Join our family next to the river in Saint-Martin-d'Ardèche, France

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  Beschreibung

  We'd like to welcome you to the point where 4 Southern French regions meet! Our spacious, partly medieval house with 4.2 acres (1.7 ha) of land is bordering the river in the natural canyon reserve of the Ardèche region. We look out over the silhouette of Aiguèze - classified as one of France's most beautiful villages - in Gard. Also the Drôme and Vaucluse regions are a short bike ride away. Whilst being in the nature, we're not too remote either, with public transport, such as bus stops in the village, and a train station at 8km away (with a 40 mins direct connection to Avignon). The center of the village is at walking distance from our house, and offers commodities such as a bakery, butcher, bars, restaurants, tennis and padel courts, mini golf, river beaches, swimming, kayak rental, ...
  
  About our family:
  We are a French/Dutch couple, in our early forties, with one child of primary school age. We recently moved from Amsterdam in the Netherlands, to the southern French village of Saint-Martin-d'Ardèche. We are curious, open-minded, and love meeting (new) people, creativity (we're in a former artists residence), sports and nature, and local and organic sourcing. From harvesting a handful of raspberries in our small front garden, we're now on a spacious land where we plan to grow fruit trees, and create a vegetable garden/food forest, from the wish to be more self sufficient.
  
  About you - and your Workaway experience:
  First of all, we like good vibes and creating valuable time for everyone. We are more than happy to help you exploring the beautiful nature around us, by providing our kayaks and bikes to do so. More than just helping each other, it’s about sharing good moments, stories, and inspiration together.
  If from abroad, a stay at our house could help improve your French or Dutch (we also speak English and Spanish) and share your own language and culture - we would for example love to improve our (Brazilian) Portuguese, Italian and German. :-)
  Workwise, we could mainly use help in the kitchen - we love food but are not the best chefs. On the side, you could help us on the land - from removing invasive plants up to preserving the surrounding wall, creating pathways, or help preparing the vegetable garden/food forest.
  
  So, and this is very important, our family is looking for motivated, easy going, hardworking, convivial and respectful people. Please be honest in your description, to prevent disappointment and complication of everyone's work.
  
  Few more important things:
  - Please make sure you have full medical cover
  - Bring working shoes or boots (that are easy to take off!)
  
  We'd like to know if you have read this far, so please include the phrase "start from here" at the start of your application.
  
  Hope to hear from you!

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  Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

  Kunstprojekte

  Hilfe bei Ökoprojekten

  Gartenarbeiten

  Zubereiten / Kochen von Mahlzeiten für die Familie
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  Interessengebiete

  

  Nachhaltigkeit

  

  Kultur

  

  Events & Sozialleben

  

  Karitative Arbeiten

  

  Tiere

  

  Astronomie

  

  Schreiben

  

  Sprachen

  

  Bücher

  

  Kochen & Backen

  

  Heimwerken & DIY

  

  Gärtnern

  

  Musik

  

  Geschichte

  

  Kunst & Design

  

  Gartenarbeiten

  

  Zeichnen & Malen

  

  Darstellende Künste

  

  Tanzen

  

  Gebirge

  

  Mannschaftssportarten

  

  Camping

  

  Natur

  

  Wintersport

  

  Wassersport

  

  Outdoor-Aktivitäten

  

  Wandern

  

  Radfahren

  

  Erlebnissportarten
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  Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

  We like good vibes and creating valuable time for everyone. We are more than happy to help you exploring the beautiful nature around us, by providing our kayaks and bikes to do so. More than just helping each other, it’s about sharing good moments, stories, and inspiration together.
  If from abroad, a stay at our house could help you improve your French or Dutch (we also speak English and Spanish) and share your own language and culture - we would for example love to improve our (Brazilian) Portuguese, Italian and German. :-)

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  Arbeit

  We could mainly use help in the kitchen - we love food but are not the best chefs. On the side, you could help us on the land - from removing invasive plants up to preserving the surrounding wall, creating pathways, or help preparing the vegetable garden/greenhouse.

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  Sprachen

  Gesprochene Sprachen
  Englisch: Fließend
  Spanisch: Fließend
  Französisch: Fließend
  Niederländisch: Fließend
  Deutsch: Grundkenntnisse
  Italienisch: Grundkenntnisse
  Portugiesisch: Grundkenntnisse

  Dieser Gastgeber bietet Sprachaustausch an
  Dieser Gastgeber gibt an, dass er dir gern seine Muttersprache beibringt oder selbst eine Sprache lernen möchte.
  Bitte wende dich direkt an ihn, um weitere Auskünfte zu erhalten.
  
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  Unterkunft

  Sleeping:
  We have an independent, large bedroom available that has its own shower and toilet - with 2 single beds for max 2 Workawayers at the same time.
  
  Eating:
  We love food - but are not the best chefs. We are looking for someone who is experienced with cooking, and likes to prepare a tasty, nutritious and various (early-evening: 19pm) meals for our family of 3 and the Workawayer(s). For lunch, we usually take something simple, like a soup, salad, or sandwich. We prepare a good breakfast for everyone. One day yoghurt and muesli, the other bread, toast, eggs, oatmeal porridge or -pancakes.

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  Was noch ...

  There is lots to do! Just in front of the house, there is the river Ardèche, which is great for swimming, kayaking, fishing, paddleboarding, etc. As we are at the entrance of the Gorges de l'Ardèche, there are plenty of options for bike rides, hikes, horse riding, canyoning, climbing, (world famous) caving, etc! Also in terms of culture, there is lots to see and to, from winetasting, up to a city trip to Valence, Avignon, Aix en Provence, or Marseille.

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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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  Platz zum Abstellen von Camper Vans

  We have a spacious, partially shadowy parking available.

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  Hier sind Haustiere in der Regel willkommen

  Child friendly pets are welcome.

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  Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

  mehr als zwei

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  Meine Tiere/Haustiere

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