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Description
We live in a Country House nearby Olot recently refurbished in one of the most beautyful place of Catalonia, La Garrotxa. We are a family of 5 members composed by 3 kids of 12, 9 and 7 years old. We practice homeschooling and we have also 2 dogs and 2 old horses but in the near future 2 colt more will arrive. We grow our vegetables and we mainly cook vegetarian meals. We usually wake up early in the morning during the week to prepare the meal for the horses, cleaning the house and then start the homescholling education. After lunch break we usually rest and afternoons are dedicated the study and practice music (piano, chello and clarinet). 3 days a week our child go the public school of music. Husband is dedicated to work from home as Hr consultant, gardening, wood collection and outskirts maintance. Wife is dedicated to child care, education, meals and general maintaince of the house. We love the quite and peace from our house away from the hustle of the cities.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Gardening
Animal Care
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
They can learn and taste some traditional meals from Catalonia, growing vegetables, horse riding and care, some short mountain expeditions and living in a quite place surronded by peace and nature.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
We mainly need help with the gardening, general maintance of the house, depending on the season collecting wood from our forest and spending some time with us to pratice cultural exchange and English with our kids also.
Languages
Languages spoken
Catalan: Fluent
English: Fluent
Spanish: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
We would like our children to by used to listen and being able to practice English with the workawayer. We will share our knowledge of Catalan and Spanish as a mother tongue.
Accommodation
Big single room for the workawayers is provided in the same place where our family lives, individual bathroom and sharing all the meals with us. We usually share the cooking and the cleaning duties with our kids after each meal. Every morning we invest 30min in the house chores with all the family before starting the homeschoolling activities.
What else ...
We are 15min by car from the bus station in Olot where you can get the bus to go to the beach (1 hour) or bcn (1,5hours) or the pyrinees (1hour). We usually spent some time during the weekends walking around and preparing the gardening/harvest, general maintance and spending some time with the horses. We can also provide ride to singular places nearby like Camprodon, Ripoll, vallter, setcases among much others
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
I work mainly from home but I do a lot of conference with clients and team mates from different places. In the spare time workawayers are able to use the office or have a separate room for their digital projects.
Space for parking camper vans
We live in a countryhouse with more the 6ha sorrounding the main house so there is plenty of space to park the campervan or motorhome being able to have electrical power and refuel the water tanks from our well.
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Hours expected
Maximum 4 hours a day, 5 days a week
