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Hi there! We are a Traditional portuguese family of 4 vegetarians, Tiago, Joana, and two litlle kids aged 4 and 1 years old. Plus 2 cats, 2 hens, 2 ducks and 3 dwarf goats.
We are trying to live a sustainable life, so we bought a piece of land between Caldas da Raina and Óbidos, where we try to renovate the buildings, take care of the land, and some sustainable facilities such as a solar showers, compost toilet or a grey water recycling system. We also run a forest school project in a public park where kids are always in contact with nature.
Before having kids and owning the land we were spending mostly of our time traveling by hitchhiking around the world.
We are both teachers, working in an NGO promoting the connection between the children and the nature throughout the forest school sessions.
Currently Tiago is also studying in a Medical School.
We are vegetarians and love to have a good conversation over a good meal and a cup of tea.
Our house is in a village with many facilities, good transportation and few minutes away from Caldas da Rainha, Óbidos and Foz do arelho. It´s also about 25 minutes driving to Peniche and Nazaré.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Interests
Adventure sports
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We spent 10 years travelling, mostly by hitchhiking, and living in different places. We are languages and education enthusiastics, and very happy to discuss about sustainability. Sports and cooking are our hobbies.
Projects involving children
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Help
We are looking for help with the construction/renovation, converting into eco systems, and taking care of the land, such as:
- Cleaning the land and the Barn
- Helping in the household
- Building a grey water recycling system
- Painting
- Windows and doors installation and sealing
- Moving stuff away
- General carpentry
- General construction
- Door locks installation
- Re-pointing walls with lime mortar
- House general Plumbing
- Fruits picking
- General agriculture
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Portuguese: Fluent
French: Intermediate
Italian: Intermediate
Russian: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
We love to practice and learn new languages.
Accommodation
We have an office with a bunk bed. You are also welcome and to bring your own tent, van/car/hammock or pitch one of our tents.
We love to cook and eat but our time to cook is very limited so we will provide the food but we won´t always be able to cook for you. You are welcome to use our kitchen though. If you are staying long, on non-working days we kindly request you to help with the food.
We are vegetarians and we prefer not to have meat in our house.
What else ...
Caldas da Rainha and Óbidos are two really nice towns, with history and beautiful sightseeing, The beaches are close by and there are great surfing spots within 25 minutes driving.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
We have enough space to park vans and campers
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
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Tiago and Joana also often shared their thrilling travelling… read more
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Tiago and Joana also often shared their thrilling travelling… read more
They live in a very small town, but Óbidos and Caldas de Rhaina are easily reachable biking or hitchhiking.
Tiago will give to you some tasks to do mainly in the backyard. Now they're trying to get rid of the bamboo that won't stop growing.… read more
I got to work mostly in the garden- pruning trees, bamboo, cleaning up and a bit of… read more
Ezye is very friendly, easygoing and always willing to help.
We shared so many good moments and she did a fantastic job around our house.
We hope our paths to cross again. Beijo
