Join us for some chill out time in Camandona, Italy

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  Beschreibung

  Ciao....Hi there.....we are a couple in our 50s/60s Irish & Italian . We live in a small village called Camandona in the Alps in Northern Italy (population: 300) in a big old rustic house. We have a big garden & vegetable garden of which needs working on. We also have a cabin in the mountains (40 minute walk from our home see photos top right & middle below ) which we want to do work on, clearing out an old barn to create an holistic setting. We both work Paolo is self employed in the timber business and I (Ruth) am an artist I manage creative workshops for kids & adults & I also do Reiki treatments & guided meditations & teach English. This is an ideal place for those seeking tranquillity, at the foot of the Alps it offers amazing views and forest walks. It is situated between Milan & Turin more or less an hour from both airports. Camandona has a shop & a bar and is about a 15 minute drive to the nearest town. Not a place for night life 'movida' or shopping! The bus service is very limited too. However should our guests need to be driven somewhere or picked up & left off at local train stations we are happy to oblige as we travel in & out of nearby towns frequently.
  Our other family member is our cat 'Moona' who is Irish, so, a bit crazy but sweet!

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  Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

  Gartenarbeiten

  Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten

  Hausarbeiten

  Handwerkliche Arbeiten
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  Interessengebiete

  

  Nachhaltigkeit

  

  Haustiere

  

  Kultur

  

  Selbstentwicklung

  

  Farmarbeit

  

  Gärtnern

  

  Musik

  

  Heimwerken & DIY

  

  Bücher

  

  Kunst & Design

  

  Fotografie

  

  Sprachen

  

  Gartenarbeiten

  

  Kochen & Backen

  

  Schreiben

  

  Darstellende Künste

  

  Zeichnen & Malen

  

  Tischlerarbeiten

  

  Tiere

  

  Wandern

  

  Gebirge

  

  Yoga / Wellness

  

  Natur

  

  Fitness
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  Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

  Social activities together: Cooking, exploring and learning about simple Italian mountain food in this area especially the raw milk cheeses, and many others. Mountain/forest walks & learning about the old ways of farming along the pathways & of course going to the local bar for an aperitivo mixing with the locals .
  Teaching English & Italian & maybe a little piedmontese (the local language everyone still speaks). Arts & crafts skills. Nearby towns offer a wider range of cultural activities, museums, medieval villages, natural parks & more, see the "what else" section for information on this subject.
  Sharing our knowledge about holistic practices.
  We believe sharing different cultures from our guests enriches our curious minds, including everything form language to food to crafts to religious beliefs & political opinions, all these & more offer a sea of learning in all aspects.

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  Projekte mit Kindern

  Dieses Projekt schließt möglicherweise den Umgang mit Kindern ein. Mehr Informationen findest du in unseren Verhaltensregeln und Tipps hier.

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  Arbeit

  We need people interested in the outdoors so, some knowledge about gardening would be great.. We also have a big attic space which needs cleaning and sorting out (maybe a rainy day job) We'd be mostly working together depending on our work schedules, we are very open to suggestions & sharing ideas & skills and having a bit of fun in the process.

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  Sprachen

  Gesprochene Sprachen
  Englisch: Fließend
  Französisch: Fließend
  Italienisch: Fließend

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  Paolo speaks French but I have very little so I would be very interested to learn this language.
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  Unterkunft

  Our guest will have their own comfortable bedroom on the second floor of our home and share a bathroom with us. There is another bathroom on the ground floor but it doesn't have a shower yet.
  We tend to eat 3 meals a day & lean towards vegetarian type options (but we are not veggies) we eat a balanced diet and we are sensitive to where our food comes from so, lots of fresh fruit & veg, wholemeal flours, legumes and of course risotto rice (as it is local) every now & then breakfast out for fresh croissants & cappucino or dinner out for an authentic Italian pizza! We believe it's good to eat together as it's a social time, but we understand if our guest would prefer to to eat alone.

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  Was noch ...

  Forest walks/mountain trekking or a dip in the nearby water fall would really be the hightlight of where we are. There is a very limited bus service that goes once a day & stops in various towns. Biella is the biggest town 15km from us, population 50,000, which has some interesting points to visit like, old textile empty factory spaces, exhibitions, Biella Baptistery in romanesque style 10/11th century, botanical gardens, Sacro Monte & santuary of Oropa, Oasi Zegna a natural preserve, Menabrea Botalla museum & others, the old town of Biella has many old churches & medieval buildings to visit & offers amazing views from the funicular trip up to it. Ricetto is a fortified middle age village in the Biella area worth visiting. Turin & Milan are not so far away both offering a lot to see & do in both cities.
  We live a simple life, a little zen style I guess, with no real house rules but seeing as the house is old there are a few bits to be aware of. Respect for everyones' space & time out is essential in our home.

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  Etwas mehr Information

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    Internet Zugang

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    Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang

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    Wir besitzen Tiere

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    Wir sind Raucher

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    Familien möglich

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  Kann Digital Nomads unterbringen

  We have a good internet provider which would be ideal for digital nomads/writers also because the area is quiet & we believe in the utmost respect for those moments when one needs time to focus. We also have a taylor designed meditation room ideal for this activity.

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  Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

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