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Hello you are welcome to participate in our eco and cultural project in hart of Serbia at village by name Pocekovina ( Waitingplace). working with us you will learn a lot about our country, way of life, tradition, history and Serbia generaly. Also you will learn about organic gardening, making our national drink by name rakija or popular moonshine in US, coking Serbian dishes using fire, building house using natural materials wood and earth, During summer we also organize a lot of interesting happenings like traditional dance and music festivals is , river festival and cleaning nature, hiking etc and you will be activly involved in all of that ...
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Farmstay help
Help with Eco Projects
Help around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
Language practice
Art Projects
Help with Computers/ Internet
Teaching
helping this project you will learn a lot about Serbs our alternative way of life and some practical skils like how to build house using free materials how to grow organic fruit, prepare traditional Serbian dishes on fire, how to produce moonshine or Serbian rakija :) you will meet a lot of locals and learn about Serbian culture mentality and history etc etc... Generally spiking you will have interesting time if you are open minded person with positive attitude and hard worker.
almost 5 years ago in central Serbia near city of Krusevac and turist town by name Vrnjacka Banja I started eco traditional project of restauration more than 100 years old traditional Serbian house of my grand grand father made of natural materials like wood and mud-earth is.. also I grow organic fruits plums and quince using traditional ecological tehnics
helping this project you will learn how to build house using free materials, how to grow organic fruit, prepare traditional Serbian dishes on fire, you will meet a lot of locals and learn about Serbian culture mentality and history ...
also we are located near river of western morava so you will be able to go fishing or bath at river also we are near mountain of Goc and town by name Vrnjacka Banja where you can visit some of realy interesting and free sumer carnevals, free music concerts, swiming pools or some of the oldest christian monesteries in Serbia from XIII and XV century ...
During summer we also organize a lot of interesting happenings like traditional dance and music festivals is , river festival and cleaning nature, hiking etc and you will be activly involved in all of that
also we occasionally have some bus tourist groups so we organize wine and rakia party combine with lunch and music.
We are all normal ppl we love freedom nature music food and drink and hard work. In one word .. we love life :)
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
Russian: Fluent
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lux 5 star hahah joke it is 0 star acomodation toalet is in the nearest forest and bath is at the river which is so fast that you will feal like in jakuzzi ...by the way our task for sumer 2018 is to buil all buldings for that purpose ...also what you need to know that is an old house more than 100 years old we have old beds with natural madrases made of canabis and corn leafes ( yes canabis is marihuana if you ask yourself :))) BUT 100 years ago ppl use that for making cloths and items not smoking ) .maybe it is not luxury but you will sleep like a baby during hot sumer days. So if you like camping conditions this will be just ok for you.
city of Krusevac ( old capital town of acient Serbia ) and Trstenik ( small town ) is just 7 km from Pocekovina and Vrnjacka Banja is 12 km away ,.. Vrnajcka Banja is one of the most popular places in Serbia during sumer you can enjoy in concerts, cinema, a lot of caffe restorans and natural mineral wather ... You also have a lots of manastiries mountain of GOC and Kopaonik ( 60 km away ) ... there is local buses or taxi
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