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Hi,
We are Mika and Mario.
We live in central Portugal in a small village with a great view over the mountains.
We have a number of tasks we want done such as walls indoor and outdoors, making a canopy over our terrace and of course a lot of work to be done on our land growing vegitables.
Mika is born and raised in Brabant, south of the Netherlands. Mika is an artist and has her studio in Pombal where she works and teaches.
Mario is Portuguese but has lived in the Netherlands half his life. His family lives around here.
And like a good tradition, a Portuguese family needs lots of good food and drink to get through the working day!
Mario is a motorbike mechanic and organizes tours (on- and off-road).
Mika also drives motorbikes and in our spare time, we ride motorbikes as much and as often as possible.
The mountains here are amazing and traffic is almost non-existent. Walhala for motorcyclists, then ;-)
Furthermore, we have 3 cats. They are super sweet and give a homely atmosphere.
Anyway. We are living our dream here. Unfortunately, we have too much work to do which we cannot manage alone. (getting older ;-) ) So through this way, we hope to share our dream with people who would like to help us.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
House & pet sitting
Interests
Events & social
Technology
Pets
Culture
Movies & TV
Self development
Farming
Music
Photography
Hitchhiking
Drawing & painting
Gardening
Cooking & food
Art & design
Animals
Adventure sports
Camping
Nature
Mountain
Dancing
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We are members of a folk dance group here in the village and also members of the motorbike club.
There are many festivals in the area especially in the summer months.
Dancing, music, food and drinks.....every weekend there is something to experience and do.
We always like to take our guests, friends, family there.
We also enjoy the surroundings a lot. Hiking, cycling, fishing....oja and Mario is a master at BBQ.
In short, the simple Portuguese life in the countryside. That's what we love and love to share
Help
We could use help with:
* cultivate land and grow vegetables / strimming weeds
* painting walls indoor and outdoors
* Harvesting grapes and olives (in September and October)
* reorganizing our attic
* cleaning terraces with a high-pressure sprayer
* cooking
We do all these tasks ourselves, so you will then assist us in doing so.
And it would be great, though, if you already have more experience with tasks like remodelling help
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
Portuguese: Fluent
Spanish: Beginner
French: 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 have 2 guest rooms with a shared shower in a separate house at our place where we live.
At the time we don't have guests.
The B&B will not be part of your work.
There is a bedroom in our private house where you can sleep if we have guest in our B&B.
If you come by camper, there is a place near our house where you could park your camper there.
Food: we will cook and eat together. Breakfast, lunch and diner Al that is extra is for your own cost.
Place to sleep is also included.
What else ...
We don't work on Sundays. Then we are often out riding our motorbikes ourselves (or sometimes Mika is at a local art market).
You could go out with us then. Motorbike riding yourself is also possible, we have several motorbikes.
There are several cities in the area where you can soak up culture.
We are 30 minutes from Tomar, 40 minutes from Coimbra and 40 minutes from Pombal.
Portugal's highest mountain is a 2 hour drive from us and the beach is less than 1 hour away.
Public transport is a bit trickier. There are some buses. But not many.
Taxis don't cost that much and are quite manageable.
We also have a couple of mountain bikes and an electric bike. You can borrow those.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
Unfortunately only a pitch, no facilities beyond that. There are, however, a number of camper van pitches in the area.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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These three young woman do know how th work!! First they had the plan to stay just like for 2 weeks to help us out. But we asked to stay two weeks longer.
The way how they comunicate was super to experience.
Not one time we did see them grumpy, angry or… read more
These three young woman do know how th work!! First they had the plan to stay just like for 2 weeks to help us out. But we asked to stay two weeks longer.
The way how they comunicate was super to experience.
Not one time we did see them grumpy, angry or… read more
But in the end it turned out realy good.
Andrew was a hardworking person even with the tough luck he had on his hands that week he was at our place.
His hands where full of blisters and did hurt a lot. But that didnt stop Andrew on doing his… read more
Their place is lovely, with a view over the mountains and is located in a quiet area, just out of the nearby village.
There is lots of work to do with their… read more
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These three young woman do know how th work!! First they had the plan to stay just like for 2 weeks to help us out. But we asked to stay two weeks longer.
The way how they comunicate was super to experience.
Not one time we did see them grumpy, angry or… read more
These three young woman do know how th work!! First they had the plan to stay just like for 2 weeks to help us out. But we asked to stay two weeks longer.
The way how they comunicate was super to experience.
Not one time we did see them grumpy, angry or… read more
But in the end it turned out realy good.
Andrew was a hardworking person even with the tough luck he had on his hands that week he was at our place.
His hands where full of blisters and did hurt a lot. But that didnt stop Andrew on doing his… read more
Their place is lovely, with a view over the mountains and is located in a quiet area, just out of the nearby village.
There is lots of work to do with their… read more
She did mainly some cleaningtasks for us. Super thanks for that Yumi!
One day she got on our bikes with us on a tour with a ride out. She was enjoying it a lot!
Thanks Yumi for your short stay with a lot of great help and fun.
Hope to see… read more
My work was mostly with Mika, I cleaned and organized their workshop place with a lot of stuff from the old owner of the house, and kitchen… read more
our first meet up was at an motorbike club. He realy enjoyed that one as it was his first time of his live visiting one.
For the two weeks he worked with us, he did several tasks. And all of them with a lot of energy and enthousiastm.
Sometimes we even told… read more
