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welcome to the Beautiful Dordogne Valley
I am now looking for helpers now from June 6th to June 25 2023
Lots of gardening planting seeds for wildflower meadows, cleaning tidying painting helping around the property making gardens and walls. lots of different things to do to keep active ..
I look forward to welcoming you to one of the most beautiful regions of France.
Hello my name is Gabrielle I am Australian and I’ve been living In France for 8 years. In Australia I was an executive chef for many years travelling around the world and for the past 20 years I became a builder... for my retirement ..I came to live in french countryside for a peaceful life and the love of renovating old houses and gardening . there are always some projects
I mostly Live by myself, but have some friends who stay. and my daughter Bec has come from Sydney I have been hosting for many years and absolutely enjoy meeting and appreciate the so many lovely helpers ...Its usually great company for me as well. Read my reviews I am sure that if you read what you like that I have here to offer, then Im sure we will have a great experience, lots of fun, learn new skills, immerse yourself in a french cultural and language experience in a truly beautiful part of France.
We will be planting and creating new Gardens and landscaping around a new built pool. we have a huge vegetables garden that needs work. lots of weeds.fitting out insides of a new timber barn and building a deck and pergola .
During the week we enjoy meals together in main house
BUT You are independent cook your meals and look after yourselves on the weekends.
I can drop you off to visit local castles and towns. We visit markets where you can practice your french on weekends too.
There are beautiful landscapes are here for ever and you can do some great hikes and do photography as well. For those who want to practice french we can speak together my friends are all french and many dont speak english so you will have opportunity to practise. I have practice books as well.
I look forward to hearing from you
Gabrielle
Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten
Hilfe bei Ökoprojekten
Gartenarbeiten
Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten
Zubereiten / Kochen von Mahlzeiten für die Familie
Hausarbeiten
Handwerkliche Arbeiten
Hilfe mit Computer /Internet
Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten
Beautiful country side and villages ...lots of tourist sites to visit castles and gardens and pre historic sites in the Dordogne valley ..Visit famous prehistoric site at Lascaux . Learn French language. restoring furniture and building things from ancient old wood salvaged from old barns.
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Helpers must be neat and clean and helpful in all activities including cooking and washing up and keep the house clean and tidy.
Pleasant attitude and sociable .
We do the tasks 5 hours each of the 5 days. some times we only do a few hours and we make it up another day ....so you must be flexible...Dont be the person who is counting the minutes.... Out doors "type" of people and those who are a bit fit and have done some physical tasks are more suitable . Most of the tasks are simple enough. and i can teach you many skills..read the reviews we have had a lot of fun helpers here.
..Bring some work shoes Work Gloves and old clothes as we get dirty ... learn about working and building decorative painting furniture restoration and recycling old timbers .
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Gesprochene Sprachen
Deutsch: Fließend
Englisch: Fließend
Französisch: FließendDieser 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.Unterkunft
Usually A Private room for couples We have a small Gite nice wooden Chalet style
.If you travel together you will get a private room. Single Travellers may share a room with 2 double beds but there is lots of space here . you must be happy to share - same gender rooms ....
During the week and days you work we share cooking meals and cleaning up. We enjoy lots of good hearty Simple foods & many vegetarian style foods. Breakfast is simple then lunch and dinner provided.....
............................. you should bring your own snacks and wines as well. We don't provide alcohol .
On weekends when we dont work , you look after yourselves you have your own time we often go to markets if they are on but , you organise and cook your own meals ...the time is yours to discover the region.Was noch ...
Can pick up from Gourdon train station on Paris to Toulouse line and Sarlat-la-Canéda train stations on the Bordeaux. To SARLAT station
contact for more help and best suggestions to getting here .Etwas mehr Information
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Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang
Wir besitzen Tiere
Wir sind Raucher
Familien möglich
Platz zum Abstellen von Camper Vans
we have a lot of suitable space for a camper van ....
Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal
mehr als zwei
Arbeitszeiten
Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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He told us he wasn't used to doing too much physical work., but truly he was a great helper and finished many jobs for us . It was an… read more
Gabi has… read more
Our accomodation was more than great, surrounded by… read more
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He told us he wasn't used to doing too much physical work., but truly he was a great helper and finished many jobs for us . It was an… read more
Gabi has… read more
Our accomodation was more than great, surrounded by… read more
She was attentive and patient to explain me the work. I could learn with her how to construct shades, fences, gardens, vegetable gardens and walls. Besides I worked with painting and organization.
The schedule… read more
Gabi is one of the most fair and self-disciplined people you will meet. She is a skilled builder, an amazing chef, but most importantly, a leader. She was very clear about what needed to be done, always made sure the tasks were understood and… read more
Gabrielle is very welcoming and will help you with everything that you might need.
The amount of work was very fair scheduled and I worked on a big variety of projects.
We always had coffee and lunch break together, and I really enjoyed having a little chat.
Gabi knows really much… read more
We worked in differents fields and Gabrielle was always very clear about what she wanted, also the work time passed very fast and we never got bored because there were a lot of variety in the tasks to do, we… read more
Knowledgeable in many fields, one of her greater quality could still be her Fairness ...
I had a great and enjoyable moment at her place as my first WA expérience, got to meet other sweet WA fellows as well as her best friend Patrick who does so much great work… read more
She made me feel welcomed from the first moment and made me part of the family. She is an excellent host with a lot of knowledge on building and decorating and is also an amazing chef.
Regarding the work, Gabrielle is always there working with you and never give… read more
There was nothing too difficult for him he took on… read more
He is a good hard worker. He does not have too many skills but each day he helped with moving stones from a field and painting pulling out… read more
She is such a welcoming person, she made me feel at ease from the moment she picked me up at the train station. Living with her is easy and natural because she's very easy going and positive, she's been able to make me smile (or laugh) every single… read more
Bridget is great company as well lots to chat about and help cooking and cleaning. ..... I’m looking… read more
My accommodation was very comfortable. The location is really pretty in the countryside.
The work was varied and I enjoyed it all. I painted the gîte, did cleaning, gardening and building renovation work.
Gabrielle guided me about what to see and… read more
They helped… read more
I was fortunate to spend 5 weeks staying on the estate and working on Gabrielle's cottage.
Gabrielle is an excellent host and superb chef , seemingly able to throw a tasty meal together in a matter of minutes.She also passed on really useful advice on different departments and… read more
Mackenzie just joined in with everything helping all day long getting things done and organized and playing with our new puppies she is an absolute delightful person to have a round and a lot of fun
Thank you Mackenzie highly recommended and come back to visit another time you… read more
Because this was my first experience with workaway, I fear she raised the bar really high for all upcoming host.
She treated me with pure friendliness and kindness.
Shes open minded relaxed, caring and easy-going human being. She took her time to teach new skills and working with her was… read more
He also spent 2 days sanding the ceilings and walls
Good… read more
Sorry Gabrielle for my late feedback :)
This workaway was my first one and I really liked this experience.
Gabrielle is really welcoming and a good cooker.
The work was really varied like feeding dogs and chickens, painting, weeding, planting trees...
In week-ends we spent some times in Sarlat to see the market, I… read more
He is also a very social able person and got on well with all of the other guests and work away helpers . Thanks Eric for all your hard work. Highly recommended and good luck with you travels .
dordogne is very beautiful and the property likewise.
the people we met here were all great, friendly, thoughtful, interesting and generous (including the others guests/workawayers).
we worked with gabby (a very resourceful and skillfull and "courageous" person) our host, and with… read more
I felt home from the beginning, i enjoyed the meal time with… read more
The tasks varied between some painting, feeding three very nice dogs and a billy goat (who mows the lawns) on the beautiful estate of… read more