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Hello there :-)
My name is Ellen, 62 yr old and I live with my 2 cats and doggi in the nice village Beetsterzwaag, Friesland, the Netherlands. Because of my handicap (MS) I'm not capable of doing the 'updating' of my little house and garden myself so I would be very happy with a pair of 'handy hands'. This means e.g. doing some sanding and painting and repairing.
Friesland has a lot of meadows & water and sailing is thé thing to do in this provence, but Beetsterzwaag is surrounded by forests, so ideal for some hiking or biking (you can use mine)
I'm looking forward to meet someone new who wants to share his/her world some time with mine!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
Animal Care
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Friesland has its own language and culture and I will be glad to show you around or whatever it is you want to do or learn :-)
We can speak Dutch/German/English/Friesian, whatever you want to practice.
Help
Your hands are needed for:
sanding/painting and small maintenance indoor/outdoor and do some gardening in my little garden.
If you happen to be an artistic painter perhaps you want to make some sort of wall painting in the living room…?😁
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Dutch: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
You can sleep upstairs in my daughter's former bedroom. Of course I cook you a nice daily vegetarian meal but if you want to prepare a meal sometime, be my guest!
What else ...
Beetsterzwaag is a nice little village in a beautifull surroundings.
Leeuwarden-Friesland was together with Valetta in Malta cultural city of Europe 2018 and Beetsterzwaag had the cultural mainstreet 2018!
There is a lot to do/explore in Friesland, take the planetarium in Franeker, the klompenmuseum or do the Elfstedentocht! And then...the Netherlands (Holland) is easy to explore by train and bus but there is also my little 🚗 pandari ;-)
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
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Ellen was very sweet with me, when she saw that I particularly liked something to eat she always had it at home for me. We had the opportunity to chat a lot, we shared our days starting… read more
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Ellen was very sweet with me, when she saw that I particularly liked something to eat she always had it at home for me. We had the opportunity to chat a lot, we shared our days starting… read more
