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Welcome !
Before you start reading, let me tell you that we are currently looking to welcome one or two helpers to assist with the olive recolt, which starts mid October 2023. Please contact if you're interested in using a secateur (manual or electric), in Aix en Provence, as well as gathering the branches, piling and maybe even burning them ! What fun !
Hi, I'm a Canadian, from Vancouver, living in Aix en Provence for the last 30 years. We have a large property with olive trees and always need assistance with that ! You'll have your own private bedroom/bathroom (share wc), have lots of room and lots of free time to explore the area. If there is more than one workawayer, you'll share the bathroom with him/her...
We welcomeworkawayers to help with the tree maintenance, trimming/recolting/fertilizing, digging out wild baby olive trees and replanting them, etc. The vegetable gardens start up in March and planting starts in April; activities include rototilling, sowing, watering, weeding. Retrieving wood from the forest, chopping, piling, is an all-year affair.
We'd like to fix up the caravane so that we may welcome a woofer or workawayer in it.
Inside the house you'll find our two daughters, 23 years old, in need of help with Italian; we can offer French and English in exchange.
We offer 3 simple meals per day (breakfast consists of bread or toasts, jam/butter/cheese/fruit/yogurt, coffee, tea), lunch could be sandwiches, pasta), while the main meal is shared with the family and could be just about anything. Please do not ask for things we do not consume ourselves, bacon & eggs for breakfast, caviar for lunch, steak and shrimp for dinner, soy milk, bio chocolate, beer, .....these things you can purchase when we go shopping.
We are a carnivores but enjoy eating pulses, fruits and vegys of course. I buy organic when I can, but not always. If you have special eating needs we will try to accommodate you, We eat simply, nothing fancy on our plates !
We highly appreciate your help ! The 5 hours a day of assistance is truly precious; it's a shame when time is wasted on continuous breaks, looking at the phone, returning to the house for gloves, water, hat, sunglasses.....you know what I mean :) The other 2 days of the week are yours to enjoy how you wish.
We have a larger property in Nyons in the Drôme where you'd be welcome as well; the Domaine de Chausan is the large red building in the photos.
Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten
Sprachpraxis
Gartenarbeiten
Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten
Betreuung von Tieren
Mithilfe auf einem Bauernhof
Zubereiten / Kochen von Mahlzeiten für die Familie
Hausarbeiten
Handwerkliche Arbeiten
Hilfe mit Computer /Internet
UNO-Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung, die dieser Gastgeber verfolgt
Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten
We live in a rural environment but we're only a short drive (5 minutes) from the centre of Aix where you can enjoy the city life, attend exhibitions, visit museums, colorful markets, etc. Working with olive trees will bring you knowledge of this particular type of agriculture. We have bee hives on our property, owned by a local bee keeper; if you're interested in that we can get ask David to tell you all about his job (he keeps his bees on our land in exchange for a few jars of honey per year).Our family is bilingual English/French and happy to communicate in either language. I teach English in Aix to children and adults. We have a 3 year-old dog of mixed race, and a year-old cat.
Arbeit
Outside help would be maintaining the olive trees, trimming, watering, weeding; cutting grass, tidying up, digging, raking and filling up the holes the dogs have made !
Inside help would be assistance house cleaning, painting if we get around to it !
Sprachen
Gesprochene Sprachen
Englisch: Fließend
Französisch: Fließend
Italienisch: Gute KenntnisseDieser Gastgeber bietet Sprachaustausch an
My husband Benoit speaks Italian very well, along with some Provençale. He is a history fanatic, can spend the night in discussion. The girls are perfectly bilingual English/French, while my mother tongue is English and I get by with French.
Unterkunft
We live on the ground floor of a large house. The upstairs is completely independant; one of the rooms is rented; the other two bedrooms are for workaways ! You are welcome (and kind of expected), to eat your evening meal with our family during the week; for breakfast and lunch you are on your own (though your food is provided).
We I'd appreciate your help and suggestions with meals. However if you prefer buying and preparing your own food upstairs that's possible too.
Was noch ...
The bus passes in front of the house; you'll be in Aix en Provence in 15 minutes; from there the world is your oyster, going to Marseille, côte d'azur......
Etwas mehr Information
Internet Zugang
Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang
Wir besitzen Tiere
Wir sind Raucher
Familien möglich
Kann Digital Nomads unterbringen
We have no problems with wifi !
Platz zum Abstellen von Camper Vans
We have plenty of room for any size camper.
Hier sind Haustiere in der Regel willkommen
No problem with well-behaved pets. We have a dog ourselves.
Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal
zwei
Arbeitszeiten
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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But two weeks before her arrival date, after months of communication, she suddenly disappeared.
Well not really, as she is still active on the site, so we know she's okay......
But she has not answered our notes, not given us any explanation for her actions. She's… read more
I have to smile thinking about our time together:)
Lynn really cared for me when I was ready to miss the last bus and she always mentioned that it… read more
He assisted us both with the manual work required, which entailed picking olives, and his preferred activities dealing with his varied fields of expertise. From drilling in holes for putting up shelves/a door lock/solar light, to more sophisticated tasks such… read more
