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3 Mar 2024
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Description
Hello,
We are Carine and Fred and are a family of 7 : we have 5 children from 12 to 24.
We are living in an very beautiful place, in the mountains near Grenoble in the french alps.
It's a small village, with an amazing view on the summits around, a quiet place of nature where you can pratice many outdoor activities (hiking, climbing, paragliding, cycling, ...) but not too far from a big town either (40mins from Grenoble with the bus).
We used to host a lot of workawayers a few years ago, when our children were younger, to help us and share with them our everyday's life.
Now, our 2 oldest are away from home, (one in Grenoble, the other is traveliing ... as a workaway too !)
Our littlest child is homeschooled.
Carine works as a nurse (in Grenoble) some days a week, and Fred mainly works at home (3 days a week) .
Last years, we traveled around Europe (UK, Spain, Germany, Italy, Czech Republic, Danemark, France of course...) and we discovered with a lot of pleasure different cultures, way of lifes, landscapes, cities, ...
We like to meet people, share with them our experiences and differences.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Share our experience, our lifestyle and learn yours !
talk about everything, show us your habits, your food, make us travel in your life ! Your are welcome in our !
You may also improve your french of course!
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
We mainly ask you to help us like an "Au Pair".
With our work agenda (Carine and I are often at home), we need you to take care of our littlest girl (12 yo) when we are not available for her : play with her, speak with her with your language, bring her to activities... .
We also ask you to give help in the house, cook, craft, spend time with the family, discuss and discover other culture and who you are, what you like.
Also sometime, you can work with us for some general maintenance in the house (gardening, chicken coop, paints...)
As our children are very autonomous, we like people who can take initiative.
For us, the most important is that you like (big) family life, share with our children and us!
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
German: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
We can offer a room in the house with us.
We would like to think that while you are here you become part of the family and eat with us.
If you wanted to cook, that would not be a problem : we like it ! It's one of the moment of the day for all the family to participate and share.
We cook mainly vegetables and organic food and one of our child is vegetarian.
You would have to use the family bathroom.
We can supply skis, bike, outdoor equipment...
What else ...
We live in small village, but you can be in Grenoble within 40min by bus during the day
Closest airport are Lyon (1h30) and Geneva (1h45)
As we live in the mountains in a small ski resort, you may also discover our place with a lot of outdoor activities (cycling, hiking, paragliding, skiing, climbing, ...)
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (8)
Owen stayed with us for one month in september.
We have host many people since more than 2 years now, but really, we can't imagine to meet such a person like him !
He came with his heart, his joy of living, his energy, his mind opened attitude, ... and his liverpool shirts ;-)
We are a big family with a lot of differents attitude and way… read more
The tasks here were very easy: spending time with homeschooled kids, so you just have to be as creative as possible! Zélie,… read more
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Owen stayed with us for one month in september.
We have host many people since more than 2 years now, but really, we can't imagine to meet such a person like him !
He came with his heart, his joy of living, his energy, his mind opened attitude, ... and his liverpool shirts ;-)
We are a big family with a lot of differents attitude and way… read more
The tasks here were very easy: spending time with homeschooled kids, so you just have to be as creative as possible! Zélie,… read more
She's very nice, calm, and very kind.
Our little girl played a lot with her, and she was for her like a daughter ;-)
We all appreciate her help.
She share with us her culture, and she let us discover a ton of different meals !
It was incredible and we keep this as a very good moment and beautiful exchange.
But Ginni is also a very nice person, calm and attentive to each others.
It has been a pleasure for all our family
She has a lot of energy and she was very helpful with our children with our daily tasks.
She helped us a lot to teach with our youngest, she gave english lessons, she made some delicious meals, ...
We had tons of discussions, we made so many activities (art, music, walking,… read more
Staying with the kids and helping with English and Spanish was great :hugging: They give me the opportunity to try differents ways to teach and were really helpful with my French!
Elsa, Timeo, Zelie, Loris y Arthur each in his way really… read more
She came with a lot of ideas and she helped us a lot with our family!
Preparing the birthday's party for zélie, the cakes, teaching some English, taking care of the children and their activities, cooking...
We remember with a huuuuuge pleasure alfajores and… read more
We have done a lot of things with Laia !
She stayed in our house for 4 weeks but it seems to be only 4 days!
She came with a smile, and she shared to our family her joy, her worries, her passions, her heart, her discovers, her doubts, her laughs, her energy, her happiness ...
She took time with all children, always… read more
we spent two beautiful weeks with Jonty under the sun !
He was very nice and prevenant with our family and our children. He took care of them, help them with their lessons, teach them english ... very good english ! Zelie can now speaks with this accent "so british" ;-)
He helped a lot and was always avalaible for us !
We shared a lot,… read more
Fred and Carine have built a lovely home in a stunning location surrounded by mountains and fields, perfect for walking, running and cycling.
If you want to improve your French I… read more
so much beautiful and incredible things to say about our experience with Luiza !!
She is an wonderful person, with a lot of empathy and very careful.
She adapted herself to each person from our family, and she understood how our house worked… Not so easy !
Luiza took care of the children, and helped them to do their works, spent time to… read more
I don't even know where to start!
I stayed with the family for more than a month and it was unforgetable! They are super welcoming, musical, mind-free, happy people, who just want to leave their life taking care of each other and our planet!
:asterisk_symbol:Also they have the best cookies recipe on the planet!
And it is… read more
He created a very nice relationship with our children : they have worked their lessons with him, walked and played outside, eated in the forest and spent an evening at the fire place, played board games together, ...
All the… read more
