Join family life in the charming town of Ystad, Sweden

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  Description

  We live on the beautiful swedish countryside on a small hill 4 km north of the old, charming town of Ystad. 4 km to the long, sandy beaches and the woods of Sandskogen. We see the sunset from our balcony every evening. Train and bus easily takes you to Malmö, Copenhagen or beautiful Österlen with its nature, beaches, restaurants, art galleries etc.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Elderly Companionship

  Gardening

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  Ystad is a very nice summer city with long beaches,good restaurants and cosy cafees. Easy to reach everything by bike. We are a friendly family, Gerard is a dutch, retired civil engineer but has been living in Sweden since 1997. He has Parkinsons disease and needs some help now and then. Our son Joar 20 years lives in the house and works. His older siblings Tuva and Felix study medicine/civilengineering in Lund and come home for a visit now and then. Margarita works as a doctor and travels a lot in her work, plays in a duo on her free time but comes regularly to the house.

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  Help

  Most important is to dig a small waterhole (a pond) in the garden according to an existing plan.
  Some of the house needs painting outside.
  It would be a help to do some food shopping and cooking as well as basic house cleaning.

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  Languages spoken

  English: Fluent
  Spanish: Fluent
  French: Fluent
  Dutch: Fluent
  Swedish: Fluent

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  Accommodation

  You will have your own room on the ground floor with free access to the rest of the house; livingroom, kitchen, terrace, garden, balcony etc. We have a piano, drums, guitars and a base. And plenty of bikes, both raceing bikes, randenneurs and common bikes that you can use.
  
  And we offer food!
  We would be happy if you would help buying food and cooking now and then as a part of your working hours!

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  What else ...

  It is easy to move around in this beautiful part of Sweden with bike, car, bus, train. There is vast nature, big woods, long beaches, many nature parks, beautiful views, interesting cities, etc. You will be like a family member and we hope you will feel like at home.

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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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  Space for parking camper vans

  We have a space to park in front of the house.

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  Can possibly accept pets

  Depends what animal it is, can be discussed.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  Hours expected

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