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Hello, welcome to our profile! We are a calm family based in the middle of Berlin.
We are looking for a caring and responsible person who likes to help us in maintaining our little garden house and to practice some English with our family.
We are a family of 4: Silvian (painter of art), Chrstiane (biologist),both full-time working parents and partly home-office based. and two wonderful daughters: our older daughter, a 19-year-old who will be abroad for a couple of weeks due to traveling (planning to also to use Workaway), and our younger daughter who is going to school and lives under the condition of Down Syndrome. We are looking for someone to help out in our little garden and gardenhouse and to practise some English with our daughter s.
Our garden is about a 30 minute bike ride or public transportation ride from our flat. Since we haven’t used the small house and garden there very often last year, we would be grateful for a helping hand. The garden needs some maintenance. The little house is tiny, but in summer you can sleep there. The house will also need some maintenance and cleaning and the garden needs some pruning of the shrubs in winter and weeding and planting in spring/summer. If you like gardening and nature you are very welcome also to enjoy the garden whenever you want.
We are an open-minded family and love getting in touch with new people and learning about foreign countries. We enjoy sharing our living in a vivid and open city. We live in a vibrant and central district of Berlin, close to museums, shops, restaurants, bars, and many tourist attractions. At home we sometimes cook traditional dishes but also love international cuisine. We are not vegetarians, but if you are vegan or vegetarian, we can provide suitable food accordingly (Berlin is also called the “Mecca for vegans” :-). We provide a bicycle and can give many tips on what to discover in Berlin. We also have two friendly cats at home.
Of course we offer full food and accommodation: According to our experience we will not have every meal together, and we do not provide 3 meals a day in hotel style. The kitchen is always accessible for you and filled with food to serve yourself. A private room where our wardrobe is located (please note that we will occasionally need rarely access to the wardrobe and only on your permission). It is very important for us,that you feel at home with us and we consider your helping time not less important - therefore we will have an eye on your working hours not to exceed 5 hours a day for 5 days a week.
We would love to hear from you!
We wish all travelers a safe and wonderful journey!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Gardening
Animal Care
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Interests
Pets
Culture
Farming
Drawing & painting
Art & design
Plant care
Gardening
Animals
Cycling
Nature
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You will be part of your family and can learn about our culture in general and specifically you can learn somethimg about and from Down syndrome. If you are interested in arts espacially oil paintings Silvian can introduce this technique to you. You can practise German with us, and we sometimes cook traditional German dishes.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
- Helping in the garden and garden house like planting, pruning, repaint some parts of the wall, cleaning away winter dirt:-)
- Always welcome is cooking meals and helping with household chores (cleaning, etc.).
- English practise
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
French: Intermediate
Spanish: Beginner
Polish: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
we all like to improve our English: Our older daughter is preparing vor C1 exams and our younger daughter has A1/A2 understanding and both need some practise:-) Whether you are an English native or not - English practise is always welcome
Accommodation
We are living in a flat in a central district of Berlin. You are sleeping in a separate room. However, please note that our wardrobe is in your room, and we occasionally need access to it.
What else ...
Our flat is located near the Hackescher Markt and Museumsinsel in the center of Berlin. A lot of main tourist attractions are direct around the corner. You can take one of our bikes to investigate the area. We also have a little garden approx. 30 minutes away with a tiny house, where you can enjoy the garden, cook and also sleep there if you want. We have several nice lakes in Berlin and the souroundings, if you like swimming in summertimes.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have a permanent wlan .
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
My animals / pets
Kia and Omelley (11 years)
two frindly cats
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From the beginning, Ella impressed us with her actions and reliability. She lovingly took care of the English of our older daughter and helped her in the subject area English. Ella has always… read more
They Made us feel like home. They are a really cozy and warm family.
We expend a really nice time in the apartment in Berlín, taking care of the cats and cooking meals (this last was by our own choice) for the family, and also trying some of the typical German dishes.… read more
If you have them as a guest in your home you can be sure that your home is always in a nice and pleasant statement and you have enough time for your chats and conversations with your guests and… read more
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From the beginning, Ella impressed us with her actions and reliability. She lovingly took care of the English of our older daughter and helped her in the subject area English. Ella has always… read more
They Made us feel like home. They are a really cozy and warm family.
We expend a really nice time in the apartment in Berlín, taking care of the cats and cooking meals (this last was by our own choice) for the family, and also trying some of the typical German dishes.… read more
If you have them as a guest in your home you can be sure that your home is always in a nice and pleasant statement and you have enough time for your chats and conversations with your guests and… read more
I spent most of my time staying at the family apartment in Berlin looking after their cats! The only way the apartment could be more centrally located is if… read more
We really liked his way of dealing responsibly with other people every day. He is a very sociable and uncomplicated man and we can only hope that he will have good adventures and interesting encounters on his further… read more
He's an excellent cooker. For us, he was a bright sunshine in the dark months of a wintertime.
The kids also liked this charming… read more
In shortest time she found the best themes for the communications with the kids and enriched it with other actions like painting or drawing.
The kids and we were… read more
I never expected to stay with such patient, calm and understanding people. It was my pleasure to experience their family life, and it was a real honour to learn about their fascinating perspectives, opinions and experiences (they're very open minded and… read more
We made a very good experience with him and saw he is an enjoyable and independently person, absolutely easy going, friendly and full of attention to the surroundment. We were very happy to have met him and to have talked and had very good… read more
Syakira gave us a wunderful time and had always shown best character. She is a very reliable person and the best teacher, we ever met. The kids had a great time with her, while she had a big talent to bring the English language more near to them. She was always a smily and… read more
very independant and strong motivated person.
When she arrived at our apartement, she integrated with her nice and
polite manner very well from the first day.
She had a very charming and nice way to spend time with the kids and
played with them both sportive or in withdraw,… read more
This family cares about others and is always willing to help. They wanted to be sure I had a good time in Berlin. And the girls are adorable and fun to spend… read more
We shared a few nice dinners, including a traditional German meal. The… read more
She helped to fix up the garden in the main task and did this by organising her own time. She performed this with a regular persistence and continued untill really… read more
This was my first experience as a WorkAwayer and from the beginning, since Silvian and Christiane started to have contact with me (I was in Chile and they, well, in Berlin), everything in our communication was very clear and… read more
First of all, the work conditions are very good and work itself is very rewarding and not stressful. The kids are very willing to learn and playing games with them is never… read more
He adapted instantly in our family as an extraordinary attentiv open-minded person.
He helped us renovate our little garden house; painting and constructing a new floor.
He did every… read more
