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Join us in Alvor, Algarve, Portugal

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  • Last activity: 19 Mar 2024

Availability

  2024 

 Min stay requested: 1 month or more

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  • Description

    Description

    LAST MINUTE WORKAWAYER NEEDED: Any GARDEN ARCHITECTS or INTERIOR DESIGNERS out there?
    Please only send a message if you are experienced with Interior Designs or Gardening.

    We love to welcome you if you are:
    A INTERIOR DESIGNER, as we are renovating our house and we would love to have your input
    or
    A GARDEN ARCHITECT or GARDEN DESIGNER who can help us design and potentially implement our garden.


    Olá! We are Astrid (half German, half Brazilian) and Norbert (half German, half Romanian) with our children Thiago (7 years old) and Malaika (5 years old).

    We are very much looking forward to meeting you and to welcome you in our family!

    Norbert and I lived in many different countries over the last 10 years, including Tanzania and Kenya. We have travelled the world for a year in East and South Africa and Latin America. 3 years ago, we moved to Alvor in Algarve / Portugal.

    For the first time in our lives, it felt impossible to leave such a magical place. We therefore decided to settle in for the next 20 years. We bought a house just 800 m from the beach in Alvor and love it.

    When we traveled more, we loved to stay in local houses and particularly shared houses as we love meeting new people and learning about their lives and points of view. For us this was always the best part of traveling and we are happy to continue having this type of experience through workaway.

    We are open minded and flexible and we love talking about subjects such as consciousness, peaceful parenting, music, sports and traveling.

    We are happy to share our lives with other people around the world.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    We are very open-minded and always happy to share our experiences in traveling, peaceful parenting, start ups, consciousness and living life with joy.
    We are already so much looking forward to welcoming new people into our family.

  • Help

    Help

    We love it when the workawayers who come to us feel like family and are part of our little "tribe". 

    At the moment we are looking for someone who can help us renovate our Garden. Therefore it would be great if you are a garden architect who could help us design the potentially implement the ideas.

    In exchange, we could host you (and your partner) in our tourist apartment that is just 1 km down the road and directly at the beach (40m), with breathtaking sunsets over the beach.

    You will have lots of free time to relax at the beach or explore the area and do hiking, water sports, discover beautiful cities such as Portimao, or small villages like Silves and Carvoeiro, or come with us to spend time with amazing, lovely families. We are happy for you to use our mountain bikes, road bikes, our kayak, SUP or snorkelling equipment.

    We would love you to be flexible, energetic and positive, peaceful and patient with the kids, independent and proactive. 

  • Languages spoken

    German: Fluent
    English: Fluent
    Spanish: Fluent
    Portuguese: Fluent
    Romanian: Fluent
    French: Intermediate
    Swahili (Kiswahili): Beginner

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    Studio 40 meters from beach

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    Alvor itself is a small fishing village. There is an incredible community of open and like minded people and wonderful friends for us and our children. We also love the amount of activities that are organized for both our children and parents. It feels like PARADISE here! Good weather, delicious food and wonderful people!

    If you are an outdoor enthusiasts like we are, this is the perfect place to be. Within a radius of 3 km around our house in Alvor you will find: beautiful beaches and a beautiful river, and therefore all activities related to water (Kayaking, SUP, Surfing, Kiting, snorkelling). There are beautiful walking tracks and tracks for Mountain-bikes along the coast. Portimao, the second largest city in the Algarve, is on the other side of the Arade River, crossing a beautiful bridge and offers all kinds of sport and art clubs as well as a beautiful harbour front for walks. We had not yet the chance to explore, but if you are divers as we are, some of the best dive spots are just 30 min away. You can easily arrive at Alvor, another beautiful fishing village around the corner, to go sky diving, parachuting or hop on a small plane to Lissabon (return ticket 75 Euros). There are mountains to be explored 40 minutes from our house as well as unlimited nature parks.

    We are looking froward to meeting you!

    Important: I am realising that people are sending mass mails to me as a host without having read my profile. I will therefore decline anyone who will not start his or her request by saying : "Jambo Astrid", which is the way people say Hello in East Africa, where I spent 6 years of my life. I hope you understand. Thanks.

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Can host digital nomads

    Can host digital nomads

    We are working from home too so there is unlimited internet connection and space for you to work from.

  • Can possibly accept pets

    Can possibly accept pets

    I don't have pets but we do love them. As long as they are well behaved they are welcome to stay with us.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    Two

  • ...

    Hours expected

    Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

Host ref number: 194358326459

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