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Bonjour!!
EVERYBODY IS WELCOME at my place as long as she/he has a good motivation for doing things together, being creative and learn together !! …The idea is to be happy with the activity you are doing all in harmony with nature
My name is Marcello I’m born in the Netherlands, after traveling for some time in my house truck I have now landed on Corsica and I have been living here since january 2014 and the last 6+ years on a beautiful property (12 hectare) close to the sea together with my cats and some wild turtles actually while typing this I can hear the waves!! The land is not mine but i’m sort of free to do what I want, there is a big piece of forest with a path to a nice open place this is where I build a cabin from recycled materials "all for free" .
I make my money with a little online record store and as an electrician/eco builder and try to be as much as possible at my little paradise called home.I have to restart a small vegetable garden it would be nice to to get some help with it due to a lot of traveling this important part of life has been neglected a bit
I can offer for you a place for a campervan or tent ..if available you can stay in my cabin or housetruck.
I have many ongoing projects/ideas and only two hands to finish all. I hope to find people with some experience in woodworking, decorating, gardening, wild-plants knowledge, painting, welding, sewing etc. There is always something to do and space to find what you like the most depending on priorities. I can share my knowledge about building, off-grid living and being creative with recycling
Some ideas and projects:
- FInishing the mobile sauna
- Painting and decorating
- Reorganize the vegetable garden with the little greenhouse
- Cleaning the forest (cutting trees & making paths)
- General maintenance and cleaning
- Creating/ Finishing a wood stove for a hot tub
- Preparing Firewood
- Document the projects, take photos for the new blog or Instagram
- Building a solar dryer for tomatoes and fruits.
- etc, etc..
I love to build and create things together with other people and share the life here. As an early bird I like the energy of the morning and start with a meditation, some breakfast and then work. I live on the sunny side of the sea so every morning it's possible to see the sunrise. My camp has a dry-toilet and outside shower and my kitchen is an nice space with a stove. when it's raining (which is rare) life can be a bit challenging. Also expect some mosquitos (a lot!!!) mostly in summer . I do have experience in hosting people on other platforms. I also helped as a volunteer in several places.
Send a request with a good description of your previous experiences and your ideas..And if you have any questions feel free to ask.
I speak: French, English, Dutch, German and some Swedish.
NO DOGS that’s complicated with the cats or only very well behaved ones
inspiration: Yurts, Tiny-House, Autonomy, Green Energy, Barefoot, Nature, Mobile Living, Juice and Healthy vegetarian food, Sea, Swimming, Sunrise, Outdoor living, Off-grid, Cycling, Building from scratch/trash, Vegetable garden, Art, Didgeridoo, Music, Sauna, Meditation & Yoga, Vipassana, Corse, Corsica..
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
I'm a self- taught creative builder with many different experiences .The sea plays a big part in my life over here with beautiful sunrises I can teach people how to build, be creative, be independent and about off grid living
Help
Taking days off to explore the island is no problem everything is possible.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
German: Intermediate
Swedish: BeginnerThis 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
A tent, cabin or my housetruck on corsica you can live outside most of the time..
What else ...
The region where I live is called Costa Verde" the green coast.
It's a 30 minute walk to arrive at the bus stop from their you can take a bus direction Bastia (45min) or Porto-Vecchio (80min)..
The nearest airport is Poretta (Bastia) and the nearest port for the ferries is in Bastia
For walking there's the beach and the mountains (10km) with lots of walking routes, rivers and waterfalls..
In summer there's plenty of things going on (concerts, markets etc.) in spring, autumn and winter it's rather calm
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
I have only my mobile telephone for internet..sometimes I can share it but not all the time
Space for parking camper vans
Plenty of space
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (8)
She helped to organize my stuff, clean the camp, kitchen and we worked on freeing up a new place in the forest. Thanks for your help and company, Bonne voyage
With Marcello, you… read more
Good communication and nice calm energy.
Welcome anytime.
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She helped to organize my stuff, clean the camp, kitchen and we worked on freeing up a new place in the forest. Thanks for your help and company, Bonne voyage
With Marcello, you… read more
Good communication and nice calm energy.
Welcome anytime.
Always welcome please come back...
Both of them are easy going and happy with any task you throw at them.
We managed to do a lot and the place is much more organized now.
Hope to see you again someday always welcome at Pisonaccia
It was very good to have Kris here during the confusing times of the Coronavirus the best way is just to work and forget what's going on. We managed to do so much and finally I could move into the cabin last week thanks to Kris and many other volunteers.
It became an exceptional Workaway-experience.
It seemed I ended up at the perfect location, regarding the distance needed to be kept between people: an… read more
It was a very nice mixture of work and free time and i enjoyed it a lot.
All the best!
I spent 2 weeks with Marcello in July camped out at his beach front patch of land under the trees.
Overall I really enjoyed my time there.
We would start each morning with a meditation which I think is a great way to start each day.
I spent most of my time helping Marcello build a small structure in the… read more
