Help with our almost teenager, some dog-sitting and language practice in Val di Nizza, Italy

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  Description

  Hi, I'm Silvia, I will turn my (first!) 50s at the end of the year. Marta is my daughter, she's 12. Otto is our dog (3yrs old). I'm working as a linguistic and cultural mediator with asylum seekers, refugees and foreigners. In my "previus" life I was a photoreporter (for 20yrs). Marta's father lives close here and she shares her time almost 50% with the two of us. I was born in Bologna, then I moved to Milan and 18yrs ago I found and choose to live in here. Usually I got out from home around 7.45 a.m. and I'm back around 5.45 p.m, Marta goes to school in Varzi (16km from home) . We have many friends around, there are very interesting people to meet and nice places to visit; the area is still quite wild with forests and rivers but there are also typical villages and small towns around . We're not in a village, close home there are just few houses, a bar, the post office, the town hall and the doctor's cabinet.
  Milan and Genova are not so far from here, if you miss city life!
  I'm vegetarian but Marta and Otto aren't, anyone can eat what they like in here, in total respect one of the others.
  We have of two houses: the main one a a little one where travellers can stay.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Language practice

  Gardening

  Animal Care

  Babysitting and creative play

  General Maintenance
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  Here travellers will find a quite wild natural area, small villages, a nice community of runaways from the city.

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  Au Pair Help

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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

  We will need help with child-teen ager sitting (bringing and taking Marta from school, not always) and dog sitting while I'm at work, small gardening and maintenance. Marta still doesn't speak english and french...any help will be welcome.
  Travellers with driving licence and a car are very welcome..in order to drive Marta home from school.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent
  French: Beginner

  This host offers a language exchange
  I need to improve my French, my daughter needs to listen and learn languages!
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  Accommodation

  Travellers will be hosted in a small house next to our house, provided with a kitchen and a bathroom.

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  What else ...

  There are many opportunities for trekkers and bikers. Organic farms around, typical food and wines.

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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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  Can host digital nomads

  I don't have a home connection but we can arrange with a mobile one, actually I've 2 different mobile connection. We can arrange.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  Thera are two car parking just in front of our house, we're not in a village, there are only few other houses close to us.

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  Can possibly accept pets

  we do have a dog who is not used to stay with cats... don't know about other animals. Usually he doesn't make problems with other dogs.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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  My animals / pets

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