knowledge about local biodiversity, geology and landscape. Used to lead guided tours for tourists and groups, she loves to tell and explain & share knowledge. Currently, Mira is a full time mum and during her free time she is lobbying for children´s rights in an association.
DENNIS is a part-time gardening teacher at a secondary school and part-time circus artist. He is very enthusiastic to initiate the basics of partner acrobatics and other circus techniques.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
We are looking for :
- motivated people who are willing to help with building (construction skills are welcome but not essential)
- preferably a COUPLE or FAMILY (kids ABOVE! 5 years are very welcome)
- !!! Very important notice: our familiy with two small kids has a very busy life. We expect that workawayers adapt to our life and not the other way round. There will be enough time for your leisure activies, but they should be organized around our weekly schedule with flexibility. Our time together should serve for exchange and not be constantly interrupted by appointments of the volunteers we host. If you lead a life with lots of appointments that you have to keep to or are actively looking for a job in Luxembourg, we are not the right host for you!!!
We have been volunteers during a year in several farms in Europe and appreciated it to help WITH the hosts and not FOR the hosts. We look for volunteers who are OK with helping 20-25h/week (mostly on weekends as we work during the week) and give a hand at the household chores. We appreciate if you are independent during your leisure time, we can recommend several trips.
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If you want to extend your stay beyond the minimum of 2 weeks, you are most welcome.
Our area is very beautiful. You can find information here: ask us for the link
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What kind of help is needed?
*) Help at the FARMHOUSE we´re renovating (EPPELDORF):
- painting
- woodwork
- furnishing
- tidiying up the construction site and getting rid of stuff: debris, ...
*) Activities at the ORCHARD (DIEKIRCH) (March to October only!):
- get ahead with the construction of the dry stone wall
- small building and repair projects, ...
- pruning fruit trees (Winter)
- planting and harvesting (Spring & Summer)
*) Taking part in daily chores (cooking, washing up, ...) is mandatory every day
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IMPORTANT NOTE
- We try to cook healthy mostly plant-based food and little animal products. Regrettably, we are unable to consider vegan diet, take into account special food allergies or fastings. Thank you for sharing the meals with us.
- We cannot host people with pets.
- We live in an old farmhouse, but we´re not a farm s. str. There are no animals nor tractors, we don´t live from agriculture,....
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Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Luxembourgish: Fluent
Dutch: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
Luxembourg is a small multilingual nation in the heart of Europe. The total of Luxembourg’s population adds up to about 590,321 residents. Foreigners make up 47.7% of the whole population. This makes our country extremely multicultural and…multilingual! The linguistic situation in Luxembourg is rather complex and multi-faceted. In daily life, Luxembourgish, German and French are used for different purposes, depending on the situation. English plays also an important role and it is quite common to hear people speaking Portuguese due to the large Portuguese community.
Accommodation
We just moved in a old renovated house in a very small but lovely village called Eppeldorf.
We offer a room with 2 single beds which can be put toghether and a private bath room.
Meals will be prepared and eaten together.
The orchard is located in Diekrich, 7 km away from our house.
What else ...
Eppeldorf, our place, is located in Luxembourg's Little Switzerland, the Mullerthal Region. This unique biotope is characterized by surprising sandstone rock formations.
Our village is connected to public transport (1 min walk to get to the bus station, 1 bus per hour). The bus goes to the train station in Diekirch.
- 25 minutes by train to Luxembourg City offering plenty of possibilities to visit the UNESCO World Heritage City Fortifications.
- 35 minutes by train to Clervaux hosting the Family of Man Photo Exhibition from Edward Steichen (part of the UNESCO's Memory of the World Register)
- in Luxembourg you can find lot of castles (Vianden, Beaufort, Bourscheid , ...) and other historical sites (World War II, museums, roman sites, ...) all not further than 1 hour traveling.
- there is also a big hiking network starting next to our village the famous "Mullerthal Trail" (112km)
- a very beautiful lake with a hoover dam is also near our place (20-30 min by car) or by bus, ideal for swimming or sunbathing
- In the neighbouring countries: Paris is 2h00 by train; Brussels is 3h00 by train or 2h00 by car; Aachen, Maastricht are 2h00 by car; ...
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
Our guest room is equipped with a reliable WIFI internet connection and alternatively the WIFI can be switched off, since internet is also available by cable. The room is also equipped with an office table and 2 chairs.
Space for parking camper vans
Both the courtyard next to the house and the entrance area of the orchard offer perfect conditions for volunteers travelling by campervan.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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It was an absolute pleasure to host the both of you. You integrated our little family very well, and we had really nice and intelligent conversations (or silly ones from time to time ;-)) . It was touching to see how you got along with the kids, and especially the music was a very nice medium to interact with them. We… read more
Thank you for helping us in the garden and with some carpentry stuff. It was a pleasure to host you. We liked your calm and relaxed way, your independence and your kindness. We also got some work done that would not have happened without your help!
We hope that your path will come across Luxembourg again and that you will honor us with… read more
I did help with planing and installing the oak, and working in the garden. They have also in countryside an orchard, where I was helping with the hay and vegetables.
Did have fun with the nice sons Julian and Jonas. Next… read more
Thank you so much for all these 4 months that we stayed with you. It was a pleasure for us to have our first experience through WorkAway with you, we felt very lucky. We stayed with them 2 times, once since February until May, the second was the last 2 weeks of July. We asked them if we could stay again with them because we felt like… read more
We had a lot of good and very good workawayers during the last couple of years, but you are one of our top favourites! It was a pleasure sharing our house and our lives with you. You showed a lot of humour, had excellent work ethics, came with good skills, and had the openness and willingness to acquire new ones! You… read more
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It was an absolute pleasure to host the both of you. You integrated our little family very well, and we had really nice and intelligent conversations (or silly ones from time to time ;-)) . It was touching to see how you got along with the kids, and especially the music was a very nice medium to interact with them. We… read more
Thank you for helping us in the garden and with some carpentry stuff. It was a pleasure to host you. We liked your calm and relaxed way, your independence and your kindness. We also got some work done that would not have happened without your help!
We hope that your path will come across Luxembourg again and that you will honor us with… read more
I did help with planing and installing the oak, and working in the garden. They have also in countryside an orchard, where I was helping with the hay and vegetables.
Did have fun with the nice sons Julian and Jonas. Next… read more
Thank you so much for all these 4 months that we stayed with you. It was a pleasure for us to have our first experience through WorkAway with you, we felt very lucky. We stayed with them 2 times, once since February until May, the second was the last 2 weeks of July. We asked them if we could stay again with them because we felt like… read more
We had a lot of good and very good workawayers during the last couple of years, but you are one of our top favourites! It was a pleasure sharing our house and our lives with you. You showed a lot of humour, had excellent work ethics, came with good skills, and had the openness and willingness to acquire new ones! You… read more
It was great having you with us for 3 months. You did a great amount of work with care, precision and commitment. It was a pleasure sharing our house and our lives with you as you were respectful, cheerful, open-minded and really helping us out with everything we needed and more: the house chores, cooking,… read more
You can expect diverse activities, comfort and delicious meals. Mira and Dennis are friendly, open minded and fun to hang out with. They will inform you about all the activities in the surroundings and offer you to come along with them on cultural events in the region.
We had fun… read more
It was just a few days, but they were intense! You both did a tremendous amount of work with a lot of motivation, precision and efficiency in the garden, at the dry stone walling but also at all the jobs around the house (cooking, tidying up, playing with the kids, ...).
It really felt like you'd been around for… read more
Although we stayed for just a week, being at their home those days made us feel as if we have known each other before and we hope to meet again very soon.
Have to say that working with them at the orchards and dancing with the rocks when… read more
Thank you very much for joining us on various moments during the past year.
It was great to have you with us, as you are easy going, friendly, polite and open-minded.
Thank you for helping us out with all the different tasks that you accomplished with skill, patience, love for detail and with a willingness to learn. We also appreciated… read more
I lived a year in Luxembourg and I had the occasion to help them in their orchard several times on the week-ends, in spring and summer. The orchard offers a large variety of tasks to be done, such as harvesting, beekeeping, building the dry stones wall, gardening etc. Dennis and Mira always take the time to… read more
Thank you very much for being with us those 10 days. It was an pleasant experience to have a family stay with us (you were the first ;-)) with all its chaos and creativity. Thank you for sharing the household chores and the tidying up of a looooot of stuff in the barn. We appreciated the discussions about a lot of… read more
Thank you very much for the two intense weeks you stayed with us. We appreciated vey much your gentle presence amongst our family and the way you shared all your experiences and your way of living with us in a very harmonic and generous way.
Thank you also for the hard work you did but also for the sharing of the household… read more
We mainly focused on the dry stone wall building. The experienced couple first… read more
Thank you so much for being with us during the last two weeks.
It was great having you for the nice discussions about philosophy, cooking, engineering, and life in general..., for the time spent playing with our kid and for being a respectful and modest part of our home and family life.
But most of all we appreciated enormously… read more
I really felt as I was part of the family from day one, so working there felt more like helping friends making their dream come true… read more
Vielen Dank für die Arbeit die du in den 2 Wochen bei uns geleistet hast. Du hast akkurat, systematisch und sehr geduldig die verschiedenen Aufgaben erledigt, was uns sehr gut gefallen hat (Putz von den Decken schaben, Mauerfugen auskratzen und behauen, ...) . Auch wie du im Haushalt mitgeholfen hast hat uns viel Arbeit… read more
C´était avec plaisir que nous t´avons acueillie chez nous. Les mille petits et grands travaux que tu as effectués au sein de notre maison (cuisine, couture, lessive, pliage linge, ...) nous ont beaucoup soulagés. Notre petit garcon de 3 ans a particulièrement apprécié les jeux que tu as accomplis avec lui. Tu as également été une… read more
Thank you very much for your generous presence in our family. We enjoyed the interesting conversations and exchanges! It felt like we have known each other for years.
But most of all we'd like to thank you for all the work you did at the new house, at the orchard and the household chores. You did a great job: efficient, motivated, with… read more
Vielen Dank für die kurze aber intensive Zeit die du mit uns verbracht hast! Dein sonniges Gemüt, die Ruhe die du ausstrahlst und dein Optimismus haben uns gut getan! Du hast aber auch tatkräftig mit angepackt und uns bei den diversen Projekten viel Arbeit abgenommen: Heu machen in der prallen Sonne, Bruchsteinmauern vom Gips… read more
Thank you for staying with us. It was a pleasure having you with us and opening our house to such a friendly and open-minded couple. Thanks for the help you gave us at all the jobs, but also by sharing the household chores with us. It was a new experience for us to have people here that came to combine holidays and… read more
This has been such a very positive experience to me and my adaptation in Luxembourg, which as brought a lot of friendship from you guys and a lot of knowledge regarding practical work as well as life options and priorities.
For everyone else, I am currently living and working in Luxembourg and I contacted Dennis and Mira at a… read more
Thank you for staying with us and all the help you provided: dirty hands, dusty hair, ... nothing could stop you! It was a pleasure to host you and we had some great discussions. These boots are made for walking, ... so carry on!
Good luck, all the best and hugs,
MDJ
Ce fût un énorme plaisir de vous accueillir chez nous. Nous n'avons pas vu les trois mois passer. Merci pour votre soutien dans tous les travaux au chantier de la maison ainsi qu'au verger. Nous avons particulièrement apprécié comment nous avons pu vivre ensemble chez nous, votre implication dans la vie courante, votre… read more
It was a pleasure sharing our house with such a very polite and well educated young man. Your willingness to work hardly to help renovating the old farmhouse by removing the old plaster from the walls was a very physical and dusty work impressed us.
Good luck with your studies and hoping to see you around!
Greetings
Although I'm from Luxembourg I saw places I hadn't seen before.
The work was fulfilling and interesting. I mainly helped out renovating the house, which was dusty work but tearing down walls is always fun ;) It also gave me a good first impression of how much work a renovation requires. We… read more
Thank you for the precious time you spend with us: the delicious italian cooking (arrancini, ravioli & friends), the attention and love of detail you put into the new house and the orchard, the singing and playing with Julian, the great discussions and philosophical reflexions on life, ... and the thousand other little things we… read more
Vielen vielen Dank für eure Hilfe. Eure Energie und Einsatzbereitschaft hat die (viel zu ;-) ) kurze Aufenthaltsdauer mehr als wett gemacht! Eure Freundlichkeit, Motivation, Kochkünste und Spiellust haben uns mit einer Erinnerung an eine schöne und erlebnisreiche Woche zurückgelassen. Wir hoffen das ihr noch einmal vorbei… read more
Trotz der kurzen Zeit von leider nur einer Woche haben die beiden uns erstaunlich viel über Land und Leute, Sehenswürdigkeiten,… read more
Vielen vielen Dank für eure Hilfe. Eure Energie und Einsatzbereitschaft hat die (viel zu ;-) ) kurze Aufenthaltsdauer mehr als wett gemacht! Eure Freundlichkeit, Motivation, Kochkünste und Spiellust haben uns mit einer Erinnerung an eine schöne und erlebnisreiche Woche zurückgelassen. Wir hoffen das ihr noch einmal vorbei… read more
Thank you so much for the enormous, tremendous, humungous, ... help you were! The smashing of walls, terraces, furniture, ... was fun and very valuable to us. The shoveling of dirt, dust and dung: unforgettable. All the energy and time you spend to bring us closer to live in our future house will definitely stay in our… read more
Thank you very much for your help. It was very nice having you over here, although it was very short.
We were happy to share a part our lives with you. Julian liked you very much because you were very kind to him.
It was great to have a person at home that was as respectful, open minded and smiling as you.
Good luck with your projects… read more
Despite the little time I have had time to learn some brushstrokes about agriculture, it is so… read more
Thank you very much for staying 6 weeks with us. Because of your motivation and positive energy we managed to finish a whole lot of work: a big part of the dry stone wall, the dry toilet, the water tanks and irrigation system, the 285 small priority 2 things on the do to lists ... . We really appreciated the fact that you saw… read more
We had a lovely big room, our own bathroom in the basement and access to everything in the kitchen when… read more
