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hello! I am Bettina, mum from ferdinand (born 2011) & lieselotte (born 2014)
at the moment we build up a good, stabil wooden floor for a jurte. we work a lot for a good, solid wooden underconstruction. now we start to dig the fundaments & go on...help would be great here!!
in the garden & with the wood is always a need & also the children & animals are happy, if someone spend lovely time with them...welcome to us - just fell free to read more & contact us ;-))
i started in november 2015 with different helpers from all over the world to renovate an old house. now we are in for years, happy there & work will still not end ;-)
we live in the countryside with our 2 cats ( & mostly with some small), some ducks and chicken. we all love the (wild) natur, to celebrate the live with a fire in the garden, (fire) dancing, different kind of music ... we love to be creative anyway & try to give you the room also to be! for us to live now on this beautiful place is great!!!
I am a mother of two children - this two are Ferdinand (born december 2011) & Lieselotte (born october 2014). i always try to find some/enough time to play with them or let them help working - you can call it work if you like;-)
We love the nature & live very close with it - i use a lot for cooking or making healthy stuff out of it. arround our area there are a lot of mountains, rivers, seas,... & i love to hike - also with the childrens, going with the bike, ski, swimm in rivers & seas,..... I also know a bit about herbes, handwork,.... & at least know more & more about renovating an old house :-)
i am very interested in the idea permaculture, know a bit about the theoretics & try to live like this for a long time.... to correlate with beeing & working with plants & in the nature effects me a lot & let me grow in harmony & trust - in love.
also a part in my life is meditation, but i often use less time than i want with it...but you should accept, that I appreciate also evenings in silence and by my own...as much as i like being in exchange with people!
there is of course always something to do - in & arround the house... & not to forget all this little things what should be done during a day - cleaning, cooking, laundery, harvest,....also the children wait for you - to play with you, learn your language,....
a lot of work will be to prepare the area around the house, the permakulturgarden area, the chicken area, a treehouse, making a path, repair the watertank, cut some trees & also plant,... but also kreative work can be done - to make mosaik & / or stairs outside, paint walls colourful, make compost ( & maybe compost toiletts), .... but also some help in the house, e.g. building some new wooden stuff, renovating different rooms, woodworks, preservation of fruits and vegetables from the garden or weekly cleaning.
at the moment we build up a jurte. we work a lot for a good, solid underconstruction....help would be great here!!
i appreciative of any help in any of the aforementioned tasks. It would be great if you have initiative and maybe some experience in one of this fields.
our place is in wankham - near attnang-puchheim - its perfect for going with public transport to the next Citys (to Linz 30 min, to Salzburg 50 min, to vienna 2 hours, 30 min.). you will find a train nearly every hour!!! i also can give you a bike - good area for biking here!
i like happy people, with initiative who won't be shy to make for example the own coffee and breakfeast on morning...or start playing with the children by themself, or....
We'll not be at home for all meals/days, so it's important that you can be independent - you should like this!
it should not be a problem for you, if you have also enough time for your own...sometimes it is like this - some times i am busy with my family & friends & its also important to take me some time "just" with our family...it should be possible for you, to leave for a while.
i can not count the hours for working exactly, for example i don´t know how to count a trip to the mountains with the children - if you come with us, help me carring, play with the children - how to count??? if this would be important for you (to count the exactly working hours), you have to tell me, than we can find together a good solution for everyone.
!!! important is!!!!!!
* that you have to be insured for yourself - i can not bear responsibility for you
* & please be aware: you don't live in a hotel! without explicitly telling you it should be normal for you, that you help preparing meals/getting the table ready or put the things in the dishwasher during your stay...as a matter of course.
When you see a dirty spot feel free to clean it - you don't have to wait for me to tell you things that need to be done obviously. :-)
Our meals & main rooms are smartphone-free....we love to live the real life! ;-)
* we life all on the same planet, so please dont kill spiders or other animales in our house & the area around!!!!!
°) We have some house-rules or call it a philosophy of living - nothing super strict but things that are important for us, like switching off the lights when leaving a room, saving water and energy in general, helping to get the table ready and clean up after meals and having a meal per day together and no permanent use of a smartphone - it should all be things that are not extraordinary but my experience showed me, that i have to write it....
for this now, we live more or less in an ready house, with all you need for basicly living there - water, electricity, toilet, an kitchen.... & a lot of great nature around, a little river near.....
come & join us & the beautiful nature in austria!!!
I trust in live & I am sure, there is a good solution for everyone possible!!!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
we try, to be the best human we can be - be a part & show us your version of love, live, human kindness & free(dom)
i try to live open & honest in a good kommunication - always a good learning field.
i can share a bit knowledge about the general permakultur-idea & how to use it daily, garden knowledge & also about herbs & nature healing plants & i always lived with animals - i love to have them arround & get in contact with them. also the idea & living of a comunity is interesting for me....
i know a bit about old handwork & now about renovating an old house;-))
i fell interested to different pädagogik ideas & would love to get in comunication about it.
i love to read - alone & also with & for the kids & we try to find some space during the day for music (singing, guitar, drum, flute,....).
you can join our trips in nature arround & meet friends of us also easily....
i can go on writing a lot, main points are written i would say, if you like to be, you can be a familymember...fell free to decide, which intense is fine for you.
Help
at the moment our biggest project is to build up a soilid flour for the yurte & also the yurte will be a bit work - repair some things. the gardenseason starts now & i would be so happy, to have a good soul in the houshold (cokking, a bit cleaning,...)
there is outside always a lot to do - the time start to plant a lot of fruits & vegetables & plant trees
there is always some woodwork to do - would be great, if you like this!? ;-)
take care of the house, the animals & the garden for a few days maybe.
great, if you know how to use simple tools & about general maintenance and repairing
it is also a help for me, if you play with the children, go with them for a walk, cook for them/us, make the dishes - the daily housework, clean the house,...
we share bathroom, toilet & kitchen - of course it is important, to help together for keeping it clean.
the computer is always a big not so nice topic for me - if you are good with, maybe you can help me a bit there...
& last but not least - it depends also on you, which energy you can use what day for us at this moment - an important thing for me is communication!!! tell me your needs, likes & don´t likes & i am sure, that nothing can go really bad than!!!
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
spanish would be great!!! french - i love the sound jidisch is so beautiful ....
Accommodation
At the moment, we have a small room for you. you share it with the drums from my sun - if you dont play it in night time, you are also allowed to use it;-) Of course we share our oeher rooms with you!
in the house is no smoking, but in the area arround its possible, to find people who love to smoke with you ;-))
What else ...
my children love visitors & they are very open minded & happy if you play with them. they are good with other languages & i am also very interested to learn a few words in other languages....
there is a very good train connection to Salzburg, Linz, St.Pölten, Vienna....also good public transport to this area
climbing, hiking, go by bike, skiing, swimming- beautiful natur around!!!
i also can ask friends of mine in other cities in austria or around for a night to stay there or people may go out with you....- i can not show you the nightlife in austria, but you will find people for this, i am pretty sure ....
you can use a bike, a scooter,....
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
campers & vans are very welcome. the accomodation in the house is not sooo big, so its great if you have a seperate own room for you ;-))
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
- max 25 hours--what work is work??? i think we have days where we work a lot & days where we do "nothing" - we can talk about this day by day!!
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To find Bettina as my host was very interesting.
I learned what Workaway is about.
The work i could do in and around the house was exciting.
Since the first day our communication was good and we understood each other.
The two Kids, Ferdinand and Lieselotte have been wonderful. They've… read more
they are a good team, but both are also very nice working alone on their own projects. the children were quick very happy… read more
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To find Bettina as my host was very interesting.
I learned what Workaway is about.
The work i could do in and around the house was exciting.
Since the first day our communication was good and we understood each other.
The two Kids, Ferdinand and Lieselotte have been wonderful. They've… read more
they are a good team, but both are also very nice working alone on their own projects. the children were quick very happy… read more
the main point is - viviane & aurel are such good humans. they are very regardful with people, animals & also all things arround!!!
if we wrote about coming to us they mean immediately (beginning december) & i thought about one month later (beginning january). one ore two days before they like to… read more
They warmly welcomed us in their home and Bettina cooked for us some nice vegetarian meals.
We stayed 6 weeks in Wankham and the time we spent there was really nice.
The work was interesting and various, we would have loved to achieve a lot more of the tasks waiting for volunteers,… read more
linnea was not shy to do any work - she is realy very interested to learn & try new things.... & without her it would not have been possible, to go on holiday with the kids for a week. that was so… read more
About the… read more
i am so thankful to had tara & kyle here with us - what a great enrichment to all of us! easy going is the main word i will find for them. they are always friendly & realy happy people - i mean realy happy in their heard & soul & they will just infect you - great experience!!!
to feel well i think its nice for them to have… read more
kenji stayed in summer 2016 with us for 3 weeks. i can just say, that kenji is a vey flexible guest. he did a lot housework without talking about - it fells like normal for him - that… read more
for her "work" here with us she gets 6 smilies or more - that is not a joke! for me at the moment, she was the most easiest girl - it was from the first moment funny & easy with her - if its about making daily housework & the took care about the children! she did this kind of work before - thats… read more
she helped me with the daily stuff - this was great. also with the children it was good.
the missunderstanding moments were easy to handle - i was able to talk with maggie about & she understands & can acept a lot.
i realy like her painiting she started for us, so i am pretty sure, she has to come back ;-))
she… read more
The work with Bettina was nice, she is clear in what she wants and not too hard on how many hours you "work".
Meeting her family was very nice, I even spent a day with her… read more
it was very easy for me, to go on with our daily rhythm while nick joined us & with his very congenialness being it was nearly everytime a great atmoshere around.
nick understand quiet good german & is open for new - dishes, places, situations....
the first day he was… read more
Julius stayed for 2 weeks with us & it was realy nice to have a young german speeking Person around. he made the experience to stay alone (with an english speeking workaway girl) with the 2 children the hole day & figured out, what is a mum´s Job - thanks for… read more
i love that she never gets unhappy with us - & believe - there are situations where it would be completly normal to be unhappy - with 2 small children, a foreign language, a sometimes very stressed mum, a not at all ready kitchen.....however - she stayed in a good calm way.
melo made a lot of dishes in the… read more
Apart from the work, I took 1day trip to Gmunden with my frienda and stayed… read more
we had a curious start with too much people & chaotic moving situation but misa always offerd me help, was interested to go for a walk with us,... she started as soon as possible to get a contact to my children & she did it so well with not so easy situations… read more
I met many friends of Bettina.
And she offer me to join trip with her and children but weather was not good for trip in April.
Her English communication is quite good.
I think she really need help for children and house.
Children is now growing,new house moving and many thing happens in Bettina's home.
he is very good with a lot of different handcraft - you can see, that he did a lot before.
i am realy pretty sad, that he was sick while he stayed with us, so we shared not a lot of time - kwang was so polite not to come near to the children, that they don´t get… read more
The atmosphere of the house is very peaceful, easy to talk, to rest and drink tea. We also felt pretty good in the room. It was a good compromise between intimacy and sharing, everyone got their… read more
they spend a lot of time with themselfs because i was not often available. but we also took some time & had than interesting talks & fun. they are good cooks, easy going, worked everything what was necessary very self-dependent & brought a bit french flair to us.
i… read more
She is very kind, nice and funny, and knows a lot a bout natural ways of making… read more
it was a very nice celebration time with them. they stayed around christmas & new year for about 1 month at my place & no matter what kind of work (renovating an old house, wood-work, children care...) - they did it. maybe not cooking, but also this they try… read more
so openhearted, smiling & obliging. she was working-helping where ever SHE found a need. anna is very interested in lerning & doing new things, she was never shy to the children.... thanks a lot for these sunny days - also the children miss you. anna, you are welcome any time!!!
