Learn new skills and experience village life in Sacco, Italy

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  Description

  Hi everybody, my name is Nicola: I am an Italian 37 years old man who after years of travelling is trying to re-locate back to his own homeland :Valtellina (north of Italy).
  I inherited a big house from my grandparents which has 3 floors and has 4 rooms available (one has to be completed). The sorrounding is quite magnificent as the village is situated on the Alps and is only 20 km away from Lake Como. I would be delighted to guest people from different parts of the world/different parts of Italy as well.
  The house is quite old and will need some love and attentions but I wouldn't want anybody to come over and work their day off without having the chance to experience the beauty which is all around, some help here and there on a daily routine would definitely do. I would like to clarify that even if the house is old, all the basics are covered: there is 1 bathroom , the kitchen is run by gas and there are a couple of fire places to warm up over winter time.The house also has a big garden beside which is good for allotment or any other type of gardening/activities.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Art Projects

  Language practice

  Teaching

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Interests

  

  Astronomy

  

  Nature

  

  Mountain

  

  Hiking

  

  Dancing

  

  Camping

  

  Cycling

  

  Farming

  

  Culture

  

  Hitchhiking

  

  History

  

  Animals

  

  Art & design

  

  Drawing & painting

  

  DIY & crafts

  

  Carpentry

  

  Sustainability

  

  Politics / Social justice

  

  Pets

  

  Charity work

  

  LGBTQ

  

  Events & social

  

  Performing arts

  

  Plant care

  

  Music

  

  Languages

  

  Gardening

  

  Cooking & food

  

  Books

  

  Beach
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  Over summer there will be plenty of activity for you to get involved with in the area such as hiking, climbing, and all the sports related to the lake: wakeboarding/kite-surfing ect.
  We could happily go for a bike ride together or go down to the nearest bakery and get some awesome freshly baked bread for our morning breakfast:)
  Skills wise....you could probably teach me more than what I can teach you, I have been repairing the house from the past 5years here and there but are all techniques I have learnt on the way.
  As I have been living abroad for Soo long I miss feeling part of a multicultural environment, I hope this could help me on feeling less separated from the rest of the world as our places over here aren't much touristy.

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  Help

  General help such as re-painting some walls/fences...at some point I will have to change the main door entrance..the floor of the last room I have to finish has to be scraped. But no slavery is intended, Do as you feel policy work for me, everyone is welcome to add his artistic touch to it.
  I would just be happy to guess some internationals in a place where the village life is relaxing and magic but at the same time it can get quiet slow and boring.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent
  Italian: Fluent
  Spanish: Intermediate

  This host offers a language exchange
  I really love to speak on different languages that are different from my original one(Italian)...therefore I am more than happy to help or be helped on any type of language exchange. Also super-happy to share my Italian if anybody wants to learn
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  Accommodation

  The rooms are now three 1 big with double bed and two small with single bed in each one. As I wrote before there is another big room that has to be completed and once it will be ready it will become another double.

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  What else ...

  The village where I live is called Sacco and is situated 10 mins away from another main village called Morbegno. Morbegno has a train station which communicate with all the main stations around the region(Milano,Bergamo,Lecco,Ect)
  From Morbegno to Sacco there are busses running every 2 hours
  , but if not at work I would be more than happy to collect you from your arrival.
  
  Only rule: the consumption of heavy drugs will not be allowed.

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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

  Unfortunately I don't have an internet connection

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  Space for parking camper vans

  If the campers aren't too big they could fit in my main garden, in case I will measure

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  Can possibly accept pets

  I have a cat at home but is normally okay with other animals, including dogs

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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