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Description
I'm 48 years old happy mother of Giacomo, 10 years old, and Leila, 7 years hold.
We leave together with Daniele, my husband, in a apartment in a quiet area nearby the city center of Chiavari.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Teaching
Babysitting and creative play
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You will experience how an italian family live, you can learn some italian and how to cook italian way ( Daniele can make fresh home made pasta and gnocchi,for example).
Projects involving children
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Help
My first goal is to give to my babies the opportunity to meet people of others culture and to learn others languages.
So we look for people who will enjoy to play and spend some time with Giacomo and Leila at home or bringing them to the playground or to the beach, and help in house keeping ( like cleaning the house,washing dishes etc. )
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
Spanish: Intermediate
French: IntermediateThis 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
We have an appartment 5 minutes from beaches,from train station and city center.
Our guests will have a private room.
We cook meditteranean style,using fresh vegetable,pasta,rise,fish and meat.
Anyway we will be happy to taste some tipical dishes from your country,if you will like to cook for us.
We no computer at home, but we have a limited GB wi -fi to check emails or others short internet uses.
We don't smoke in the house, but light smokers can do it in the outside garden.
A perfect stay for us is between 2 weeks and one month,
We are not avaible for host who need to get Italian citizenship,sorry.
What else ...
Chiavari is a quiet town on the seaside,and is possible to reach easly by car or by train.
You can swim from spring to autumn ( or also in winter,if you are not skare of the cold) becouse the clim is very warm all year long.
Nearby you can visit natural parks on the coast as Portofino and Cinque Terre,where to do trekking and enjoy in one time the sea and the nature, or go easly by train to visit beautiful cities like Genova ( 45 minutes), Pisa ( 1 and half hour),Milano ( 2 and half hours),Florence( 3 hours and half).
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (13)
She did also like to take care of the 6 month old baby and she was very sweet.
We decided to make some General… read more
She had immidiatly a good relationship whit Giacomo, 3 years old,and, when she was in our home,she spent all the time playing with him without any rest :)
Day by day she also get used to take care of Leila, who was only two months old!
She help me keaping the house clean and she also cooked tipical dish… read more
Giacomo is an active, open minded and lovely kid who always wants to play. I really enjoyed playing with him. It was always fun. I also tried to teach him… read more
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She did also like to take care of the 6 month old baby and she was very sweet.
We decided to make some General… read more
She had immidiatly a good relationship whit Giacomo, 3 years old,and, when she was in our home,she spent all the time playing with him without any rest :)
Day by day she also get used to take care of Leila, who was only two months old!
She help me keaping the house clean and she also cooked tipical dish… read more
Giacomo is an active, open minded and lovely kid who always wants to play. I really enjoyed playing with him. It was always fun. I also tried to teach him… read more
Es una familia fantástica, i el lugar encantador. Ademàs Daniele es un gran cocinero con lo que las cenas eran siempre una sorpresa.
Gracias por el tiempo agradable que pude pasar con vosotros.
Un abrazo
She is also a good company for having a chat, and it was interesting to know the adventure story how her family moved from Sicily to Australia.
She is very active and interesting person,and it… read more
Giacomo who is only 3 years old, had been quite sick with a bad… read more
She was always avaible to play with him when she was at home, at we also had good talks about differet topics.
It was a pleasure to host Cindy,she was always very kind and polite with all of us.
My host family, Maria and Daniele, were very open and friendly. Daniele does not speak English nor I Italian so… read more
She become immidiatly a very good friend of Giacomo,and I can say without doubt that she is very good with children.
She also helped me a lot in extra cleaning of the house and in every day routine.
Sie is very smart and… read more
María is a fantastic mother, and you can talk about any kind of things for a long hours with her. I love their travel stories.
Danielle it's an a exceptional… read more
Maria and Daniele are excellent hosts! I felt comfortable and was always fed (delicious food, at… read more
The work was easy and I habe done with joy.
In my spare time I could explore beautiful places in the area.
Thank you for everything, and good luck for the future. I will miss you all, Linda!
Giacomo was so kind and cute and full of life.
Maria and Daniele made me feel comfortable from the first moment. They are very relaxed and you can get help for everything you need.
I was feeling sad when I was leaving the family after this time and I… read more
The work is very… read more
They helped me a lot and also boring jobs like cleaning the house become light, we will miss them :)
Thank you for a fantastic time in Chiavari, what a beautiful family, place and atmosphere.
Giacomo was a gem to look after, so smart, funny and full of life. The work was very reasonable and most of all very enjoyable.
Maria helped us explore the area a lot, with information on where to go and what to… read more
