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27 Dec 2023
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Description
Hello dear Workawayers!
We are a Slovenian - Swiss family with 3 small children (between 2-6 years old).
We live in a small house with garden, in a village, surrounded by nature. Both of us have seen quite a lot of the world and experienced many different cultures on our travels, so we love to exchange stories and hear about your country, culture and journeys as well!
We are interested in simple, natural life, we love to cook healthy (vegan) food, experience community life, and we are homeschooling our children. We enjoy to host people, to learn from others, to share our daily life, get inspired by your views, ideas, beliefs, stories... and we love giving our kids an opportunity to meet and interact with people from all over the world.
We are a vegan family and we ask you to respect that (no non vegan products allowed in our family kitchen). Guests have their own mini-fridge and a small kitchen for their personal use.
We prefer people who plan to stay longer than 3 weeks, that gives us plenty of time to get to know each other, to have enough time together.
Only for non smokers!
We wish you lots of great experiences and we hope to hear from you!
Katja & Philipp
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
My husband is Swiss and you can learn a lot about the Swiss way of life. We use three languages in our household (English/Swiss German/Slovenian).
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
We are very happy to have somebody support us in our daily family life and around the house:
- cooking and light cleaning - helping to clean the kitchen after meals etc. We love to taste some freshly cooked vegan meals if you enjoy cooking!
- taking care of our kids - they love to meet new people, play with them, do creative projects together and practice their english!
- gardening, cutting the trees, replanting or removing bushes etc depending on the season. We have a small vegetable garden, a few fruit trees, berry bushes and lots of other plants. There is always something waiting to be done outside.
- tasks around the house, depending on our current projects (for example painting, fixing something, woodworking etc)
- we just bought an old trailer, we would like to renovate it, make it into a tiny house/guestroom for future guests.
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Slovenian: Fluent
Accommodation
Your living area is in our half-basement with private entrance, bedroom, bathroom and a lounge room with simple kitchen/breakfast corner. It is all very simple but it will give you plenty of privacy. Food is provided and meals are shared with the family.
What else ...
We live in a small village between Biel and Solothurn (both easily reachable by bus), Bern/Zürich are about an hour train ride away. There is a bus station 1km from our house. We can provide a bicycle for you to get around as nearby towns/villages are easy to reach by bike. The river Aare is very close and a great place for summer swimming and winter walks along the shore!
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.
Space for parking camper vans
There is a parking in front of the house, please write us a message to discuss it.
Can possibly accept pets
Yes, we love animals! They have to be friendly with kids of course.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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It truly was a fantastic opportunity to meet such an inspiring family and share time with them! Nice persons with big hearts, good values and lovely children :)
Also, the house was very enjoyable and we had a great time helping you with the… read more
I did a lot of different projects around the house:
- finishing up the renovation of the guest room
- preparing the garden for winter
- Lots of cooking
In between working I loved spending time with the kids, folding paper airplanes, playing seek and hide and much more :) Katja and Philipp are both very nice… read more
The family's vegan lifestyle is delicious, and the kids who never ate any animal products are as healthy as any other! I did not for a moment miss non-vegan food here. If you want to be inspired… read more
