Discover distinctive folklore, cultural traditions and help a young family with renovations and building shelters for our animals in Valašské Klobouky, Czech republic

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  Description

  We are young family living in the east part of Czech republic in lovely White carpatien mountains protected as a Unesco biosphere reservation. We are five, My wife Ameliec (originaly from France and three sons. We own old farmhouse in little town called Valašské Klobouky (Walachien hats) Our region is specific in distinctive folklore and culture traditions (Music, language, handcrafts, dressing..) We are trying to repair our house to offer cultural space, workshops and accomodation. It is possible to visit beautiful nature around us, cultural events, cinema, swiminng pool and our friends.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  We are both speaking english,my wife french, and a bit of german. If you are interested in slavic languages, we speak also slovak and polish. In our standing you can learn some handcrafs as a carving wooden birds, making carpets from recycled tissues, baking bread, little carpentary, and hat shaping, herbal plants colecting, gardening etc.

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  Projects involving children

  This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

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  Help

  You can choose to help in different ways. Currently we are preparing renovation of the old stove, renovation of the sand-chalk fascade, wooden floor, stone paving. Restoring old windows. Building the shelter for animals sheeps, chickens. Taking care about the animals. Mowing gras, planting and weeding wegetables.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  Czech: Fluent
  English: Fluent
  French: Intermediate
  German: Beginner

  This host offers a language exchange
  we like to speak different languages.
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  Accommodation

  We have a small garden house with big window and view to the garden. It is close to bee hives. Water and toilet is in the garage nearby.. Soon it will be possible to cook in the outside kitchen. Solar shower nearby. Bathroom is in our house and there are some new one under construction.

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  What else ...

  Our town has around 4 thousnad inhabitants, sou there is possibility of cinema, cultural events, bars. There is a lot of atractions around, historical and natural as well. There is beautiful cycling path leading through the walley to Slovakia, which is wery close to us. It is possible to visit higher mountains there. There is regular bus and train connection to our town. You can also visit interesting Bata´s town called Zlin which is remarcable for it funcionalistic architecture.

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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 some parking in front of the house, but ist isnt to big. It would be enough for van, but please no bigger. :-)

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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