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WE are back at last after 2 years lock down, ready to welcome volunteers again:) For our saftey the persons we welcome has to be fully vaccinated and we INSIST on negative corona test upon arrival.
Welcome to be stay in our family and be a part of our every day life in a magic place. My boyfriend and I are living the dream in an old, and very rustic farm in Stongfjord in Western Norway, Lill have been a traveler all her life, and now when she stopped travel she like the idea of the world coming to her. Also been a host to other travellers for years, so she happy to host. John is new to hosting, and there is a language barrier as he speak very little English.We have just got this place, it is huge,old, worned down, rustic, dirty an completely wonderful. Our health sometimes create variations in our energy level,some days we do not make it out of bed or couch so be prepared to be independent.
We are looking for a volunteer to help with the day to day cleaning of the home,like vacuumclean every day, and wet cleaning and dusting. The house is very old fashion and not the easiest to keep clean, specially if it is rainy and muddy outside. Our two cats dragging they prey indoor to show us doesn't help aider :). You will also join in caretaking of sheep,chickens, and bunnies ..they all need to be spoiled:)
We hope you like to stay minimum 2 till 4 weeks i..
Welcome!:)Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten
Gartenarbeiten
Betreuung von Tieren
Mithilfe auf einem Bauernhof
Zubereiten / Kochen von Mahlzeiten für die Familie
Hausarbeiten
Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten
We welcome every one with a open mind. Our Blue House is happy place,so expect friends coming and going , and late nights talking shit and laughs over a bottle of wine, you are most welcome to bring some wine or beer to share at our table:) But there can also be absolute no one, and the silence out here in the middle of nowhere is wonderful. We are very easy going and laid back, so you better be to:) But laid back does not mean lazy,we try to get the job done and expect the same of you. Since you will be a family member you will learn about our culture.You got a fair chance to learn to fish, an prepare fish. Experience wild life just outside the door. Learning about wild herbs and benefits of them in cooking and coloring. For sure you will learn about our Trolls, Alfs, and all those other magic creatures that lives in our nature.
So if you enjoy positiv kaos sometimes, sometimes complete silence, nature and every day something new happening in the nature just outside our doorstep, then this IS your place. WelcomeArbeit
We do not have proper required hours. For us Work Away is a cultural exchange, and you will just be living in the heart of our family ,and help out what is needed to be done at all times. Doing dishes and cooking are not considered as volunteering, but being a part of the family.There will be 3 baby sheep to spoil and bottle feed. Also we have 10 chickens an 3 cats, so you must love animals to stay here. Collecting wild herbs and drying them for soap making. Making a vegetable/fruit garden and picking weed. So many fun and interesting things we want to do, and since bout have health limitations, we really hope you will join our extended work away family and help make our dream come true. We really treasure that! Some days there will long hours, other days less or not all and we all take time to enjoy life. We can promise there will be no over work and lots of time to enjoy and explore.
It is important that you understand that you will live in and be a part of a family, and follow our rhythm. It is a private home . We do not have organized week work plans.The organized life is what we have wanted to leave behind. We like to belive that our home is run by love,laughter and strong coffee.
To find us:
We are located 2.5 hours north of Bergen.
You can reach us with the local boat from Bergen to Askvoll.
Or bus from Bergen or Oslo to Førde, and bus from Førde to Stongfjord, where we pick you upGesprochene Sprachen
Englisch: Fließend
Norwegian: FließendUnterkunft
PEOPLE:
You will be a part of our family.You will have your own bed, but sometimes you must share room when we got friends over,hosting random bikers, couch surfers, family...what ever. Once in the summer we have a big summer feast, at that weekend you will have to camp outside in tent,even if it is pouring rain. Cause we give the beds to the older friends with bad backs, or family with kids that are visiting. This is a happy House.
WELCOME TO THE HOUSE,, BROTHERS AND SISTERS, LOVERS,SNORERS,MOTHER AND FATHERS!!! This is a place for laughing, so come laugh and work with us:)
DAY OFF:
You will ALWAYS have Sundays off. Then we only care for the animals,and enjoy a lazy day for the rest. If you stay one month we make sure you have 4 days off during that time for traveling on your own.
We work some days long days, some days half days, and some days we give you off a sunny day as a bonus,or we just go fishing.
LANGUAGE:
It is a MUST that you speak and understand English well,unless you speak Scandinavian!
CLOTHING:
The house can be chilly, the weather rainy. So remember to bring good,waterproof clothes and shoes! But it can also be wonderful hot summer days.
TEMPERATURE IN BEDROOM:
You WILL be cold , we can promise you that. The house is a old timber house without modern isolation.
Good news is that we provide you with a hot water bottle in your bed if needed. But it you can NOT stand the cold...this is not your place.
FOOD:
Our food is simple, and traditional. A typical Norwegian diet is open sandwiches with filling for breakfast,lunch and evening meal. Our only hot dish is dinner.Please do not expect daily fresh bread, we hate to waste food, so we finish it all. And we are far away from the shop. Be aware that we use very little vegetables in our meals,compare to more southern food. Lill am not the best cook, in the world, but she try. So taking turns in cooking is nice . John is a great Chef. that cook once and awhile. We like to have meals all together:) We are meat and fish eaters in our every day life, if you are a VEGETARIAN you will NOT like it here. We expect you to also take part in cooking and doing dishes.....this is not work but you just being a part of our household.
DRUGS:
We are TOTALLY against any kind of narcotic drug use as we are natural high on life.
INTERNET AND TV:
we got only one TV channel.
WE are also strict with the mobile phone, you can only use your phone for surfing after supper in your bedroom. This is VERY IMPORTANT to us .Simple because we want you to experience the joy of being logged off, enjoy nature and the silence. So you can open up your eyes to beauty around you and see the world with eyes wide open with out being disturbed of sosial media and the stress of being connected all times. So if you are not willing to put your phone away and only use it as a camera this is NOT your place to for you.
SHOWER:
Please do expect hot showers only two times a week..They managed with out every day showers in the old days,so do we:) We sometime are out of water...and we also consider it as a waste of water and electricity ,and not healthy to shower every day. Unless you have done hard and dirty work and earned one. If we are out of water,you can simply jump in the fjord:)
So you see if you want comfort and a moderne life with all is luxuries,this is so NOT your place. But if you want adventure,friendship,laughter,hard work, getting dirty and smelly,nature, tranquility and sometimes kaos this might be the place you want to be. At least you are most welcome to join the Blue House extended family:)
REMEMBER:
Remember to sign up for a travel and health insurance. You never know what can happen.Was noch ...
You will get plenty of time off. We never work on Sundays, and in this area you can go hiking,biking,fishing,swimming. It is out in the middle of no where, and it is beautiful here:) Please talk to us if there is something during you stay that does not gives you good vibes so we can set it right:)We are 33 kilometers away from the nearest shop. We got only one TV Chanel, limit internet . We always make sure that during your stay with us you got a 4 days off for traveling on your own:)
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Wir besitzen Tiere
Wir sind Raucher
Familien möglich
Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal
zwei
Arbeitszeiten
Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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Lill is such a loving, funny and absolutely positive person. If you search for a stay with much laughter, great stories, lots of cute animals and lots of positive vibes, do yourself a favour... DON'T HESITATE to write Lill!
She made me feel like a part of the family… read more
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Lill is such a loving, funny and absolutely positive person. If you search for a stay with much laughter, great stories, lots of cute animals and lots of positive vibes, do yourself a favour... DON'T HESITATE to write Lill!
She made me feel like a part of the family… read more
No seriously, if you like animals, nature, peace and quiet, beautiful landscape, and listening to crazy travel stories this is the right place for you :)
Lill and John are a funny couple and from the second I enter the house , they brought me to the heart of the Blue… read more
For my first workaway I've spend a wonderful month with Lill, John and their friends... I realized quickly that I was feeling home in the Blue House, it was just like meeting family. Some days were busy, others more lazy but you anyway learn something about animals, Norway, trolls and little people.… read more
To all you weary travelers: if you are cruising these comments looking for a sign then this is it: please, do yourself a favor and travel to the blue house. I assure you, you will receive… read more
What a wonderful wonderful time! :) Absolutely and in every way amazing -the people (first of all! :D ), the house (but it has personality -so treat it with respect and love :)...and it will love you!), the Fjord (even though it is hell cold in April xD! -stupid tourists know...), the mountain (that is actually a blueberry field :D… read more
It was a really good experience, where I learnt and enjoyed a lot of things with you.
They are very good people and very happy :)
I loved all the food and the landscapes. It is a place where you can enjoy just staying outside with the fjord and the birds singing. It is surrounded by nature.
This is my first… read more
hug from Hungary because I think we dont need to say good by. :-) I'm so happy to be part of this family and to know you. Living in the middle of nowhere or Norway is a fantastic and nice experience of my. I'm sure I will go back.
I recommend this project everybody, this is a way out of our matrix life. :-) I can say:… read more
They put in a lot of work in pruning, and cleaning branches.
They are nice persons.
We can not organize better as you wish, simply because this is a living home not a job.
And in a home things change day by day.We will make that clearer in our profile.
Also the… read more
The Blue House is very welcoming as well as their owners: open minded, warm and natural.
We helped them to prepare the garden and the fields to the Spring: cut the trees, clean the branches along the road… read more
1. Hosted me through another site and introduced me to workaway.
2. Helped me with fInding the bus to get to askvoll, Picked me up at the station and even dropped me there at the end of my stay.
3. Super sweet person, generous and knowledgeable about the norwegian folklore.
4.… read more
I recommend him very much to futures hosts.
Next time when we come to Norway for sure we will visit again.
But for future host I can tell she is a wonderful person. Polite and independent. She got the will to get the job done in the best way possible. She has been cleaning, cooking,soaping, painting and collecting herbs for us.She is very easy to have in the household, and we want her back:)