Katinka & Bengt

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Hello there, we are Katinka (33) and Bengt (32) and we used to live in Nijmegen, a small town in the Netherlands. A few weeks ago, we decided to embark on an adventure:

We have quit our apartment and given up our jobs to travel for an indefinite period, with Mexico as our first destination. After enjoying the first few weeks in Mexico City, Oaxaca City and surrounding villages, and Mazunte, we are looking for a place where we can stay a little longer, contribute, and learn something in exchange for accommodation. This is our first time using work away and we are looking forward to it.

We share our love for adventure and seeking out precisely those places where other tourists are nowhere to be found, discovering the different flavors and stories of the dishes of the places we travel to (one of the reasons to pick Mexico as a first destination), for the sea and animals. We both like to get to know local cultures and traditions, such as festivities, food and other things that give a country or region character. We both are pretty active persons, loving hikes, surfing and other aquatic sports. Bengt loves to do calisthenics and boxing, whereas Katinka is a pretty proficient rock climber.

Interessengebiete

Nachhaltigkeit

Events & Sozialleben

Kultur

Heimwerken & DIY

Sprachen

Fotografie

Geschichte

Musik

Kunst & Design

Kochen & Backen

Tiere

Tanzen

Wassersport

Outdoor-Aktivitäten

Natur

Gebirge

Wandern

Camping

Strand

Erlebnissportarten

Sprachen

Gesprochene Sprachen
Deutsch: Fließend
Englisch: Fließend
Niederländisch: Fließend
Spanisch: Gute Kenntnisse
Französisch: Gute Kenntnisse
Portugiesisch: Gute Kenntnisse

Mehr Infos zu meinen Sprachinteressen
Teaching a language is not our main reason to sign up for Workaway. However, should the occasion arise, we are definitely able and open to teach the languages that we are fluent in.

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Bereiche, die uns interessieren oder in denen wir anderen etwas beibringen können

Interessiert uns:  

Kreative Heimwerkerprojekte

Leichte Instandhaltungsarbeiten

Mithilfe auf einem Bauernhof

Karitative Arbeit

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Bereits etwas Erfahrung vorhanden  

Betreuung von Tieren

Tourismus / Gastgewerbe

Haus- & Haustiersitting

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In der Lage, anderen etwas beizubringen:  

Leichte Gartenarbeit

Zubereiten / Kochen von Mahlzeiten für die Familie

Ökoprojekte

Sprachen

Kunstprojekte

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Katinka is a social and creative person, always curious about the world around her. Her background is quite diverse, and that's one of her biggest strengths. She has studied and worked across different fields, including anthropology, documentary filmmaking, arts education, sustainability and urban food forest design. These experiences have made her adaptable and comfortable in many different environments.

For the past three years she worked as a sustainability advisor while remaining co-owner of a company that designs and creates urban food forests in the Netherlands. Before starting this travel adventure, she decided to leave her advisory job to make room for new experiences and reconnect with a long-time passion: documentary photography and film, especially stories about food, agriculture, landscapes, and the people and traditions behind them. She hopes to continue telling those stories during her travels.

Along the way she has developed practical skills in project communication, organising events, visual storytelling, photography and filmmaking. She genuinely enjoys getting her hands dirty—whether that's planting gardens, helping in the kitchen, caring for animals (something she's loved since growing up in a small village), building something, or learning completely new skills.

She's a quick learner, reliable, creative and not afraid of hard work. She loves meeting people, exchanging knowledge and contributing wherever she's needed.

Bengt is a guy with a pretty big range of interests. Being born in Amsterdam, he got to know various cultures early in his life. After a somewhat unsuccesful academic journey in philosophy and American studies he decided to make a career of something he has been doing as part time jobs: cooking.

He attended culinary school and got schooled in french cuisine at several high end restaurants in the city of Nijmegen. His journey culminated at being the chef of a rather high level wine bar/restaurant.

Being in charge of a kitchen he is stress resistent, used to working hard and long hours, possessing didactic and communicational skills and being used to follow instructions with a pro active mindset. He is a quick learner and a real team player.

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33 & 32

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Good to mention: during our stay we'd love to spend time together and for example enjoy an occasional board game, movie night, hike or surf session, but to us it is also completely fine to to our own think. But we are also perfectly fine with mostly doing our own thing. In other words: fun activities are welcome, but we don't expect you to entertain us :-)

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