Stay with a family in an old mill close to Prague, Czech Republic

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  Description

  !!!WANTED: Chinese speaking babysitter from January 2026 for 3 - 4 months or so!!!
  从2026年1月起，我们非常希望能找到一位会说中文的保姆，长期照顾我们的女儿们。
  
  
  Welcome to our watermill home near Prague!
  We’re a family of four living in a charming old watermill just outside the city, and we love meeting kind people from around the world. We’re looking for volunteers who can help us with gardening, small house projects, and a bit of childcare.
  
  You’ll stay in a cozy private studio flat just 5 minutes from our home, with a kitchen, bathroom, balcony, and shops and restaurants nearby. Trains to Prague run every 30 minutes and take only 25 minutes to the center.
  
  We offer breakfast and lunch, we speak English and Chinese. In your free time, enjoy nature, explore the city, or take a canoe trip right from our riverbank!
  
  We welcome individuals, couples, friends, and even families. If you're friendly, helpful, and curious, we’d love to host you!
  
  Tereza and Roman

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Language practice

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Babysitting and creative play

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Interests

  

  Plant care

  

  Music

  

  Outdoor activities

  

  Sailing / Boating

  

  Hiking

  

  Events & social

  

  Culture

  

  DIY & crafts

  

  Books

  

  Cooking & food

  

  Gardening

  

  Languages

  

  Photography

  

  Water sports

  

  Beach

  

  Mountain

  

  Team sports

  

  Nature

  

  Camping
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  There are many cultural events, places to socialise in our town. Prague, the capital city, is really close and easy to reach. We will be happy to help you with the transport from/to the airport.
  
  We hope to exchange different cultural habits and make some new friends.
  
  You can easily travel from Prague to a different cities in and out of the Czech Republic (Kutna Hora, Karlovy Vary, Brno, Cesky Krumlov etc.), for example Dresden (Germany), Vienna (Austria), Bratislava (Slovakia), Budapest (Hungary). We will be happy to help you with your traveling plans.

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  Projects involving children

  This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

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  Help

  In general, we will appreciate your help from Monday to Friday for about 4 hours a day and we serve breakfast and lunch.
  We will be happy if you could watch the kids - Rozárie is 3,5 years old (born in November 2021) and Viktorie is 5months old (born in January 2025). Also, we will be glad if you could do some gardening and help around the house. There is always some wood to be cut and chopped.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent
  Chinese (Mandarin): Fluent

  This host offers a language exchange
  We have two kids, girls at the age of 3 and 0. It will be awesome if you could teach our older daughter English or Chinese.
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  Accommodation

  We offer a studio apartment just 5 minutes far from our house. It is fully equipped. There are two single beds. You will find a possibility to cook in the kitchen, enjoy a balcony and there is a shower with a toilet in the bathroom. If you need to do your laundry, there is a washing machine. The flat is situated on the first floor of a 4 floor apartment building just in the centre of our town. There is no AC in the flat and we will tell you WIFI password. A pharmacy is a floor lower and the nearest restaurant is about 250m far, supermarket is just round the corner. It ia about 5 minutes far from from the river to enjoy walking along the river where you can enjoy watching sunrise or sunset. You can find the pictures of the flat in the photos here. We expect you to clean up the flat before you leave.

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  What else ...

  You will find forest if you cross a river just 5 minutes far from our house. The flat for you is in the city centre and Prague is 25minutes far by train.
  Therea are many cultural events and sport possibilities in our town of about 14 .000 inhabitants.
  
  We can lend you our bikes to explore the area around our house and we can lend you our boat to enjoy the river.
  
  UPDATE: we are fully booked for May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December!!!

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Space for parking camper vans

  You can park your vehicle in our garden.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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  My animals / pets

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