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Host rating
65 %
Last replied
17 Mar 2024
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Description
We have an old farm from the 17th century with a garden, an olive grove and fruit trees. We are 14 km away from the coast . We speak several languages and love good food and good company. We are a franco-italian family with 2 children. We love music and traveling. As we have lived abroad for long time we always have visitors from around the world. THe house is in a very good position, as we are 15 km away from the beautiful coastal towns of Monopoli and Polignano, 10 Km away from ALberobello theUnesco site , capital of "trulli" and many more attractions.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
Help around the house
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
In the house we speak italian , french and english on a daily basis. WE do organic farming, permaculture and love cooking and good wine. The area where we live is very pretty, with good beaches and lovely picturesque small towns. We produce most of the food that we eat and we do lots of preserves, pickles, sauces. There aare always friends from around the world coming to visit.
Projects involving children
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Help
Ideally we would like some handy person ,someone creative and pro-active, a bit artistic, who could help with the gardening and with house maintenance: plastering, painting and decorating... wood-work... Someone who helps keeping the grass down around the house. The farm is quite ancient and although we have done lot of work we are not quite there yet. In summer we do more maintenance, bit of gardening and fruit picking. Also, we hold an English summer camp, so , if fluent in English, we really appreciate a little one/two hours hand with organising an activity(art, singing, diy, game of football, bsketball... whatever one feels comfortable with) Around october/november we harvest olives.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
French: Fluent
Italian: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
I speak Italian, English , French and some spanish. I would like to improve my spanish and also learn some new languages( potuguese/japanese)) and Iam happy helping people to learn one of the languages I speak fluently.
Accommodation
room inside the old house or camper-van depending on time of the year- number of guests. We usually have three meals a day. Most of the times we eat together. Sometimes if the kids go to school, we have breakfast at different times. We love people who love cooking and we like doing it together.
What else ...
We are 4 km away from town, where there are connections to beaches, beautiful towns, and restaurant and bars.
We can always take people to town so that they can catch buses and trains, and occasionally we can do sightseeing and beach-time with them. It depends on the amount of work to do and the amount of work that we can get done.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
We have a big olive grove where we can have campervans and motorhomes and people are most welcome to stay with their vehicles.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (1)
In the two weeks we have been together we have managed to sor out few things around the garden and also she
has been very helpful in hosting with as a public event.
She was travelling with BArnabé and Cai, two other youngster with lot to give.
each with their own… read more
They re such a lovely couple, genuine, lively, motivated, enthusiastic... and very good convivial people: love food and drinks, ready to taste everything and to help preparing. .. And a good… read more
Myriam is an incredible, happy, intelligent, helpful, lively woman, always available for good conversations about life and travel stories. We loved every minute in this place, all the people welcomed us very well, we always had good food and wine.
Our job was at the Summer Camp with many children. We did… read more
Feedback
In the two weeks we have been together we have managed to sor out few things around the garden and also she
has been very helpful in hosting with as a public event.
She was travelling with BArnabé and Cai, two other youngster with lot to give.
each with their own… read more
They re such a lovely couple, genuine, lively, motivated, enthusiastic... and very good convivial people: love food and drinks, ready to taste everything and to help preparing. .. And a good… read more
Myriam is an incredible, happy, intelligent, helpful, lively woman, always available for good conversations about life and travel stories. We loved every minute in this place, all the people welcomed us very well, we always had good food and wine.
Our job was at the Summer Camp with many children. We did… read more
