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Dear workawayers,
We are a dutch family, Ruben and Chrissy, with our children Floor (14) and Fedde (12). We took over a glamping resort in 2018. We quitted our jobs in Multi-nationals and went on an adventure in the south of France. It is a total life change, with ups and downs and we love it! Our kids grow up in nature and will learn to speak French fluently and pick up english along the way too!
What we offer you is a great place to stay with a big room, comfortable bed, with a nice atmosphere! We absolutely love cooking, so you can enjoy our nice meals. We are always trying out new recipes for the new season and we would love to know your favorite dishes! We have a plot of 23ha with 2 lakes, forest and land for the donkey, the horse, our cute cat and the chickens. We are one hour away from the student city of Toulouse (which has an airport as well) and we are 15 min away of the historic city of Auch.
We love to get to know the people that are coming to help us, how you are living, what your plans in life are and what you would like to learn. We can chat for hours over a nice fire and enjoy a nice beer or wine :-)
We will meet as strangers and most probably say goodbye as friends!
See you soon?
:-)Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
Animal Care
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Interests
Events & socialSelf developmentMovies & TVPolitics / Social justiceLGBTQVan lifeMusicDIY & craftsGardeningCooking & foodBooksAnimalsOutdoor activitiesWinter sportsNatureCampingDancingHikingCultural exchange and learning opportunities
The Gers is a wonderful region with a very fine sense of gastronomy. The climate is great here, since we are between the mountains and the 2 oceans, it creates a micro climate that is very nice. Also the air is one of the cleanest in Europe, it has been called the green longue. Of course you can learn some French, english or dutch if you want. one of us also speaks german, spanish and a bit of swedish.
Projects involving children
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Help
We have all kinds of maintenance and improvement projects, cutting trees, building a chicken shed, prepare a vegetable garden, paint shutters etc
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
German: Intermediate
Spanish: Intermediate
French: Intermediate
Swedish: 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
You can stay in a double bed in our house or in a nicely pimped caravan. You have your own bathroom for the season. You can join all the nice dishes that we serve and you can take drinks from the fridge, so you will feel as if you are in your own home.
What else ...
when you have time off you can go to Auch and take public transport for larger journeys if you would like. We are 1 hour away from Toulouse, 2 hours away from the west coast (Biarritz) and 3 hours away from the east coast (narbonne) or 4,5 hours away from Barcelona, Spain! You can go skiing or hiking in the pyrennees!
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Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
We have a perfect space for a campervan, you can plug in your electricity and you will have your own bathroom available!
Can possibly accept pets
This host has said they are willing to accept those travelling with a pet.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
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From the initial contact, Chrissy was amazing helping to arrange our pick up and keeping us in the loop with what was going on. This continued throughout our experience as Chrissy was really involved with us, spending time to get to know us and playing games in… read more
They are absolutely great with kids and you can tell they have experience teaching! They communicate very well, are sporty and can get over competitive when it comes to games ;-)!
We loved to have them… read more
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From the initial contact, Chrissy was amazing helping to arrange our pick up and keeping us in the loop with what was going on. This continued throughout our experience as Chrissy was really involved with us, spending time to get to know us and playing games in… read more
They are absolutely great with kids and you can tell they have experience teaching! They communicate very well, are sporty and can get over competitive when it comes to games ;-)!
We loved to have them… read more
They make beyond delicious dinners and Chrissy makes delectable desserts. Fedde and Floor are very helpful and… read more
We immeadiately caught the spirit of the place, the work was never tiring, but really enjoyable. We worked together to make their guests feel happy, while we also felt like members of their… read more
For the first time together on this big travel to Europe, that must be so exciting. Pamela is speaking english and Aline doesn't, but that doesn't matter at all. Pamela is there to translate and Aline is always engaged to say how so feels and they showed a lot of gratitude.
I was very happy with all the work… read more
When we arrived, Ruben greeted us with his high spirits and said, "The most important thing here is that you feel at… read more
They are super clean, always ask if they can help more and do the job better than I would myself!
They are very sweet, funny and grateful! Everything went so smooth, we hope they will come back next year!
I definitely recommend these lovely ladies
I think it is very cool that they quit their jobs and go on this big adventure!
thank you for being here and for… read more
Ruben and Chrissy are a wonderful and amazing couple. Super nice and funny.
We spent really good moments with this family, the children are really independent and help you in any moment, they are really funny and kinnest
Staying here was an Amazing experience, not only the place it's… read more
You are the best guys! We wish you a super nice journey, we will definitely see… read more
Ruben and Chrissy are very welcoming, attentive and so inspiring for us. It is so nice to talk with them about life changing, meaningfull job and how… read more
They are selfstarters, do things almost without you noticing and they have already done it! They were great with the kids!
We wish you a big success in your adventure! you are always welcome to come back or ask our help!
the children Fedde and Floor are always willing to play also... we… read more
Lucia was good at doing Reiki and she gave… read more
Los ayudamos con jardinería, mantenimiento, cocina y cuidado de los niños. Ambos (Floor y Fedde) son muy simpáticos y divertidos! Pasamos muy bien con ellos.
Ruben y Chrissy son muy buenos anfitriones, excelentes cocineros y los fines de semana nos llevaron a conocer… read more
We spent almost 3 weeks and learnt a lot of stuff about glamping sites. We now dream of owing one in
Patagonia :)
The tasks are really different: cleaning the lodges and the bar, helping with the cooking . But, mostly the season we've been… read more
The family is too kind, open and cooperative. And they live in a magical place! Full of life and tranquility.
It was a shame that I haven't stay long enough, but it was a great experience. I helped Chrissy with the preparation of the tentes, she is very nice and with the family we shared a… read more
Reagarding the work, they helped us out a lot and also in the kitchen they liked to… read more
The work was great and varied. I learnt a lot about cooking and got to practice the skills I learnt. In my freetime, I could… read more
The perfect workawayers for the jobs we had to do! Wood chopping was their hobby so we made good use of that!
Their other hobby is making bonfires! We have never had a higher bonfire before!!
And make sure you will get to know their dancing skills, best time… read more
They helped us out a lot with building a chicken home, pool terrace, painting, cleaning, gardening etc.
We shared the passion for nice food! Enjoy the rest of your trip!
Be prepared for great food and kind people! The kids are very friendly and the cat loves to cuddle.
Ruben and Crissy did work together with us and let you try new things.
During our 3 weeks we have built a terrace next to the pool, painted shutters and made a chicken coop.
This gave us the chance to… read more
We are very happy that they will come back again soon! ;-)
I had such a memorable time that I still think about their lifestyle.. It's been two months since I was there! Alice wrote on my behalf as well but would like to personally thank you guys! Chrissy, Ruben, Floor and Fedder thank you so much for letting us into your house with open arms and what a beautiful… read more
My stay there was very enjoyable, I wish it could have been for longer but alas I have moved on now. the settings are so… read more
After collecting us from the airport we got a really warm welcome and directly felt at home with the family and in our own little appartment!
Chrissy and Ruben were always very considerate regarding the work we had to do (they gave us a to-do-list with tasks we… read more
I would certainly recommend you to invite Moritz and Ulla!
They truly… read more
They work hard, have good initiative, loved playing with the kids and appreciated our cooking a lot! Jamie was good at handling the machines. It was very nice to have them so close to our family and they became real friends. We will miss you guys!
We… read more
Thay have a beautiful property. Good for motorbikes, hiking, close to toulouse and spain. It was my first workaway experience and i made plans to come again cause is was amazing.
I wish them all the best!