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We live in a beautiful part of Bavaria with lots to see and explore around us. Wonderful bikeways start from our house. You can go swimming or canoeing in one of our beautiful lakes (7 km to lake Staffelsee and many other beautiful lakes), enjoy mountain climbing (35 min by train to Garmisch-Partenkirchen where Zugspitze, the highest german mountain is) or the silence in our forests! We’re 40 min away from Munich by train if you prefer to visit the city for Oktoberfest or many other reasons. Castles from king Ludwig are also popular. We also have a nice garden where we play table tennis in the summer. Refreshing yourself in our little spring is so much fun!
We live 2,8 km from the train station with frequent trains to Munich and Garmisch-Partenkirchen (skiing and hiking paradise), and there’s occasionally a bus going as well. We’re happy to pick you up at the railway station in Huglfing.
A little bit about us:
We, Lisa (1967) and Michael (1960), were travelling and volunteering around the world when we were young. We really loved this and want to offer this possibility to others. We have four sons. Two own sons (1997, 2001) and two care sons from Afghanistan (2001, 2001). The youngest one is living on the Canarian Islands. The oldest one has settled down in Napoli with his Italian girlfriend. We also have two lovely cats (so unfortunately we don’t allow dogs).
We love playing music, singing (in particular the Beatles or other Oldies) and we would be very happy to play together. We play cello, a little guitar and a little piano. We would love to have you if you play any instruments. We may speak different languages, but music is a language that we all understand.
We organically grow our own veggies. Lisa just loves gardening and would be happy if you like gardening as well. "The one who plants a garden, plants happiness."
HELP: You would have to help 2 hours a day (except arriving and departure days) with flexible times. You could for example work 2 hours per day for 7 days or do all of your hours within two days and have the rest of the week off (14 workhours a week). You can schedule your hours however suits you the best. We have a list where you can log your hours. This gives you a lot of free time to explore our wonderful area. You would have to buy and cook your own food, therefore it´s just 2 hours of help a day.
Insurance: You need a liability insurance to visit us (check with your travel insurance).
We will have a free place for 1-2 people from 25.4.-9.5.2024 and again from middle of May on.
We are looking for some help renovating the balcony. Physically demanding!
From middle of May we are looking for some help in the garden.
We would love someone who’s happy to do gardening or general cleaning.
Carpenter skills are also very welcome!! You like to work on wooden or art projects?
Also bike maintenance is always needed...
You know how to use a sewing machine?
Or you don´t mind standing in cold water on a hot day, cleaning our spring?
You know how to restring a drum (african djembes)?
You love gardening (seeding, planting, weeding, snail hunting, ....) and being close to nature?
You are happy with growing and preserving organic veggies?
You are fascinated with herbs and enjoy collecting them from the garden and wild from the nature?
You are interested in an ecological circle (creative upcycling, self-sustainability and more…)?
You are able to look things up on the internet when needed?
You enjoy working independently and also alongside others?
You keep the house and the working area tidy and clean?
You are responsible and careful with all plants?
Accomodation: You can live in our caravan (with little kitchen) in front of the house. The bathroom is in the house. From October to May there will be a room in the house.
You can take veggies from the garden to cook. You will harvest what others planted and you will plant what others will harvest. Be part of a circle!
Come and join us!
Lisa and Michael
Types of help and learning opportunities
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Lots for sightseeing, cultural events, Artist City Murnau nearby.
Help
- Anyone willing to help clean the spring of water by the house (physically demanding and ice cold water)
- Anyone happy to do gardening
- cleaning always is needed
- craftsman or -woman always welcome
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Accommodation
Caravan in front of the house. Bathroom in the house. Please no smoking in the house, caravan and on our property.
What else ...
lots of mountains to hike, lots of lakes to swim, lots of bikeways....
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
good Internet in the house
Space for parking camper vans
There is enough space for another camper next to our caravan at the parking lot in front of the house, but there the Internet connection is not as good as close to the house
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
14 hours per week, flexible hours
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it was a pleasure to have you here! Having you´re helping hand allowed me to relax ! The cleaning you did was soooo good! Also the garden got some love from you! Making music with you or meeting for our international womens group or biking together or doing Yoga together was so much fun! Also the conversation with you was very… read more
Thank you for a wonderful time. This was our first experience with Workaway, and it felt so good. Lisa was very organized with our tasks, which was very thoughtful because it gave us plenty of time to travel and explore Bavaria. We even had the opportunity to go to Munich and celebrate the fantastic Oktoberfest.
Both Lisa… read more
many thanks for your help! Luna, you've been so patiently sorting the herbs and helping to boil the tomatoes! Thanks also for your help in the garden and cleaning for our guests! Raed, you're such a good craftsman! Whatever you did, it was so well thought out and done so accurately! You should help our technician to pave the… read more
it was wonderful to have you here! You were great helpers, very diligent, self sufficient and responsible.
You are a very energetic couple, interested in so many things, sympathetic and respectful.
You did a lot of sightseeing!
Sharing the kitchen was very easy going, we and our friends loved to eat your beautiful… read more
Our (Aiping & Changshun) workaway experience at Lisa & Michael home was extremely comfortable, happy, unforgettable as well as fruitful.
Lisa well planned activities for our 24-day stay on October and early November. Originally,… read more
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it was a pleasure to have you here! Having you´re helping hand allowed me to relax ! The cleaning you did was soooo good! Also the garden got some love from you! Making music with you or meeting for our international womens group or biking together or doing Yoga together was so much fun! Also the conversation with you was very… read more
Thank you for a wonderful time. This was our first experience with Workaway, and it felt so good. Lisa was very organized with our tasks, which was very thoughtful because it gave us plenty of time to travel and explore Bavaria. We even had the opportunity to go to Munich and celebrate the fantastic Oktoberfest.
Both Lisa… read more
many thanks for your help! Luna, you've been so patiently sorting the herbs and helping to boil the tomatoes! Thanks also for your help in the garden and cleaning for our guests! Raed, you're such a good craftsman! Whatever you did, it was so well thought out and done so accurately! You should help our technician to pave the… read more
it was wonderful to have you here! You were great helpers, very diligent, self sufficient and responsible.
You are a very energetic couple, interested in so many things, sympathetic and respectful.
You did a lot of sightseeing!
Sharing the kitchen was very easy going, we and our friends loved to eat your beautiful… read more
Our (Aiping & Changshun) workaway experience at Lisa & Michael home was extremely comfortable, happy, unforgettable as well as fruitful.
Lisa well planned activities for our 24-day stay on October and early November. Originally,… read more
I feel this was a wonderful “win-win” situation in which we felt very happy to be able to help them with the things they needed help with, and we received a lot from them by… read more
you are such a lovely and sympathetic couple! Thank you very much for all your help! You were helping to preserve the tomatoes- we will have tomato sauce for the entire year! Silvi, I was so glad that you were helping me clean. Great job! And Dan, thank you so much for making all the bikes running again! All the best for you… read more
Thank you so much for all your help! I felt so relaxed when you were working as I was sure, you are responsible and careful and will do a great job. The results proved me right! Repairing the wooden frame for the tomatoes, digging and building the drainage outside the wall and paint it at the end, fixing the curtain rods and last but… read more
I was at Lisa and Michael place for few weeks during the winter and it was very special. Lisa is a very kind, warm and open minded that will do anything to make her workaways happy.
The village is very quiet and in a beautiful area.
If u are around the village, just send them a message, I hope you will be lucky as I was:))
you are such a kind young lady, serious and responsible in everything you were doing. We were happy to have you here! The plum tree you planted looks very happy, hope you will come again to harvest the plums!
Your brother was here the year before and we congratulate your parents on having such wonderful children!
Say hello to all the… read more
thank you so much for all your help and for respecting the rules! You are a very friendly couple, serious and responsible in everything you are doing. Your plan was, to find payed work and a place to live within 2 weeks and you reached the goal! Incredible! Congrats!
I wish particularly to mention, that both of you are… read more
The work is easy and interesting, if you want to learn about gardening and how to recycle, you need to be there. The schedule work was so flexible.
Lisa was so good teaching and showing what to do with patient and with a beautiful smile on… read more
thanks for all your help in the garden! And for repairing the bikes! You are a friendly, quiet person, very respectful and grateful. I was impressed that you were talking german on such a good level! We enjoyed making music with you and cycling to Murnau to go to a concert there.
Incredible how you were able to work in the sun with this… read more
Thank you so much for an amazing first workaway experience. You were very kind and welcoming and always made me feel at home!
I had always wanted to try gardening and I am very happy to have tried it in your beautiful garden. Lisa, it was really nice of you to let me pick the flowers :) I also learnt many new things like… read more
thanks for all your help: weeding, snail hunting, seeding, planting, organizing the tools, watering the plants, cleaning the room and so on! You were the flower lady, harvesting herbs and flowers to dry them for tea! And last but not least: I loved your indian cooking! Thanks for everything and all the best to you! Lisa and Michael
you did such a good job here! We were very happy to have you here.
You are a peaceful, patient person, seriously thinking about good ideas and realizing them. Thank you so much! The fence for the balcony is an eye catcher, looks just amazing!
We also loved to make music with you- and made Corona-sick neighbor happy as well! And the… read more
you haven't been here for very long, but long enough, to see, you are a really good one!
You did everything you were asked to do and you did it perfectly!
You offered to have a look at my bike which had issues with gears changing by themselves. You had no experience with bike repairs before but after some youtube tutorials, some… read more
My room was comfortable and spacious, with a little kitchen setup where I could cook with… read more
When you first contacted us about coming at the end of November, I was worried there wouldn't be enough interesting work for you to do as it was getting colder and there wasn't much work left in the garden. The main work we could offer was cleaning the house, which isn't very interesting. But that didn't scare you away,… read more
They live in a perfect location to reach all the best sightseeing spots and hikes in the region.… read more
It was lovely to have you here. You are both very sympathetic and easy to get along with. I really appreciate how organized and responsible you were, and how you worked so independently. We had to leave the house for a few days and we felt very safe leaving it in your hands, and we came back to lots of exciting progress… read more
It was lovely to have you here. You are both very sympathetic and easy to get along with. I really appreciate how organized and responsible you were, and how you worked so independently. We had to leave the house for a few days and we felt very safe leaving it in your hands, and we came back to lots of exciting progress… read more
You made our first workaway experience so unforgettable. It was blissful to spend a good two weeks with you around the house, in the caravan and in your flourishing garden.
Thanks to Nick and Lucca (and the incredible geography skills of Lisa) we got the… read more
We never had a workawayer that worked 8 hours on their first day! It was unbelievable but you didn't seem stressed or tired at all. I kept suggesting for you to have a break, as I didn't want you to exhaust yourself. However you pushed through and seemed to love all the jobs you did. There was no job too hard for you. You did such a… read more
Thank you very much again for everything: all information about plants, flowers and vegetables, all the travel tips and all the conversations we had with Lisa.
It was my first experience and I really enjoyed it. I remembered how fun it was to work in the garden.
I’ve always thought that plants need to be treated with… read more
Its hard to find words for how grateful I am to found all of you.
From the first moment on you made me feel like home.
Bevor I arrived I expected that I have to spend my time alone to explore the surroundings.
After I arrived I found myself sitting in the garden with you eating Carrot soup and right after… read more
. This was my first workaway experience and I was given such a freindly welcome and a clean comfortable caravan to stay in. The work was a pleasure......for me it was garden based with planting and making a path and weeding and watering and gen maintenance. The garden is so beautiful and the veggies… read more
They live so close to everything just one train to the main city "Munich" and also in between of surrender mountains and… read more
You've been here for two months and now the garden is in top condition! I liked to work with you in the garden and to see how interested you are in growing veggies organically.
I loved all our bike tours, cooking together, your sense of humour and our deep conversations! You are highly socially competent and always friendly and… read more
I'm so glad I met you! It was my first Workaway and it could've not been better. Right from the beginning you tried to make me feel at home. Living in the caravan was wonderful and I will miss it so much :')
The working hours in the garden were very well managed, and having the flexibility to choose when to work was… read more
thank you so much for your help. It was nice to have you here. You were our first workawayer working in the early morning with the sunrise in the garden. You were diligent and self sufficient- which we appreciated. It also was nice to go to the lake and go biking with you. We had so much fun playing music with you!
And thank you for… read more
Thank you for a wonderful experience!
Huglfing is such a beautiful place. We loved spending time in the countryside and especially swimming in the lake.
You are all so welcoming, we felt instantly at home and Sarah loved every second with the kittens! She Hope's to get one soon, Samuel is not so sure… read more
You're such a nice young respectful couple. You are both very easy to like and get along with. We appreciated how you took interest and socialised with everyone in the house and at the same time found time for each other and your partnership.
Your work in the hut was much appreciated. You are solution oriented and worked… read more
Hope all is well lately! Can't believe it's already been a few months! It's a shame that I could only stay for a week back then, but I indeed had an amazing time with you all in Huglfing. I just miss the tranquility.
Again, thanks for hosting me and showing me around. Your house and caravan are just lovely. I felt… read more
Thank you very much for your gardening. The garden looks much better now! You worked very independently and did a great job, and you always had a smile on your face.
All the best for you and your home Hong Kong,
Lisa, Michael, Lucca and Nick
You are both nice and friendly young people - easy going and integrating well with the family.
Mehek, we loved your indian cooking and the clean kitchen. And of course, if you'll ever apply for Miss World-we will vote for you!
Joe, thanks for all the help with the hut.
Thanks for being with us! We wish you all the… read more
Thank you so much for your hard work cleaning the spring! You can now finally swim in it again! You made me (Lisa) so happy! You weren't afraid of the cold water and you worked very independently without needing any help.
Because Nick only dares to out his toes in the water you made him very happy by helping him bake his cake, and… read more
We are very happy to have met you both and it was a pleasure to have you over. You are easy going, laid back and extremely sympathetic people.
First of all, thank you SO much for the top organised kitchen, Mel! We all absolutely loved your 5 star cooking, and even more so the idea for you to send us food parcels. Post delivery… read more
Our first experience with workaway felt like this: luck was knocking on our door, came in and was called Nick.
From the first minute you were sympathetic to us. We like your way of integrating with our family, how neat and conscientious you do your job here. But it’s not just your help, that we appreciate. Above all it’s how you as a… read more
