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We are a very open minded family looking for a helping hand that loves the nature and agriculture as much as we do :)
We are Ana and Manolo (my parents) and me. My name is Ana and I am studying Chemical Engineering in Santiago and come home every weekend to help my parents, meet my friends, and to take you around :) I have 2 sisters but they are now living and working abroad, you might meet them if they are around when you come.
We live in a small village 5 min away by car from the sea. Our village is Comoxo and the town Boiro.
My mom is an ace of cooking and handywork! She is good at making traditional Galician dishes and Christmas decoration with plants from the forest, she also makes beautiful floral crowns for my friends and I to go to the traditional parties here in summer. She is also patient to teach the people Spanish, if she sees that you are enthusiastic and a hardworking person ;) She takes care of an elderly woman in Boiro in the morning and in the afternoon she gives love to our garden.
My dad is an egghead! Even though at the beginning he would look a bit serious, after 2 days working with him you will already know all the history of our house, village, his political ideology and also a lot about agriculture, forestry and botanics. He is at the moment pruning the kiwi trees so if you are really interested into kiwis you should come the 2 last weeks of February, as he will finish pruning, tying the brunches and do a graftage of a new kiwi species, the golden kiwifruit :D We are very excited about this!
To sum up, we like hardworking and enthusiastic people that REALLY LIKE GARDENING and have read the whole profile. We prefer to host people that are 26 years old or more and if you are a surfer I'll be more than happy to host you as I really want to improve my surfing. We are flexible with schedules and you can either wake up early in the morning and do the 5h all together to have the afternoons free or help a bit in the morning and a bit in the afternoon. You'll have 2 days free, you can choose when. We usually do everything together, have breakfast, lunch and dinner together. If you are a more independent person you can also tell us, but in Spain it is really common to enjoy our meals together.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Elderly Companionship
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
UN sustainablity goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You can learn Spanish and Galician from my parents, as they don't speak any other language than Spanish and Galician. It is very important that you have a good level in Spanish to volunteer with us, or at least if your level is basic but you really want to improve your Spanish mention it in the message please.
I will come home every weekend and can show you some nice places around. I love to bike so we can also do it together if you also like sports or you can use my bike during the week when I am not there. I also love to surf, if the waves are nice and you are a surfer we can go together. I also love to bake with my mom, we sometimes make some really nice cakes, get ready!
You will also learn a lot about agriculture, we love nature and my parents have been working in this area for many years. Also, a lot of family members and neighbours ask us for advice as Manolo, my dad, is very good at graftage!
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**January and February are the pruning months, if you want to learn about this technique for kiwi trees and vineyards you should come one of these months.**
We have a huuuuge garden with many different kinds of fruits and vegetables, from the most exotic to the most traditional here in Galicia. We grow kiwis, tomatoes, potatoes, lettuce, lemons, oranges, clementines, leeks, tamarillos, raspberries, strawberries, feijoas, figs, chestnuts, walnuts, hazelnuts, pomegranates, peaches, pears, apples, cherries, loquats, strawberry trees, and many other fruits that you will see when you come here :)
We also have vineyards and make ecological wine. We make wine like romans used to do it, stomping the grapes with our feet, would you also like to try it?
Mainly we need help with:
-Removing weeds at the garden and tilling the soil when needed. We need help giving love to our garden :)
-Friday's harvest. At the end of the week we always harvest our fruits for consumption.
I am also quite creative, I paint and I've been designing bags. I've also created an account on IG where I share recipes with our fruit and everything that has to deal with Galician rural life and sustainability.
I am also interested in web design, as an engineering student I learned a bit but I still have a lot to learn, hopefully we can exchange knowledges, I teach you agriculture and a bit of construction, and you teach me graphic design, photography and web design ;)
I would also like to build a composting toilet, so if you have carpentry skills, you'll be our next workawayer :D
Languages
Languages spoken
Spanish: Fluent
Galician: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
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Accommodation
We offer a private room, the bathroom and kitchen will be shared with us.
What else ...
With your free time you can do whatever you want. You can visit many places around here, there are a lot of beautiful destinations, for example Fervenza de Cadarnoxo, which is a waterfall that you can reach by walking or by bike, Castros de Baroña by the coast and Mirador da Curota, where you get some really nice views of Ría de Arousa estuary. Porto do Son is also a very nice area if you like surfing, you can also do kayak, rowing or any other sport that you would like. Pontevedra and Santiago de Compostela are not far away (40 min by car). And then Coruña and Vigo are a little further but not too distant. You can also use my bike and bike around the coast, it is beautiful!
It will be better if you have your own car/van, as the best places here in Galicia are not reachable with public transport.
The village can be a bit quiet and boring, so I can also give you some contacts of friends of mine that live in Boiro or even the neightbours will be very interested to get to know you. I have two little neighbours that are very nice and funny, sometimes we also do acroyoga at the terrace when the weather is nice, they love it!
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
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Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
Can possibly accept pets
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How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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He has a very warm heart, listens carefully and has interesting conversations, my parents really enjoyed his company!
What a pity he had to go back to England so early, otherwise we are sure he would have build a very nice table for me to go to the… read more
He has the attitude of a real workawayer, always trying to lend a hand and offering help. He cut the grass and helped harvesting many fruit, always with a smile!
He is hardworking, a real surfer, very funny and confident.… read more
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He has a very warm heart, listens carefully and has interesting conversations, my parents really enjoyed his company!
What a pity he had to go back to England so early, otherwise we are sure he would have build a very nice table for me to go to the… read more
He has the attitude of a real workawayer, always trying to lend a hand and offering help. He cut the grass and helped harvesting many fruit, always with a smile!
He is hardworking, a real surfer, very funny and confident.… read more
He helped us painting the house and thanks to his height we didn't need any ladders, my mom was really happy after this job was done :D and he also joined me at the street market!
We had a great time with him even though it was short, he was… read more
My two weeks staying with Ana and her parents were absolutely amazing. Ana takes you around everywhere with her: to the carnaval nightlife of Boiro, to see amazing sunsets into the sea, hiking to the small waterfalls, surfing (although this did not end too well due to my… read more
We had a wonderful time with this girl! She spreads joy, always smiling and happy to help in whatever she can!
She helped us with mowing the lawn, pruning the kiwi trees and flattering the soil where potatoes are planted.
We enjoyed a lot our chats with her, she is an intelligent… read more
We've always thought language was a barrier but she proved us that it is not. She was keen to learn and help and these actions for us are much more important than being fluent in a language. She has a big heart and we must say that she improved her Spanish rapidly!
She is very energetic, funny,… read more
I was there for 10 days. Ana's parents are the nicer person on earth. I was with them all day even if I don't speak Spanish. They really helped me with my project, showed me everything about Galician food. I'll be always grateful for the love they putted in my project.… read more
Since the very first day they arrived we really felt that they had a big heart.
Not only they helped us to harvest all the kiwis, but to restore an old stone wall, remove weeds from the garden and other stone walls and they cooked amazing dishes for us!
These French are very hardworking, polite and… read more
Ana, Manuel and Anita hosted us really well for that we feel comfortable.
During the week we helped Ana and Manuel to clean the garden, cook, rebuild stonewalls and prepare the kiwi harvest. Ana and Manuel made sure that we had enough time to enjoy our stay in Galicia,… read more
He adapted very well to our way of life, making us laugh everyday and working hard either with my dad at the orchard, in our garden removing ivy, weeds, mowing the lawn or with my mom in the kitchen, they were a great cooking team! He also made an amazing logo design for our… read more
My parents and I were really happy to host her! She helped a lot! We were really impressed watching how good she adapted and hardworking she was!
She helped us with potatoe, strawberries and peas planting. She helped my dad and I collecting wood from the kiwi orchard, which was a hard task to do! She worked… read more
The only… read more
