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

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Availability

  2024 

 Min stay requested: at least a week

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  • Description

    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.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Language practice
    Gardening
    Animal Care
    Babysitting and creative play
    General Maintenance
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

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

  • Projects involving children

    Projects involving children

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

  • Help

    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.

  • 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!

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

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

  • What else ...

    What else ...

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

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Can host digital nomads

    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.

  • Space for parking camper vans

    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.

  • Can possibly accept pets

    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.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    Two

  • ...

    Hours expected

    Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week

Host ref number: 133767489942

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