Volunteer with a German family living near Lagos, Algarve, Portugal

Portugal

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28/04/2022
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Hello,
If you want to spend some time on a small farm with a spiritual background ( ZEN ) you are mostly welcome by Emilia Carl and Annette. We live in beautiful nature, 8 Km from the atlantic ocean (southcoast) and 1 Km from a fantastic, colorful, multiculti little village, called Barão de São João. Annette´s main work is growing chilis. At the moment we have 25 diff. varieties of chilis from all over the world. We do oil, powder, pastes, remedies etc. All organic. Annette is selling the products on the local farmer market in Lagos. Byside the chilis we grow vegetables and we do our own vine. You would stay in a nice big caravan with an seperate kitchen and dining area. Warm shower with a great view and a compost toilet outside. We have two sympatic dogs and cats and some chickens. Carl is a Tai Ji teacher and you would have the possibility to practice with him. We like to share our place with you and it would be great receving your helping hands.
(4-5 working hours per day, weekend free)
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Farmstay help
Help around the house
Help with Computers/ Internet
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
Helping on the farm. 4-5 hours a day, weekend off.
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Portuguese: Fluent
Accommodation
caravan with seperate kitchen, compost toilet and a warm outside shower
What else ...
Close to our house is a little village called Barão de São João. There is a bus connection to Lagos.
A little more information
- Internet access
- Limited internet access
- We have pets
- We are smokers
- Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
4-5 hours p. day, weekend free

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Feedback left by and about host (24)

03/11/2019

Left by Workawayer (Maciej & Katarzyna) for host

We spent a great week at the farm. Everything went smooth and straight. Anette, Karl and Emilia - very kind and open people. Also 2 dogs (Rudy and Gina) and 4 cats. Wild and beautiful area! We visited Barao de Sao Joao - hippie village that is placed 2 km from there, Lagos that is placed 8 km from there, had o lot of hitchiking while wandering… read more

(Excellent )

21/10/2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Cijal)

We are realy greatfull for Cijal´s support on our place. Such a sweet, friendly and helpfull person he is. Always willing to help. And we had very interessting and open converstions, very intelligent and clever. Cijal was e real stroke of luck for us, on all levels. This kind of persons are not offten crossing your way. So, we were realy impressed… read more

(Excellent )

09/08/2018

Left by Workawayer (Cijal) for host

I spent about 10 days with Carl and Annette and enjoyed every bit of it. The whole experience of living in a farm with birds chirping , wind blowing and simply breathing fresh air away from the hectic city life is an adventure. I had my own little caravan , a kitchen and a bathroom. The amazing conversations I had with Carl about life ,… read more

(Excellent )

10/09/2018

Left by Workawayer (Michele) for host

I had a lovely 1 week stay with Annette, Carl and Emilia (plus the cats and dogs). They were very welcoming and Annette was always worrying about my food restriction (veganism) - thank you so much for that!

It was really a pleasure to help Annette with the chillies and the afternoons off to explore around. They often gave me a ride to/from Lagos,… read more

(Excellent )

26/04/2018

Left by Workawayer (Jasmin) for host

I spent an unforgettable week with Annette, Carl and Emilia:) They welcomed me very warmly and it felt like home right from the start. The area of farm is beautiful and the view is great. I stayed in my own beautiful little caravan on the top of the farm.
I really enjoyed the tasks and which were very varied. In the morning, I mostly worked in… read more

(Excellent )

04/04/2018

Left by Workawayer (Julia & Shakila) for host

We stayed for a week with Annette, Carl and Emilia and from the outset they were so generous and welcoming, making sure we felt at home while we stayed. The work was interesting and varied and meant that we got to learn about the chili plants and the various fruit trees on the farm. Annette made sure that we could manage the work on their… read more

(Excellent )

11/12/2017

Left by Workawayer (Yoeke) for host

This was a most wonderful first workaway experience! It was such a pleasure during the 10 days in october that me and my friend Desi were staying. There is such a nice atmosphere around their house and land with lots of different plants and lovely two dogs and cats. Because it was the end of the busy chilliseason, there was not so much pressure on… read more

(Excellent )

04/10/2017

Left by Workawayer (Raphaël) for host

I couldn't thank you enough for your hospitality and kindness, I had a wonderful ~3 weeks stay and it was a pleasure for me to help all of you!

My work consisted mostly in picking up and cutting chillies, filling up some flasks with chilli powder/oil, and other various jobs in the garden. And I must say that I was quite impressed by the number of… read more

(Excellent )

22/08/2017

Left by host for Workawayer (Róbert & Katalin)

Thank you Robert and Kotta for your great help. It was great to meet you both and the cultural exchange we had in our nice talks. The work you did (in this extrem heat) was great and is still very visible. For your fantastic help we would like to say thank you again and you are always welcome.

take care and with very warm regards

Annette and Carl

(Excellent )

22/08/2017

Left by Workawayer (Róbert & Katalin) for host

Thank you for the great experience! Carl and Annette are very kind and friendly hosts; we are glad to have met them, we really enjoyed the conversations we had over the delicious dinners they invited us to. I am also grateful for the chance to try zazen meditation. The dogs and cats are cute, we loved them all! :)

Barão de São João is a pleasant… read more

(Excellent )

29/06/2017

Left by host for Workawayer (Keshia)

Keshia is a very open, friendly and powerfull young woman. It was great to have here in our house and garden :-) For here first workaway experience on our land she worked very good and concentrated and lernt very quick. So, thanks you very much Keshia for having you here and we wish you all the best an lots of nice new workaway hosts:-) big hug… read more

(Excellent )

28/06/2017

Left by Workawayer (Keshia) for host

Thank you for this awesome experience ! :D This was my first workaway experience.
I spent 2 weeks with with Anette, Carl, Emilia, the 2 lovely dogs, the cats and the chickens. In the first week Barbara was here too, and the first 2 days Carolina, i just want to say you are all amazing people, very kind and warm. It´s a good place to clear your… read more

(Excellent )

28/05/2017

Left by Workawayer (Heili & Margus) for host

Thank you for your kind words,Carl and Annette! We really enjoyed working in your colourful,neat and tidy garden. And true that our effort was immediately visible. :) We
appreciate you inviting us for nice dinners and talks.We hope that it will be exceptionally good year for chillis and Carls new garden project. :)
Greetings to Emilia,Rudi and… read more

(Excellent )

17/05/2017

Left by host for Workawayer (Heili & Margus)

Dear Haili and Margus,

only a few days that you are gone to your next place. We would like to say thank you for your extraordinary work. Still soooo visible :-) It was a great time having you here, for us it fits perfect. You both are very calm, friendly and you are doing a great job.
always welcome :-) big hugs and we a very greatfull for your… read more

(Excellent )

25/05/2017

Left by host for Workawayer (Nora)

Nora is a wonderful young woman who helped a lot in our garden . Very intusiastic and friendly.She did a great Job with the Chili cutting and drying! Thanks, Nora, and you are always welcome:grinning: Annette, Carl und Emilia

(Excellent )

31/03/2016

Left by Workawayer (Katharina) for host

Wow! What a great experience! This family and this place are just so awsome! Carl Annette are very warm hearted and open minded people that made me feel so welcome from the first second on. To stay in the caravan with the beautiful built outside kitchen was super nice and I enjoyed the sunrise every morning out of my bed.
Carl and Annette always… read more

(Excellent )

23/01/2016

Left by Workawayer (Simon) for host

I've spent a little more than three weeks with Carl, Annette, Emilia and the two lovely dogs Rudi and Gina! Most of the time there was spent doing various garden work or chili work, but also going to the village on mornings for cafe with friends, visiting the beautiful west coast, doing Zen meditations every day, having nice and meaningful… read more

(Excellent )

09/08/2015

Left by Workawayer (kate) for host

Sadly this host cancelled at the last minute.

(Neutral )

24/06/2015

Left by Workawayer (Tatjana) for host

I had a really good feeling when I wrote Annette and Carl if I could volunteer at their place and I was right!
The two and their daughter are wonderful people and I am really happy to meet them...
I had a great time there, the work will be perfect for everybody, not to hard but if you want to do more there is always a option ;)
We had good and… read more

(Excellent )

10/05/2015

Left by Workawayer (Virginie) for host

C'était une très bonne expérience d’être ici ! J'ai beaucoup apprécié les moments partager avec Aneth, Carl et Emilia :).
J'ai aider pendant 2 semaines en mars 2015, je reviendrais avec grand plaisir pour aider ou bien sur venir vous voir :).

Je recommande !!… read more

(Excellent )

19/12/2014

Left by Workawayer (Jan) for host

WOOOOOOWWWWW!!!!
This was really a great experience!

If you search for a good workaway spot in the Algarve, you can look futher, but it would just be waste of time :)

The first thing I should say is that this place is actually nothing special. Just a lovely family which can use some help in maintaining their garden. No big spiritual community,… read more no big organic farm, no special animals to take care of.
Buuuuuut....

- the hosts are amazing!. I met a lot of different kind of people in this world, but rarely I meet such natural people. I had a lot of interesting conversations with them, about...everything. There are no taboes are secrets, no masks or disguises. These down-to-earth and open minded people are ready to talk about all kind of things. From the first day on they really made me feel home.

- Since I am a person who also needs a lot of personal time, this was a perfect place for getting in contact with myself in the personal space I got.
First of all there is the caravan which gave me a lot of privacy to sleep, cook, read, sit, think,....
On the second place there is the zendo which is almost all the time available to do meditation, yoga,...
But on the third place, and probably the most important part is the contact with the hosts. It is very easy to establish a natural balance between individual and shared time.

- I didn't do an effort to learn Portuguese, but i do remember the word 'perfeito', which I can use to describe the location. It is very rural, which gives a lot of good opportunities to have nice and quite walks in the little villages around, the national park,....
But since it is only 8km to the city lagos, you can also spend a lot of time there enjoying the beautiful beaches, coastlines and old historic city.
It is very easy to get a hitch-hike, so no problems to get there.

- The work atmosphere is really great, because everything happens in such a relaxed and peaceful way. It is quite a big land, so there is always something to do. They expect you to work 5 hours a day in 5 days a week, but you have total freedom in the way you divide these hours throughout the days.
Please, don't go here for a super lazy holiday, and make it a fair exchange, because they deserve it :)

- Almost every morning they do zazen (a form of meditation) which happens often in a group. If you are familiar with this practice, join and enjoy :) If you are not all spiritual or interested in meditation, just stay longer in your bed. But I would suggest you to do at least one session together with them. So at least one time in your life you can experience how difficult it is for us to be in control of our own thoughts and emotions. (Which is exactly one of the reasons why a daily meditation can change your life)

There or so many positive things to say about this place, but you can discover them by yourself :)

Have a nice stay!!!

(Excellent )

30/07/2012

Left by Workawayer (Carolina) for host

I spent about two weeks with Carl and Annette at their home close to Lagos. The community in the town is an interesting mix of German, French, and English expats together with Portuguese families of course. I was able to really relax and clear my mind working in the garden or reading in the caravan. I had the opportunity to go to the beach often… read more

(Excellent )

15/06/2012

Left by host for Workawayer (Matthew)

Matt is a very friendly and sensitiv young man. He worked very carefully and very correctly with a sense of creativity. Matt came very close to our family although he always kept the natural distance between host and guest. It was a great expierience we had as Matt was our first woofer. When we look today on our vegetable garden we always think:… read more

(Excellent )

04/06/2012

Left by Workawayer (Matthew) for host

The two months I was volunteering here for Carl and his family has been a really great experience. Immediately upon my arrival, I felt warmly welcomed, and very much at ease with them which is always nice when arriving at new places. I quickly settled in, and found the environment of their home and surrounding area to be so peaceful and open - You… read more

(Excellent )

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