Enjoy this paradise place and help our ecological home, maintain the organic garden and create sculptures near La Pedrera, Uruguay

Tentar colocar em palavras a experiência que tive nas duas semanas que estive com Alicia é muito difícil, porém poderia simplificar com a palavra incrível!
O lugar está em uma reserva natural muito linda que transmite muita paz.
Alicia sempre foi muito simpática e me ajudou muito a melhorar meu espanhol.
A acomodação e as refeições estavam… read more ótimas.
O trabalho era muito divertido e não era cansativo. Normalmente o trabalho era: pintar, lixar e organizar as habitações. Também realizei fotos do hostel e estou muito feliz de ver algumas dessas fotos aqui na página.

Só tenho a te agradecer Alicia por todos os momentos e amor compartilhados durante a minha estadia.

Gracias Alicia por compatir un poco de tu amor y tiempo conmigo!
Saudades de você

Estuve una semana de intercambio trabajando y compartiendo actividades de arte con Alicia, gran artista y maravillosa persona, el lugar es de una naturaleza sorprendente, muy recomendable, muchas gracias Alicia por tu generosidad y hospitalidad, espero volver, un abrazo!

the host: alicia was friendly and welcoming. she has an interesting life and we exchanged a lot of stories with her. she is an eclectic artist, she works with metal sculptures and she is surrounded by self-made things. she is also a great cook. she tried to make us feel at home, and she was mostly helpful and nice.

the area: alicia lives in a… read more very peculiar place. to get there we had to ask, but everyone there knows her. the landscape is strange and it invites exploring, even if getting around can be challenging when raining. the soil doesn't allow for a tent because when it rains it becomes muddy, but it dries super quickly so it's not a problem. as the house was not reachable by car we parked 500 meters from the house. on windy sunny days it can get cold, and on clear nights we had amazing view of the stars.

the facilities: the only common area indoor is the small kitchen. it wasn't clear if we could use it on our own, even though we were supposed to prepare our own dinner every evening. on good weather is good there is plenty of space outside. the bathroom is also quite small, but it served us well. the garden is nice and comfy. we stayed in a tent on a wooden deck, so we didn't have to deal with the mud.

the project: alicia didn't have a clear plan, so we helped her on anything she could think of. she was quite unorganized but in the end we always come up with nice ideas for things to do.

organizing time: we worked 6 days a week for 4 hours a day, during the mornings. alicia provided breakfast and lunch, but no dinner, which we had to provide for. we would be free in the afternoons. in our free time we helped alicia by getting her around in our car, as she didn't have one.

the work: we painted some walls, we took care of the vegetables, we gathered soil for the plants, we moved some dirt to make a floor outdoors, we helped organize the garden and we did a bit of woodwork, repairing chairs, building stools and fences, among other things.

the experience: in the beginning it was nice, we agreed to extend our stay, and the atmosphere was friendly and collaborative. in the last few days alicia changed her mood sharply. ---Text Redacted--- she got to the point of locking the common areas preventing all six workawayers from accessing the kitchen. the whole experience suffered from it. in the end she kicked us out on a sunday morning, at the beginning of our free day and two days from our planned leave. she said that she didn't owe us anything, that the work was done, and that we were all free people in a free world. we got confused and disappointed, as we didn't really understand what happened. we would have appreciated if she had explained us her reasoning, but noetheless we moved on with our trip, wishing alicia the best in the world for our nice time there.

Estuvimos dos semanas viviendo y trabajando con Alicia y compartiendo su cotidianidad y que placer fue!! Alicia es una artista buena onda con mucho talento y con un muy grande corazón y además una muy buena cocinera. Buenas charlas y felices momentos compartidos, una muy recomendable experiencia en un lugar maravilloso!!

Estuve trabajando con Alicia por una semsna y tuve una buena experiencia , ella es muy amable y buena onda , una gran escultora !