Help us with some building projects, gardening and dog-sitting in the beautiful foothills of the Pyrenees, France

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Hello, we are Georgina & Stephan, an international couple that spends the summers in our renovated casa located in the foothills of the beautiful Pyrenees, between Toulouse and Tarbes. We are of Mexican and German origin but have lived and worked for many years in the USA and England. Georgina is a multidisciplinary entrepreneur, nature lover, coaching clients and, her passion project: a line of gourmet spices. Stephan worked over 25 years in Investment banking, loves reading books and his new interests are nutrition and history. We enjoy traveling, reuniting with our adult children, family and friends as much as possible. We also travel with our 2 companions "Galán" (German shepherd -Labrador) rescued in USA and "Roco" (Golden Retriever - Border Collie) rescued in México, who, of course are also with us in France :).
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Creating/ Cooking family meals
General Maintenance
Language practice
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We offer English, Spanish and German language practice to anyone staying with us.
Georgina also teaches Pilates and is the most wonderful and creative cook who incorporates flavors and ingredients from around the world.
This is a beautiful area in the Pyrenees where you can get away from it all, relax, take in good mountain air.
It's great for hikers as there are streams, forests and wildlife to discover.
Nistos Station is a half day trip to enjoy the sunsets. Grottes de Gargas. Lourdes, the major Catholic pilgrimage site, is less than 1 hour away and sites like Gavarnie, Lac d'Oô.
Also, a couple of stops of the Camino de Santiago, passes through the area.
Help
We appreciate travelers with experience in: building & some handyman experience, language teaching, gardening

- New kitchen project: reinforcing roof beams, re-roof, inside plastering, tiling and painting
- Building a garden wall (13 meters long, 2.5 meters high)
- Rainy days: painting inside, general housekeeping.
- Creating an outdoors kitchen/pit/.
- Gardening general
- Language teaching practice project, especially German language for Georgina
- Occasional dog-sitting for our wonderful Galan & Roco
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
French: Beginner
Accommodation
Occasionally sharing room. If the guest house is occupied, we have the possibility of generous tent in the big garden with access to bath room, kitchen, etc.
What else ...
As the location is quite rural a means of transport might be helpful. But if you are lacking transport, we are more than happy to pick you up from the train station in Montréjeau or Saint Gaudens.

We also have bicycles for your convenience.
A little more information
- Internet access
- Limited internet access
- We have pets
- We are smokers
- Can host families
Can host digital nomads
Our WiFi connection is fast and very reliable.
Space for parking camper vans
Ample of space to park your camper-van.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
5 hours per day (max 25 hours/week)

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Cultural exchange:
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(5.0)

26/10/2020

Left by Workawayer (Zsuzska & Jay ) for host

We spent a lovely fortnight in the foothills of the Pyrenees with Georgina & Stephane. Stephane lead the way with most of the daily tasks. The main projects during our stay were clearing a parcel of woods on the property and general garden maintenance. Collecting and placing rocks and plant cuttings for creating a herb garden spiral.
Georgina… read more

(Excellent )

19/10/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Jordan)

Info notice: Workawayer cancelled stay or there was a no show at the last minute

(No show)

13/09/2020

Left by Workawayer (Zhiying) for host

Oh Nistos, oh Georgina, oh Georgina and Stephan, oh Galàn and Rogo, this Workaway makes my heart sing.
Nistos is a safe haven landed in a postcardish Pyrénées valley, Georgina and Stephan are a beautiful couple who makes people around them feel that generosity and gratitude are common senses for daily life.
Nicolas and I have stayed 9 days in… read more

(Excellent )

04/08/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Peter)

We have had the pleasure of having Peter with us for 10 days. Communicative, open minded, skillful. Peter not just does what he's been told; he uses his mind and experience to add different angles to finish the job. He was a great help to us and we can highly recommend him to any future host.

(Excellent )

24/07/2019

Left by Workawayer (Jordan) for host

Stephan's home is in the most beautiful location overlooking a rural valley in the pyrenees. He was a kind and generous host throughout my stay, ensuring that I knew I could be flexible with the work and also offering to drive me to a nearby area. The work was fair, I arrived at the start of June and the garden was very very overgrown as they use… read more

(Very good )

12/11/2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Mikkel Thomas & Aste )

Mikkel, Aste, Gisle & Noah...what a great family to host. They stayed 2 weeks with us and we had a wonderful time together. No work was to hard or to much and they were great company to have around. We got a lot accomplished during their stay. Any future hosts can call themselves lucky to have them as guests.

(Excellent )

24/10/2018

Left by Workawayer (Mikkel Thomas & Aste ) for host

Stephan and Georgina are excellent hosts. We were traveling as a family and had a great experience here. Its the most beautiful house with a stunning view. We enjoyed bike rides and and the fresh mountain air here. Great food and very varm people. We can only recommend to stay here.

(Excellent )

17/06/2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Pauline & Steve)

Hosting Pauline & Steve (and the old lady 'Tilly' of course) has been a real stroke of good luck. They arrived with a 1 day notice as one other workawayer didn't show up and have been extremely helpful. Pauline's vegetarian cooking was a delight and with Steve's determination and willingness to 'get physical' we were able to continue a project… read more

(Excellent )

31/05/2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Andrea & Serena)

What can I say. This was our first workaway experience and I imagine that's how the creators of 'Workaway' had intended it.
Andrea & Serena are a very relaxed and likeable couple. During the whole stay they behaved in a very courteousness manner. They are very sociable, hard workers, very organized, always knew what needed done around the house… read more

(Excellent )

28/05/2018

Left by Workawayer (Andrea & Serena) for host

Which words to describe Stephan? Really kindly, caring, interesting and loving! he knows what it means to be hospitable. We spent 5 days in his wonderful house and we helped him in gardening, cooking and general maintenance. Everything was perfect from our point of view. He also bought for us delicious foods.
We also meet Galan :) his puppy! He… read more

(Excellent )

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