Help me to restore a place in the mountains in Pindos, Greece

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  Description

  Help me to restore a stone house in the high mountains of Pindus! 🏔️
  
  
  > Welcome!
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  > For the last 5 winters I have been living in the mountains of Pindus, restoring an old stone house with my own hands. It's a slow, beautiful, hard process. These days I am finishing the second room, so I can finally host people again.
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  > About the place:
  > This is a simple, off-grid life. We have no electricity grid and no running water, but I have built a system like on a boat (I am a skipper!). We live with fireplace and wood stoves, we cook together, we keep the house warm.
  > A few days ago I semi-finished the toilet - a big win!
  > For the last 3 years I have a good friend here with me, also a skipper.
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  > What I need help with:
  > The work is on many levels - in the land and in the house. Chopping wood, cutting grass, gardening, permaculture, small building works. Nothing too heavy, but you need to love nature and manual work.
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  > What I offer:
  > A quiet place, your own wandering in our land, a note of silence. A room that will be ready around 29/10 (before that it's more basic / adventure style). Good company, food we share, stories, and the real mountain life.
  > What matters most to me is that you can take care of yourself - the mountain has its difficulties, but also its magic.
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  > I love the French! But everyone who loves nature is welcome.
  > My English is not perfect, but we will understand each other.
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  > With appreciation,
  > From the high mountains of Pindus
  Christina

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Charity Work

  Art Projects

  Light gardening

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house
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  Interests

  

  Farming

  

  Art & design

  

  Nature

  

  Astronomy

  

  Photography

  

  Sustainability

  

  Carpentry

  

  Adventure sports

  

  Camping

  

  Mountain

  

  Hiking

  

  Music

  

  DIY & crafts

  

  Cooking & food

  

  Drawing & painting

  

  Plant care

  

  Culture

  

  Pets

  

  Vegetarian or vegan

  

  Van life

  

  Gardening
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  The help I need from the volunteers is to collect wood, to open ditches for the water, sometimes to do tree cultivation, the help will be up to 3 hours a day, and another thing that would be nice to do is to open various paths into the forest
  However, those who are interested in catering and have cooking skills and so on are welcome
  However the place is not supported by electricity and I would be interested in dealing with alternative sources of energy if anyone is interested and has knowledge thanks in advance I hope to see people in person

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  Help

  My job is to study herbs in the small climate of the area, looking to find which crops are best, however I deal with dry stone building, creating various platforms to accommodate tents It is of great interest for climbers since we are at 1100 the estate but the top of the mountain next to us is 1570 with a remarkable road to cross the next very serious is the star observation offered from the site since there is no electricity and we are from the most dark side of Pindus

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Intermediate

  This host offers a language exchange
  I can share my mother tongue which is Greek with any other
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  Accommodation

  The house can accommodate up to six people however within the estate there are ideal spots to set up tents in the summer months we have fresh water from the springs that spring up on the estate and at the moment I am trying to build toilets and showers
  I can offer a buffet in the morning with traditional products and one meal a day to my volunteers however there are coffees and teas from local herbs

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  What else ...

  The area has a remarkable archaeological site several youths of Artemis and Apollo in the beautiful paths Can someone explain to take a walk in the beautiful lake Trichonida which is a habitat The buses stop at the previous village around 16 km from the area where the estate is this means there is some difficulty in getting to the final destination But there is always a way and when I know someone is coming I will also help with transportation

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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

  This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  This host can provide space for campervans.

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  Can possibly accept pets

  This host has said they are willing to accept those travelling with a pet.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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