Join our family and experience language exchange and mountaineering in Corsica, France

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  Description

  Hello! We live now in the Center of Corsica close to Vizzavona ' forest and pass and in Vivario village..... in a cosy 3 bedroom house with our son Arthur born in July 2018. Remi is 47 years old and work some time in Ajaccio, Bastia or any harbour of the island but also a lot at home ) and Julie (48) runs a mountain agency and is a mountain guide with various hours and some early wakes up .working in an association in Corte 4 days a week... Arthur goes to school 4 times a week 2' by walking.
  Help needed to help in the house (cleaning different rooms and stairs, cooking cakes, marmelade, yogourts or ice creams, meals :3 times à week àt leàst), garden (watering, trials to germinate seeds, building gardeners, cut the grass and some wood,picking up herbs or fruits, ...), to take care of Arthur sometimes on wednesday, some mornings and evenings during the week.some times on saturdays and/ or sundays.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Language practice

  Gardening

  Babysitting and creative play

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  Julie is very ready to speak in english, german, spanish and help you in learning french.
  you could join on some hikes in the mountains with Julie or all of the family or to bath in the see or in the river
  
  she is also involved in some associations to count wild animals (bàts, birds), pick up plants and flowers; you could join if you want, she got friends who welcome wwoofers and we could give a hand to the farm.

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  Au Pair Help

  Further details can be found here

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  Projects involving children

  This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

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  Help

  Help needed to help in the house (cleaning, cooking meàls (3 times à week àt leàst) ànd some cakes, yogourts, marmelade or ice creams), garden (water trials to germinate seeds, buidling gardeners, cut the grass, picking up herbs or fruits), to take care of Arthur (some days : sometimes wednesdays mornings and/or saturdays and/or sundays but most of the time mid-afternoons/ evenings)

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  German: Fluent
  English: Fluent
  Spanish: Fluent
  French: Fluent
  Corsican: Beginner
  Italian: Beginner
  Polish: Beginner
  Russian: Beginner
  Swedish: Beginner

  This host offers a language exchange
  we would be really happy if you can speak to Arthur in your mother language, we are also happy to speak english , spanish or german and we would be happy if you spend some time with our family during "free time" to improve your french (during meals, beach or forest tours)
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  Accommodation

  a bedroom that is also our desk.....for the first workawayer (even couple)
  possibility to pitch a tent or hamac in the garden (or an emergency bed in the living room)
  you will organise your breakfast, lunch can be prepared in the kitchen during the day or past evening, some times we can buy a takeaway, dinners can be prepared by you (more or less: 1/3 or half ) ....half or 2/3 by the family.
  the house is in a very quiet quarter among the pine trees, 5 minutes to drive to a small town center (with grocery, bakery, ...) but it takes about 45' to 1h a big commercial center like in Propriano or Porto Vecchio, almost 2h to Ajaccio
  there is a bus line
  from zonza 6am to aiacciu 9am back at 14.30 frommonday until saturday except friday at 17.30 to arrive 20.20 in Zonza
  
  From 1st September to 30th June, porto vecchio 7h zonza 7h55 ajaccio 10h and back at 15.30 17.30 18.30.

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  What else ...

  There is a train station in Vivario 2' by car 20' by walking, Ajaccio or Bastian airport are at 1h of driving for us, possibilité to catch a Shuttle to the train station then the train of WE are not available to.get you at the airport

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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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  Space for parking camper vans

  This host can provide space for campervans.

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  Can possibly accept pets

  we got a garden for pets, no dogs in the house, already about 10 cats in the quarter

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  My animals / pets

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