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We have a 10 000m2 property on the magical island of Kythera, between the Peloponnese and Crete. Our home overlooks the straight between Kythera and the mainland, with a young 35-tree food forest and the first efforts in planting a vegetable garden. We have no animals (yet) but 3 ponds and lots of water and room and ideas for so much.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Interests
Sustainability
Movies & TV
Photography
History
Books
Art & design
Architecture
Cooking & food
Gardening
Languages
Writing
Carpentry
Hiking
Fitness
Yoga / Wellness
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
In your ample free time: this is the perfect place to be creative. Write a book or a screenplay, practice the visual arts, discover the island – it is perfect for hiking and adventures and much more. We are both from the creative industries – filmmaking, book authors, designers etc., so we are always working on something fun. And the island is full of creative, interesting people from all over the world.
Help
Gardening , tree-planting, painting, housekeeping (healthy cooking and keeping the kitchen tidy), pruning, gardening land care and perhaps soon taking care of ducks and chickens are all possible.
Languages spoken
Danish: Fluent
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Greek: Intermediate
Accommodation
Your would have a choice of 2 bedrooms downstairs. We have our apartment upstairs but would use the downstairs living room and kitchen together with you.
What else ...
MEALS:
The fridge is always full of good things, and we just take turns cooking. If you tell us what you like to eat we will make sure we have it (within reason). It would be good if you also enjoy cooking.
YOUR DAY:
We are flexible about working times but if you need a schedule, 10am until 3pm 5 days a week would work best for us (but all of us cook and tidy up 7 days a week...) . Depending upon which projects are current - gardening, painting, house-keeping, clearing bushes, building ponds and swales, planting... you would help one of us or do the job yourself. We also have a dam to maintain, and, if you like, you could help with our creative projects as well.
THE ISLAND
The island is a paradise, with about 40 wonderful beaches and almost no tourists outside August. Kythera is still very wild and green, with magnificent views and fascinating people – both local Greeks and the foreign community. Swimming: there is a beach about 20 minutes on a rough track from our place. On most nice days we drive down to other beaches for a swim as well if you would like to join us. Hiking: endless possibilities, on both marked and unmarked tracks. Villages: 60 villages, some of them almost deserted. The closest village with shops, Potamos, is about 12 minutes by car or over an hour by foot. There are others with beaches and cafés and more. We generally have to drive somewhere a few times a week so if you want to hike we could drop you off somewhere nice and you could discover a new part of the island.
NEARBY
Our property is on a hill and the nearest house if about 5 minutes walk away. We also have wonderful neighbours - a philosopher and a microbiologist - who dabble in organic farming.
TRANSPORT
We go hiking or swimming a few times a week and you could join us. There are two villages reasonably close by, each about 50 minutes walk away. One with a supermarket and lots of cafes, the other with a restaurant and fresh water springs.
ENERGY
We are off-grid with a PV system and lots of batteries. It is more than enough for normal use. When there is a long period of very cloudy weather, we sometimes have to ration the electricity. We have floor heating everywhere which we can put on when there is at least 3 hours of sunshine, and wood stoves in the living room and studio.
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW:
Neither of us is particularly "spiritual" or have esoteric leanings. People who like yoga and meditation are very welcome, but if you are into crystal therapy or anti-vax or "sensitive to 5G-radiation" then you probably wouldn't be happy staying with us.
ONLY NON-SMOKERS PLEASE!
LENGTH OF STAY
Normally we accept helpers for a week or two. If we get along you could stay for longer. Each year in October and November we go away for about 5 weeks, so for that period we usually like to have people staying for the whole time we're away.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have Starlink (but think Elon Musk is a moron) which is more than fast enough for most purposes - 120 download and about 25 upload.
Space for parking camper vans
A camper van or similar could be parked at the bottom of our property.
Can possibly accept pets
My wife is allergic to cats, yet we have two wild ones which regularly visit but have to stay outside. But we usually have a lovely dog named Jojo (which we share with a friend). Dogs are fine to bring with you. Crocodiles and snakes less so.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
