Join a friendly family in Montpellier, France

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  Description

  We are living in Montpellier, a beautiful city in south of France. It's sunny, lively, and super welcoming. Just a quick hop from the sea, it mixes old medieval streets, big lively squares, and a warm, easy-going vibe. The famous Place de la Comédie sets the tone — cafés, people everywhere, and the historic center right behind, full of cool shops, artists, and beautiful old buildings.
  
  We are Mathilda (27) and Guillaume (33), and we are actually waiting for a baby coming in june, so we will need your help to get the house ready for the baby's arrival.
  We live in 2 appartments separated with a door, we live in the side with a garden, you will have your own appartment on the other side for sleeping, with your own kitchen, toilets and bathroom.
  
  Guillaume loves cooking, gardening and tinker, Mathilda loves baking, and do creative stuff like pottery & crochet. We love go outside for a walk, hiking sometimes or biking in Montpellier, and we could share with you our hobbies ! We love learn new things, activities and we have a lot of thing to do in Montpellier !
  
  We have one cat named Puma 🐱, he is really affective but shy at first, and 2 hens in our garden : Cacao and Caramel, they are also lovely but sometimes they remeber they were dinosaurs before 🐔 They are lovely too you can pet them.
  
  We can't wait to welcome you, we have been workawayers too and it was a wonderfull experience. So we want to try it as host now :)

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house
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  Interests

  

  Sustainability

  

  Events & social

  

  Culture

  

  Pets

  

  Plant care

  

  Cooking & food

  

  Gardening

  

  Music

  

  Books

  

  DIY & crafts

  

  Animals

  

  Nature

  

  Beach

  

  Hiking

  

  Cycling

  

  Outdoor activities
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  We are former Workaway volunteers ourselves, so we speak English quite well, but if you’d like to learn French, we can speak only French with you if needed.
  
  We’ve had amazing experiences as volunteers and now we’d love to offer the same in return! We’d be happy to share recipes, ways of living, or even help each other learn a language. We’d love to get to know your passions, discover new ones, and share ours (Mathilda actually discovered crocheting during a Workaway in Canada). That’s exactly the kind of meaningful exchange we’d like to recreate.

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  Help

  We will need some help to get the house ready for the baby’s arrival, so we will ask you to cook sometimes, help us to tidy up and clean the house, and make space. You’ll also get to do some small tasks with Guillaume : maybe paint, move furnitures and build some, ...
  
  For the summer, you could also help us with the garden : set up the vegetable garden, plant veggies, and look after the garden (with Guillaume who really enjoy doing this). We have 2 hens, maybe we can ask you to take care of them and their house.
  
  We want to prepare as much as possible for the baby’s arrival, so we’re planning to cook a lot of meals in advance, and we’ll need help with that as well, so if you love cooking and know some traditionnal meals we will be so happy !
  
  I think some days will be more productive than others, we want you to take time for you as well, to visit the city, go to the sea or whatever you want to do ! We’re flexible, so you can do the tasks you enjoy the most ! You can easily move in Montpellier with the tram, buses an if you need we can lend you our bikes. We have a car and we can also drive you somewhere, we have beautiful cities around !

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  French: Fluent
  English: Intermediate
  Spanish: Beginner

  This host offers a language exchange
  We can teach you french, and we'll love to learn a new langage !
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  Accommodation

  We live in a house divided in 2 appartment.
  
  You will sleep in a 60m2 with your own bedroom, toilet, bathroom and kitchen. We want to share at least one meal a day with workawayers, and for other meals they eat when they want and they have access to the fridge and the food.
  We have public transport near (3 minutes by walk), and you can go to Montpellier's center in less than 15 minutes.

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Can host digital nomads

  This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  My animals / pets

  

  Cacao & Caramel (2 years)

  They love being outside, you can pet them !

  

  Puma (13 years)

  Very affective but shy at first. He's second name is "My Lord" (he is first and unique child)

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