Cultural exchange with a family in a big farmhouse near, Ontario, Canada

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  Description

  We are a family of four. A married heterosexual couple with two children under the age of three. We have two dogs, an Australian shepherd and a border collie. One is friendly one is less friendly and we keep in a separate room as needed.In our house we also speak English, Hindi and Punjabi. North Indian food is much appreciated here!
  
  We have a big old farmhouse although we don't live on a farm. We have five acres on waterfront and chickens and soon we will be breeding rabbits for meat. One of us is a social worker and the other works in tech.One of us has family locally and the other doesn't. To Add as
  
  We live 10 minutes away from the nearest town and there is not much public transportation here but we go into town twice a day to drop the kids off at daycare. We are 30 minutes away from the nearest bus or train station if you wanted to go to Toronto or Montreal.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Language practice

  Farmstay help

  Babysitting and creative play

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  Light maintenance
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  One of us was originally born in Chandigarh, India and the other was raised in the same town where we now live. We live in an agricultural region where hospitality, the food and beverage seen, is very lively (ie. renowned and expensive). We have lots of experience hosting visitors from other countries, including friends and strangers. We also have deep connections to Brasil and speak a little bit of Portuguese. We would really love to try your foods and for our kids to learn your language!!

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  Help

  In exchange for you staying in our house we just need help around the house and help surviving with two kids! Meals + tidying up are our main challenges. If you would like to stay with us for a generally relaxing time with a decent amount of privacy, fibre internet, lots of outdoor space, and the chance to pretend being a farmer, and help with everyday household tasks, we would love to have you!

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent
  Hindi: Fluent
  Punjabi (Eastern): Fluent
  Portuguese: Intermediate

  This host offers a language exchange
  We are happy to help you practice English if that's what you are looking for and we are particularly interested in people who speak Punjabi and Portuguese as we have familiarity with both those languages and would love our kids to become more fluent.
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  Accommodation

  We have a large seven bedroom farmhouse and the space where you would be staying is what we intend to be a separate unit. You would have your own private bathroom and you could even have your own private couch and even kind of like a living room in your bedroom. You would have two skylights plus another window. We would have a shared large kitchen and a shared TV space. You could use the mini fridge in your room if you needed it.

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  What else ...

  If you have a tent or want to camp on our property instead of staying inside that is fine too. We are 5 minutes away from sandbanks provincial park so people find that very exciting lol. We do not swim in our water connected to our property since it is a marsh but we do have kayaks that we can launch. We eat meat and sometimes go to church. We are anti-racist and anti-oppressive. Hopefully you are too.

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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

  We do not have a separate workspace setup for you but we can arrange that easily if that's important to you. We have fiber optic internet which is reliable 98% of the time.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  We have lots of space for your camper or tents.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  My animals / pets

  Many

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