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Thank you for reading the ENTIRE profile. It is important to have the best experience for both parties. I decline to potential volunteers who do not to read it.
IMPORTANT SUMMARY:
-The calendar is up to date. Please do not submit a request for months that appear unavailable. Write your request with the potential dates you can commit to come.
-This opportunity last for 2 weeks minimum and 3 maximum. I expect 2 hours per day of volunteering.You are free on Saturdays and Sundays.
-Only ONE person, WOMAN and older than 25 are accommodated.
-I can't host any person who is allergic to cats' fur.
-I only offer breakfast as a meal but to compensate for this I offer a language exchange in which I can teach you Spanish (I'm native), or English (I'm not native but I have a C2 level). If you are not interested in a language exchange, you can still come.
If you comply with the "IMPORTANT SUMMARY", please, continue reading. If not, please, do not contact me.
ABOUT ME
Hello girls! My name is Ana, I am 44 years old and I am an English teacher at Primary school.
In this profile I'm offering two kinds of workaway opportunities. You can teach me French or you can come and help in the local Cat Shelter.
For French: I am a French student, and at the moment I am in between B1-B2 level, so I can actually communicate in French about simple topics.
I am looking for a female French speaking person who can teach me more, as I am planning a trip in France next spring and I would like to improve my skills. My other goal is also to sit the B2 DELF examination in the future, so any volunteers who apply need to arrive here at least with the essential information about that especific test.
For Cat Shelter: I run the local Cat Shelter in my city. From time to time we have Workaway volunteers who come and help. We rescue stray cats, neuter and release them. We also rescue baby cats, ill cats, or abandoned cats and put them into our adoption programs. We fight to find spaces where stray cats can live safely and we look after them.
It is handmade shelter in town built with the effort of all volunteers. If you want to join us, these are the details:
-MISSION 1 (and most important): Socializing feral cats and checking up on them. This includes spending time with the cats, playing and gaining their trust so they become friendlier and acceptable for adoptions. Also, check up on all the cats' health every day. There are many cats and only a few volunteers. Sometimes a cat is sick but we don't realize it fast enough to be in time to save its life.
-MISSION 2: Cleaning the areas where cats live (sandboxes, beds, feeders, etc.). There are around 30 cats at the shelter. The regular volunteers there will tell you how you can help with this. You should know that my house is sometimes a mini shelter where I keep baby cats or very young ones.
THE FAMILY:
I live with Emilio and three cats. Emilio is my husband but he is introverted, so it's hard to connect with him. If you speak Spanish, he will be very happy though.
The day of your arrival I will tell you about my home and show you everything, but you should know that I can provide you with a towel, fresh linen, blankets, etc. You can also use my kitchen.
If you are willing to, I can show you around or even plan a day out in Barcelona (or somewhere else) and I can show you places.
If you want to come for any volunteering opportunity we offer, please send a request explaining your motivations, your plans while in there and the skills you offer.
Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten
Sprachpraxis
Unterrichten
Betreuung von Tieren
Hausarbeiten
Interessengebiete
Sprachen
Geschichte
Kochen & Backen
Bücher
Architektur
Tiere
Wassersport
Outdoor-Aktivitäten
Natur
Gebirge
Wandern
Camping
Strand
UNO-Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung, die dieser Gastgeber verfolgt
Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten
We are a Catalan couple, born in Barcelona, although our families were emigrants originally from other parts of Spain. We have grown up in cultural environments marked by this culture shock and we can explain to you many traditions that we have learned here, or that we learned from the places where our families are from. We know Catalan and Spanish history and a good part of the customs. We are good at recommending places to visit that might be of interest to you. If you are a big fan of history, we can give you a historical tour in Barcelona.
TRANSPORTATION How to get from the airport to our house? At Terminal 2, look for the train station (follow the orange sign with a capital R). Take the only train there is and you will arrive at my house in 45 minutes. Stop in La Llagosta. The best way to travel to Barcelona from the house is by train. Plus, right now it's free to travel by train. Trains run from 5:00 AM to 00:00. If you want to come back later, there are buses, although they are not free.
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THE VOLUNTEERING COMMITMENT
For French: I am looking for a person who:
-is knowledgeable about teaching. I am not looking for someone to have casual conversation or chit chat only, but a person who can actually TEACH. Experience as a real teacher would be valuable.
-is available to teach in the afternoons or evenings only, after 17:30.
-can prepare her own teaching sessions
I have my own French books but you are free to bring / prepare your own materials which you think would be suitable for me.
I am absolutely open to possibilities. If you have your lessons planned for my level, I would engage with them. If you prefer to follow a course book of my level, I'm also up for that. If you need that I print something for the lessons, I can do it.
I expect that volunteers work 2 hours per day. That includes 1.5 hours for my class, and 30 minutes to prepare the sessions. Of course I won't be watching if you are using your 30 minutes to prepare the sessions, this is to be done on your own and I won't control it.
For Cat Shelter:
HOURS are from 10:30 a.m. to 13:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday. Days off are Saturday and Sunday. Most of the times you won't have to stay until 13:00 and you can leave when the other volunteers leave. You won't be in the shelter on your own.
Candidates who have good skills with animals or who have had previous experiences with cats will be more positively valued as in this volunteering you should be able to connect with cats and spend the mornings with them.
Although you will live with me (Ana), the volunteering will take place at the animal shelter and you may be with different people each time you go. All the volunteers at the shelter will take care of you and treat you very well.
THE HOST'S COMMITMENT
I can offer:
-BREAKFAST: Breakfast and coffee is on me.
-LANGUAGE EXCHANGE: I can teach Spanish or English. I don't know if it's worth mentioning this, but I can also teach Catalan and it's my second mother tongue.
-PRIVACY: You will be offered a private room with a big bed and desk.
-LOTS OF FREE TIME: When you are not volunteering, you will have the whole day to enjoy yourself. Note that we ask volunteers to contribute to some of the house chores. We think it's fair as we all live in the apartment.
By the way, if you managed to read until this point, mention your favourite pizza in your request.
Gesprochene Sprachen
Catalan: Fließend
Englisch: Fließend
Spanisch: Fließend
Französisch: Gute Kenntnisse
Unterkunft
We live in a small flat (apartment) in La Llagosta, a town right next to Barcelona. The city can be easily reached by train in 20 minutes. Our town is safe and the people are friendly, especially if you present yourself as a traveler, they will want to know everything about you. Don't think we live in an unsafe suburb.
Staying in our house is convenient if what you hope is to get to know Barcelona but living in a quieter place with local people. If you need to work online, you will have a lot of free time and the house is quiet.
It is not possible to open windows in our home because it's dangerous for our cats.
Was noch ...
Puedes visitar estos lugares:
-Barcelona: 15-20 min by train.
-Costa Brava: 1 hour by train.
-Montserrat: 1'5 hours by train / bus.
-Girona and Tarragona: 1 hour by train.
-Dalí Museum: 1'5 hours by train.
-Pyrennees: 3 hours by train.
-Port Aventura: 1'15 hours by train / bus.
O pedirnos consejo.
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Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang
Wir besitzen Tiere
Wir sind Raucher
Familien möglich
Kann Digital Nomads unterbringen
Si, el wifi funciona muy bien.
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Meine Tiere/Haustiere
Rein
He is black and always jumpy. You will recognize him for his athletic shape and super long tail. Rein is the God of rain. It always rains when he is near.
Mani
You will never see him and that's how you will recognize him if one day he appears like a ghost.
Hodor
He is the boss cat. You will recognize him because you will find him sleeping inside your suitcases or bags.
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Alessia came to help the cats from the shelter. She is a very commited and helpful volunteer and she was always ready to lend a hand or participate in any tasks given.
Also, all the volunteers loved her so much because she was… read more
Lauren was very kind and dedicated to help the cats in need. She also got on really well with the rest of the local volunteers at the shelter. Even though her Spanish is not advanced, she could make good… read more
I loved working at the cat refugio—it was such a joy getting to know the cats and connecting with the other volunteers. It was… read more
Jenny is very helpful and commited to the volunteering. She learned very quickly everything that needed to… read more
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Alessia came to help the cats from the shelter. She is a very commited and helpful volunteer and she was always ready to lend a hand or participate in any tasks given.
Also, all the volunteers loved her so much because she was… read more
Lauren was very kind and dedicated to help the cats in need. She also got on really well with the rest of the local volunteers at the shelter. Even though her Spanish is not advanced, she could make good… read more
I loved working at the cat refugio—it was such a joy getting to know the cats and connecting with the other volunteers. It was… read more
Jenny is very helpful and commited to the volunteering. She learned very quickly everything that needed to… read more
At home she was very kind, clean and tidy. What I liked about Kathleen is that she is capable of finding the perfect balance between sharing time together and giving space for our personal… read more
All the volunteers were extremelly happy and grateful for Caro's help. She was always ready to lend a hand and she never feared cleaning after the cats or doing tasks… read more
agradecida por el amor recibido. hermosa experiencia 🫂💜
She is also a very good teacher who prepared many materials in order to deliver the class. Sandrine observed my likes to prepare… read more
Also, Mariah is a great person and we connected quite a bit during her stay. We had meals together and… read more
We shared many moments together and she was an amazing French teacher for me. My schedule is a bit packed with work and strange timetables, but even though these difficulties, we usually found the time to share languages.
Isabelle is a… read more
Judith was always ready to work as a teacher with me and she did all classes on her own very successfully.
At home, Judith was very nice to be with. She is a very interesting young woman with a lot… read more
Meeting people like Catherine is what makes workaway so special for me. She is cheerful, energetical and an amazing woman with lots of stories to tell.
Catherine helped me with my French and she was a great teacher with a lot of experience. I've learn a lot thanks to her. She was always willing to help… read more
She is also very social and interesting woman with whom you can have many deep conversations. It was amazing how much I've learnt about her country.
We also shared many moments together at home and outside and I enjoyed every… read more
Ana y Emilio son muy divertidos y amigables. Mi primer estancia allì fue maravillosa! Aprendí tantôt!
Gracias Ana y Emilio por su generosidad y estos momentos preciosos!
Olivia came to do some painting for the local shelter in town and I have to say that she was really dedicated and artistic. Everyone loved her work and she was a great addition to the project.
At home she was nice and talkative. She says she's kind of an introvert but… read more
Karen is a super woman. She is very sporty, energetic and commited dancer. She would always look for places to dance and had a lot of stories to tell… read more
Also, I enjoyed a lot meeting her and spending time with her. She has a lot of stories and we shared many conversations and events together, just us or meeting other people.
I really recommend hosting her :D
Thank you so much for your time and offering your room to me. I felt very welcome and you are a very lovely human being ❤️ I will miss your cats and going for walk with Hodor. I really hope, that my help in video making works out for the others.
I warmly recommend staying at Ana's house for everybody who wants to visit Barcelona.… read more
During her stay, we always had great conversations and she was willing to help around. We had many dinners and lunches together and home and shared a lot of stories about ourselves.
She also loved my cats.
My students think that… read more
Enrique came to teach me some English and we ended up getting on really well, to the point I can consider him a friend now. In fact, he has already visited here twice now.
Enrique is a very passionated English teacher with a lot of resources. He runs an English school online and… read more
I had the pleasure to host Kathy for a week, and I couldn't have asked for a better person. She has a lot of experiences and loves to enjoy the little and the big things in life. Kathy is reliable, down-to-earth and very wise. Her advice is the best you can get, so you'd better listen.
I learnt a lot of French thanks… read more
Kévin has a lot of experiences and is a very patient and reflexive person. As a volunteer, he is very reliable and always took the time to explain the concepts.
It was a… read more
I spent a lot of time teaching her French. Ana has an excellent level, even though she tends to use… read more
Laura is reliable and very easy-going, you can be sure that she is independent but at the same time cares about others. She loved our cats and they are missing her very… read more
La mejor experiencia que podéis tener con workaway
Since the very beginning I felt that she was a real relative, even in our previous messages we said we were cousins...
Once I met her, she proved to be a great person, excellent teacher and super crazy cook. We spent two happy weeks together,… read more
Ana made life really easy… read more
Muriel came to stay with us for the days she had to attend uni in Barcelona and she worked teaching me French in such days. I must say she is a skillful teacher with lots of ideas and she really cared about my learning and pronunciation.
Muriel and I had a great connection during her stay and… read more
Muchas gracias y espero que vamos a vernos una proxima vez.
Adeù / Kenavo (en breton por supuesto :-)
Jérémy is a nice man full of interesting thoughts and projects. He has very clear ideas of what he wants.
During the stay, he was really kind with us and with the cats and we enjoyed very much our time together. He… read more
They even gave me a free tour of Barcelona!
Really had a blast and I would highly recommend you to stay with them!
Thanks for all Ana & Emilio!
He is a very responsible person with good communicative skills and always ready to help in any task. He is also very grateful for anything you can… read more
Ana, Emilio, and their adorable cats were all very welcoming, and I immediately felt safe and relaxed in their company. Ana did everything possible to make my time in Barcelona as enjoyable as possible— lending me a bus timetable, cooking wonderful meals, answering… read more
She was always interested in the classes and she interacted with all my students, no matter their ages. Ariel knows how to engage pupils in English and she can make the conversations interesting for children or teenagers.
All my students were happy… read more
Having Jelle at home is a real pleasure. He is kind, tidy, clean, helpful, fun and enthusiastic. The couple of weeks… read more
She is always willing to do things and kindly offered herself for anything that had to be done. We don.t know a lot about cooking vegan food, and I.m sorry she had to eat almost the same every day :relaxed:. I recommend having Natalia as a workawayer,… read more
I had a wonderful and beautifully relaxed time staying with them. They are warmhearted and open-minded people you can have nice conversations and experiences with. Also, due to having had a lot of spare time, I got the chance to visit Barcelona various times. The food they offered me was amazing even though they had… read more
In my opinion, Gerard is a very experienced… read more
We enjoyed a lot the time we spent with Patricia and we are… read more
