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Hi!
We are Gintare and Danielius. We wanted to go travel and become workawayers, but then we couldn't leave the country because of you know what situation and we bought our own house in that time and now we became hosts ourselves!
After living in the capital of Lithuania, Vilnius, for a while, we decided to move to the countryside almost three years ago. We bought a homestead that had been empty for almost ten years 🏡
From day one we started bringing it back to life, making it cute and cozy to live in with our own hands. It has not been easy: trying to do everything on our own takes a lot of time but it's also very rewarding.
We live alone in the middle of Lithuanian fields. It's great to enjoy the quiet and nature sounds here.
Recently two beautiful and energetic cats Kimce and Spurga joined our family.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Help around the house
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We would be glad to share Lithuanian culture with you. If you are curious, we can teach you some Lithuanian language. And of course - food. We love cooking, so we would be happy to share some Lithuanian meals with you.
Besides that, we know some things about gardening, DIY, foraging, fermentation and will share all of our experience and knowledge with you.
Help
We will need help with:
🌱 Taking care of the gardens: planting, weeding, watering etc.
🌱 Clearing overgrown land (chopping down bushes and small trees, clearing long grasses)
🌱 Taking apart old wooden buildings
🌱 DIY projects: restoring old furniture, making the house beautiful
Most jobs do not require special skills or a lot of physical strength.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Lithuanian: Fluent
Japanese: Beginner
Russian: Beginner
Accommodation
You will live in our little summer guest house (you can see it in the photos).
It doesn't have any heating, that's why we are only accepting workawayers for the summer.
There is only one bed, so we can host either a single person or a couple who can sleep in one bed.
The guest house doesn't have a toilet/shower.
You can always come to the main house, which has: a toilet, bath, kitchen.
You can use the wifi which works more or less on the whole property.
We could also provide parking space for a van or and RV and hook it up to electricity.
What else ...
There is a little village with a small grocery store around 3 km away.
Closest town with a bus station is Kupiškis - around 15 km away. But there is no public transport to go there.
On your arrival/departure we can pick you up or drop you at Kupiškis.
On your days off, we can arrange to drop you off somewhere with a car.
You can also borrow our bikes to explore the area.
We are close to the Kupiškis lake and there is a beach around 7 km away.
Gintarė works in Biržai, so she can bring you together with her to explore this beautiful historic city or enjoy some great thrifting opportunities there.
We eat a mostly plant based diet so we are happy to accommodate vegans or vegetarians, but of course, everyone else is welcome too.
LGBT+ friendly.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
Our interned speed averages at around 70 Mbps, which we find is great for working from home, it allows hosting video calls or downloading larger files with no problem. There is a desk in the guest house.
Space for parking camper vans
We have not hosted a campervan yet but message us and we'll figure it out. We can hook you up to electricity.
Can possibly accept pets
We have two cats, they live in the the main house and sometimes wander outside as well. We are happy to accept workawayers with pets, but please let us know in advance, so we can make sure all of our pets are happy together :)
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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They are very keen to share their life with workawayers which was great and we got to enjoy lots of Lithuanian dishes cooked with fresh vegetables from the garden.
They were happy to take us out on several trips including a music event in Anykščiai and dropping us off and… read more
Surrounded by fields and beautiful lakes, my free time was made up of idyllic cycle rides, reading and swimming. Danelius and Gintare were super knowledgeable and accommodating to my various day trips, providing a bike, food and advice! It’s a wonderful area.
The work I did was very rewarding. I worked on a great… read more
One of Adams best qualities is his genuine curiosity. When it came to work, he always wanted to try things he hadn't done before. Which, I think, made many of the things that we are used to more exciting for us as well. Also, he's… read more
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They are very keen to share their life with workawayers which was great and we got to enjoy lots of Lithuanian dishes cooked with fresh vegetables from the garden.
They were happy to take us out on several trips including a music event in Anykščiai and dropping us off and… read more
Surrounded by fields and beautiful lakes, my free time was made up of idyllic cycle rides, reading and swimming. Danelius and Gintare were super knowledgeable and accommodating to my various day trips, providing a bike, food and advice! It’s a wonderful area.
The work I did was very rewarding. I worked on a great… read more
One of Adams best qualities is his genuine curiosity. When it came to work, he always wanted to try things he hadn't done before. Which, I think, made many of the things that we are used to more exciting for us as well. Also, he's… read more
She's also very easy going, so I felt like it was easy to live, work and hang out together :)
We… read more
The work was simple manual tasks such as picking up sticks, mowing the lawn, weeding the garden, and so on. But it doesn't… read more
The place they live in is a bit isolated but I really relished the calmness of it with mostly nature sounds around. They also showed… read more
It was our first workaway experience but they were very prepared for my arrival. They decorated my room with fresh flowers and nice furniture. The room is such a nice experience because It is actually a wooden cabin, so you bacically have a house :)).
They also have a very refined taste pallet… read more
