Join us at home with a young family in the Swiss Alps, Glarus Sud, Switzerland

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  Description

  Hello!
  
  We are a young family, 37 and 34, with 3 small humans, (4 years and 2 years and 4 months). I (Oli) am British, before our first child came along I organised a long distance charity bike ride and now I am a Forest School Leader. Sascha is Swiss, a self employed electrician, who, for the last 2 years has been renovating our house (with the help of some lovely workawayers). We also have a cat, Asterix, he's a chiller and spends his time sleeping or out doing who knows what! He likes strokes and food.
  
  We moved to Switzerland 8 years ago, after living for 3.5 years in the UK in our van. We bought our lovely old Swiss house 7 years ago, have just finished renovating and are renting out part of it.
  
  We are relaxed and uncomplicated without many specific house rules or expectations beyond the basics of mutual respect and kindness. With 3 small kids the house can be pretty chaotic and messy, but also full of laughter and fun. During the week, Sascha generally works while Oli is with the kids. We have our weekly things we do but you are welcome to join on days out as and when it fits. In the evenings we tend to be pretty knackered and head to bed early. On days we aren't working we like to get outdoors, go hiking, to the woods with the kids, meet friends, play music, have campfires, chat about the world and the universe over nice dinners etc. We also fully appreciate the need for down/alone time, and need it ourselves sometimes.
  
  Where: It's in the Sernftal valley, surrounded by the Swiss Alps, with skiing just a 15 minute bus ride away. Also lovely snow shoeing, cross country skiing and all that other wintery stuff. And in summer hiking, cycling, climbing etc. There is a river a 5 min walk away that you can dip in (not properly swim) and there are of course lakes around!
  
  Transport: We have parking nearby, either 100 ms aways if we don't have Bnb guests, or a 5 min walk in the village. There is a bus every hour, the bus stop is a 5 min walk away, and takes you to the local train station, where you can get other buses or trains around the Canton and beyond.
  
  Accommodation: You will have your own room and share the bathroom, kitchen and living room with us. We can share the cooking, but we will provide the food. We eat predominantly veggie but not strict on anything :)
  
  Help: Cooking, cleaning, batch cooking, washing, odd DIY jobs e.g. painting furniture, fixing kids sandpit etc.
  
  Hours: 15-20 hours a week helps us out a lot and gives you lots of time to explore the area. In general the hours can be worked when and how you like. Everyone works differently and what we need changes.
  
  About you: we are open to all kinds of people, and assume you will be kind and open, but there are a few things that we specifically look for.
  - Being comfortable with small kids and enjoying their company (not minding a bit of chaos!).
  - Being independent in discovering the area and getting out and about, we will of course give you information, drive you places and invite you to things we are doing when it's possible/appropriate.
  - Excited by being in the mountains and a desire to explore.
  - Being used to sharing spaces and chipping in, while you're staying this is also your home, so help cooking, clearing up afterwards, and other living together stuff is expected.
  
  If you are interested in a stay in the beautiful Swiss Mountains, get in touch!
  
  We look forward to hearing from you :)
  
  Oli, Sascha, Ivar, Jonin and Fia
  
  p.s. We don't have wifi, so you will need a data package, or to be happy hotspotting off one of our phones when we are around.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Creative DIY projects

  Babysitting and creative play

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house
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  Interests

  

  Sustainability

  

  Music

  

  DIY & crafts

  

  Books

  

  Nature

  

  Camping

  

  Winter sports

  

  Outdoor activities

  

  Hiking
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  We live in the Swiss mountains, so you get the full Swiss countryside vibes. Perfect for people that enjoy the outdoors, not sooo great (terrible) if you like nightlife. Sascha is Swiss and I speak Swiss German, so if you want to learn some, we will happily teach you/speak some.

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  Help

  We are looking for help with the general household tasks involved in having a young family, mainly cooking, cleaning, shopping, small DIY tasks. Past workawayers have cleaned windows, batch cooked for the freezer, painting etc.
  
  
  General household help. Cooking, cleaning, odd tasks

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  Languages spoken

  German: Fluent
  English: Fluent

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  Accommodation

  You will have your own room and share our bathroom, kitchen and living room. We are happy to buy most of the food, if you want special things, alcohol, meat etc then you can get these yourself. We share the cooking and cleaning up.

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  What else ...

  The local bus goes every hour, taking you in one direction to the ski pistes/deeper into the mountains and the other to the local town where you can get the train into Zürich or other places around Switzerland (both directions are a 15 min bus journey). We are often driving to various places and are happy to give lifts when it works.
  
  We live a pretty quiet life but we love meeting new people, having a good chat over a nice dinner, playing board games, going for swims, campfires and then sometimes just chilling out and watching some tv, reading etc. We also both like some quiet alone time and we appreciate you probably also may need some.
  
  We expect you to be respectful of us, our home and neighbours. And we will of course be respectful to you. We like open communication, friendliness and just general kindness.

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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

  You are welcome to use our home as your office, but we do not have wifi. We use our phones to hot spot, so you would have to be able to do the same. When we are home, you can use ours but otherwise there is no internet.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  Depending on the size of your campervan we do have a parking space. Get in touch and we can chat about it.

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  Can possibly accept pets

  We are happy to have well behaved pets, in fact, we love them!! But we do have a cat, so your pet has to get along with others

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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  My animals / pets

  Asterix

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