Join our family and enjoy a French cultural experience near Paris, France

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  Beschreibung

  ***UPDATE: We are pretty full until the end of the year. HOWEVER, we are eager for workawayers who are interested in staying during the holiday season at the end of the year. Ideally, these workawayers will have spent time already with us, either in December or before (and are coming back). Please apply!
  
  ***OTHER UPDATE: If we're full, why not check out our family's other page in the Pyrenees!? Check out the Domaine des Barrés: We'd love to host you there as well. People going to the Pyrenees site can still spend a couple of nights at the Cute House to visit Paris!***
  
  Welcome to The Cute House and the Sister House! We're a family of readers, animal lovers, and science fanatics with two (sometimes three or four) dogs in a little country house 60 km to the east of Paris. We've taken on a crazy house renovation project, combining two adjoining houses (built 40 years apart) into one house for our growing "family" as we build relationships across the globe.
  
  The renovations on the Cute House are essentially finished. Those on the Sister House are in active progress!
  
  We happily received dozens of Workawayers between 2017 and 2019 and in 2023. Now, we're excited to pick up our Workaway adventures again! Our former Workawayers are our family!
  
  Christa is a science journalist specializing in horse topics and anthropology, and Nicolas is a science communicator specializing in astronomy. Our son Liam is passionate about theatre, karate, rock climbing, and all kinds of games. Our two daughters have flown the nest, pursuing their own wonderful adventures and careers in the sciences. They're not home often anymore, but it's always more fun when they are!
  
  Here's what we're looking for:
  
  --Dog-lovers who can keep our two (sometimes three) pups happy. (PLEASE SEE NOTE BELOW ABOUT THESE "SPECIAL NEED" DOGS)
  --Cooks who like to try out new dishes for a hungry crew of family and the workawayer family :)
  --Folks who like to clean, organize, and/or garden.
  --People interested in observing and learning about renovation projects.
  --Anyone who loves a good game of cards or long, strategic board games!
  
  We like to have a nice blend of workawayers, because that makes it more fun for everyone. :) We'll probably host two to three people at a time. We try to vary the nationalities so that workawayers can meet new people from around the world at The Cute House. All of our workawayers have left The Cute House having made new friends who've kept in touch with each other for years!
  
  Artists and musicians are especially welcome, as we enjoy guitar, keyboard, piano, and ukulele time in the evenings, and each of us has a form of visual art in the family. Depending on the tasks and the number of workawayers we have, we take turns cooking evening meals. It's always fun to discover new tastes and dishes from around the world. And dinner time is always a pleasant moment of the day where we all sit together and share stories.
  
  We're happy to teach you what we know and learn what you have to teach us.
  
  We can offer you a beautiful room to stay in, in a peaceful home (no TV noise) that's a 40-minute train ride away from Paris. We live in the quiet outskirts of a cute village, where there are ample opportunities to discover the natural beauty of the area. We can also offer very interesting cultural discussions!
  
  Please note we are a bilingual French/American family. With workawayers, the standard home language is English. But of course you're welcome to practice your French with Nicolas and Liam!
  
  Also, our home is under renovation and in a dusty area, so it's likely you'll be exposed to dust at some point. This workaway experience is not suitable to people with dust allergies or animal allergies.
  
  IMPORTANT NOTE about the dogs: All three of the dogs have some sort of trauma and have behavior consequences. Laika is terrified of everyone at first (but then becomes super sweet and cuddly). Oslo the Weimaraner LOVES new people and CAN'T WAIT to meet you. But he has to stay behind a fence because he'll run into cars. Love lives with our daughter most of the time but comes to the Cute House occasionally. She can seem aggressive to new people but quickly becomes sweet and loving.
  
  We're very curious and enjoy meeting new people and hearing your stories!
  
  We'd love to hear from you!

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  Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

  Sprachpraxis

  Seniorenbetreuung

  Leichte Gartenarbeit

  Betreuung von Tieren

  Zubereiten / Kochen von Mahlzeiten für die Familie

  Hausarbeiten

  Leichte Instandhaltungsarbeiten
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  Interessengebiete

  

  Kultur

  

  Technik

  

  Politik & Soziales

  

  Film & Fernsehen

  

  Nachhaltigkeit

  

  Haustiere

  

  Gärtnern

  

  Tischlerarbeiten

  

  Architektur

  

  Kochen & Backen

  

  Schreiben

  

  Fotografie

  

  Musik

  

  Bücher

  

  Sprachen

  

  Gartenarbeiten

  

  Geschichte

  

  Zeichnen & Malen

  

  Heimwerken & DIY

  

  Astronomie

  

  Darstellende Künste

  

  Tiere

  

  Outdoor-Aktivitäten

  

  Gebirge

  

  Wandern

  

  Natur
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  Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

  We're in a beautiful village less than an hour away from Paris, France. You can learn about French culture and language, visit the sights of Paris, and talk science and especially astronomy and animal science for hours.... all while perfecting your homemaking skills!

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  Arbeit

  Liam is a delightful teenage boy who's pretty independent now but might need to be picked up from after school activities (karate and rock climbing) or theatre events by car. .*️️️️️️️️️*️️️️️️️️️*️️️️️️️️️Please note the car has a manual transmission, so it's important to specify if you can only drive an automatic!*️️️️️️️️️*️️️️️️️️️*️️️️️️️️️
  
  Our daughters are in their 20s and off building their own lives. They're only around during vacations, unfortunately! But when they're here, it's even more fun.
  
  Christa's mother is from Florida/Texas and loves to meet new people! She'd be thrilled to get to know you better.
  
  We can't wait to hear from you!

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  Gesprochene Sprachen

  Englisch: Fließend
  Französisch: Fließend

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  Unterkunft

  You can have a bedroom in our 1932 meuliere stone house with full access to the house and large garden with fruit trees and a vegetable garden, although the yard needs help! We usually have dinner together as one big family in the evenings.
  
  We frequently host more than one workawayer at a time--which can be fun for the volunteers, too, to get to know each other! Please let us know if you agree to a shared room (separate beds) with another volunteer of about the same age, or if you prefer to have your own room.

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  Was noch ...

  Help times and days are flexible, depending on our needs. So you can take some time to discover Paris or the Feline Conservation Park or even Disneyland, or follow the many hiking paths nearby or go on long bike rides to discover this pretty region along the Marne river. This is also a major WWI and WWII history site, and there are museums, monuments, and military cemeteries all around.

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