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We are a family, Gonzalo, Salomé, Marco (12 yrs) and Nel (8 yrs).We live in a small farm in Asturias, Paraíso Natural, Asturias in full of beatiful beaches and montains, as well as very interesting cities with many cultural activities and fiesta, people is friendly, gastronomy is wonderful.
Gonzalo is vegetarian, we all like healthy food so we have a small family organic orchard and chickens for eggs. We have got aswell a dog, a cat , turtles, chickens and a hamster.
Gonzalo is a Carpenter, his workshop is at home. I am sexologist, I work for the Asturian goverment in Social Services.
We live in a farm. Vioño in a small village, but we are very near to the city of Avilés (12km), where you can get free spanish clases and where is easy to meet people from europe and locals aswell. We have a room for you with kitchen and barhroom in our garden aswell as rebuilt hórreo (see pictures)
There is a bus stop to Avilés and Luanco 20 min walking from home.
We are 10 km from the ocean and bikes for using.
Thank you very much!!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
House sitting
Interests
Vegetarian or vegan
Sustainability
Self development
Politics / Social justice
Pets
LGBTQ
Farming
Culture
Plant care
Languages
Gardening
Cooking & food
Carpentry
Books
Astronomy
Animals
Outdoor activities
Nature
Mountain
Hiking
Fitness
Cycling
Beach
Adventure sports
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We would be happy to share our home, help you with spanish, share our typical food and cooking, spanish customs, our family life, help you if you want to learn about organic orchard, attachment parenting, basketry, animals care ... We have Lunch all together everyday.
In Avilés (12km), you can get free spanish clases and it is easy to meet young people from europe and locals aswell. We live very near beautiful beaches.
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Help
We are looking for help with the garden as well as help with the house tasks and playing with Nel
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
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Accommodation
We live in a confortable house, there are two bathrooms, wifi, tv, computer, washingmachine, dishwhasher.
We offer a small independient little house in our garden
What else ...
There is a bus stop to Avilés and Luanco 20 min walking from home. There are free spanish classes there and many open activities promoted by the municipal goverment of Avilés (El Patio Avilés) run by european volunteers. So it is very easy to know people and make new friends. Every weekend there is a interesting night life in any of the asturians cities.
There is easy to find aswell activities of trekking, biking,surfing,...
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have wifi conexion
Space for parking camper vans
We have place for campers
Can possibly accept pets
The farm is open and we have a dog, cat a nd chikens...but if this is not a problem, we accept them.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
My animals / pets
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The work was not difficult, and quite enjoyable! In addition to helping with laundry, cleaning and cooking, my favorite tasks… read more
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The work was not difficult, and quite enjoyable! In addition to helping with laundry, cleaning and cooking, my favorite tasks… read more
The work was most of the time easy. Cooking, laundry, cleaning, taking care of the garden and the animals and playing with the kids.
With a… read more
Salomé and Gonzalo were very welcoming and easy to talk to. They made me feel at home. I got the chance to discover the Asturian way of life. My work was quite easy, cooking, cleaning and doing the laundry. I also helped a bit in the… read more
Durante las tres semanas de mi estadia pude realizar varios proyectos como arreglar el invernadero , plantar , construir cosas menores y ayudar con lo que se pudiera de la casa. Aprendi mucho de Gonzalo, que con paciencia y una sonrisa enseña y explica.… read more
Desde el primer momento confiaron en nosotros, dejándonos al cuidado de sus animales y de su casa, fue un placer enorme poder hacerlo y que ustedes puedan disfrutar de sus… read more
Thank you for such a… read more
I'm happy I could experience living with them and sharing our cultures and traditions. :blush:
Julie is a very energetic and nice woman, we have with her a very useful help at home a… read more
They are so nice and interesting people, hard workers and with many abilities!
It was a pleasure to meet them and share life and experiences...I hope we can meet each other in the future...Thank ypu beatiful family!!
It was a pleasure to help them with gardening, tinkering and with the every-day life.
We shared very nice moments, delicious food and very interesting conversations that helped us discovering more about Spain,… read more
This is a small snapshot of the time we shared - on Friday evening we went to an awards ceremony at a nearby pueblo so… read more
