Help with my son and language exchange in Florence, Italy

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Availability

  2024 

 Min stay requested: No minimum

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  • Description

    Description

    Hi,
    we are Alessandra (Ale for everybody), Maurizio (Mau) and 2-year-old Francesco (baby Frank)

    Ale is 39. She works as a teacher near Florence. She’s into languages and literature, she likes travelling, penpalling, reading, walking in the countryside, winter and tea.

    Mau is an employee and works near Siena. He loves movies, travelling, videogames, and good food.

    Francesco was born in December 2017, he likes animals, fairy tales, running and fruit.

    We have 1 canary called Athos

    Our home is in the suburbs of Florence, in an area which was a village in the past and has maintained its old features – terraced houses with little gardens and quiet streets.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Gardening
    Babysitting and creative play
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    Help around the house
    Animal Care
    Language practice
    Teaching
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    We are very easy-going people, we love to learn from other cultures. We’d be glad to help you during your stay in Italy and with your Italian.

    Florence is Florence – doesn’t need any comment about what it can offer: history, arts, good food, nature. And nearby there are Siena, Pisa, Cinque Terre, Chianti

  • Projects involving children

    Projects involving children

    This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

  • Help

    Help

    - We’re looking for a non smoker, clean, tidy, friendly, open-minded, talkative person who can speak a little of Italian or is studying it. We can help you with Italian and I'd like you to speak your native language with my son
    - We need someone who has experience with and love children as he/she can be required to stay with Francesco and play with me in a creative way
    - If you are able to help in the house (e.g. do the shopping, run the dishwasher, clean the floors, do the cooking) or in the garden you'll be more than welcome.

  • Languages spoken

    English: Fluent
    Italian: Fluent

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    We can offer you a private bedroom overlooking the garden on the first floor.

    Our home consists in:
    Ground floor - living room, bathroom, store-room, kitchen and garden
    First floor - family’s bedroom, bathroom, the traveller’s bedroom

    The house was fully renovated in 2012. There are the dishwasher, central heating and fireplace, washing-machine, microwave oven, free parking, free Wi-Fi. There’s a bus stop 5’ walk from the house to go to the city centre.

    As for food, we can have lunch and dinner together and I can cook also for you. But if you have a special diet or have different eating habits you're welcome to cook by yourself.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    It’s our first experience with workaway and we definitely want to avoid uncomfortable situations both for us and for the traveller. So we’d like to have to possibility to chat with you in advance, so as to get to know each other and try to understand what our needs are.

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    One

  • ...

    Hours expected

    Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

Host ref number: 943814686234

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