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Looking for HOUSE-PET SITTERS (1 dog + 1 cat living in the garden) from August 24th to September 5th. Your own car needed, feedback required, house with 2 bedrooms (4 beds). Please message me for details.
I started my countryside adventure on summer 2011, when I bought a piece of forest land on central Italy hills: a lot of trees, path walks and old stones.
I fell in love with Valmarecchia valley the first day I saw it, and I thought the land name was a kind of sign: in the local dialect, Boratoja means "with a good will"... in other words "for the ones who wants to trek" as the hill is quite steep!
We are a peculiar family and small community: me, my daughter, grandparents, italian and foreign neighbours, friends from a local community network... sometimes spread around, sometimes all together!
We live in a old stone farmhouse with a small garden, rounded by a wild forest, 3km away from any food shop, so you will need car or bike for moving from here.
The house has 2 bedrooms (2+2beds), kitchen, livingroom, 1 bathroom.
If you like to play music we have some instrument: piano, guitar, xilophone, flaute... and music for beginners ;)
We have one dog, Libero, and one cat, Pirata: they are funny, cuddly and adventurous.... while the forest around is inhabited by wolfs, deers, boars, badgers, hares, porcupines... and snakes! (so better bring closed shoes!)
If you want to have a rest from a busy life, this is a perfect place: in the morning you will hear only birds!
We could give our house (2 bed rooms, living room, kitchen and 1 bathroom) in exchange for pet-sitting and maybe some light gardening during the last week of August / beginning of September.Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
Animal Care
House sitting
Interests
Politics / Social justiceSustainabilitySelf developmentFarmingArchitecturePlant carePhotographyMusicLanguagesGardeningCooking & foodBooksAnimalsYoga / WellnessOutdoor activitiesNatureMountainHikingCampingUN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
When I have time I like to go trekking together or visit nearby historic villages.
Nearby you can have wonderful TREKKINGS on the hills/mountains (400/1.400mt) or HORSE ridings, you can visit medieval little towns (Sant'Agata Feltria, San Leo, Pennabilli... all reachable by local transports) or NATURAL PARKS...
if you are obsessed from CLIMBING, you will love the rocks around Perticara (3.5 km far)!Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
General tasks:
-dog and cats necessities (food, water, walking)
- some light gardening (cutting the grass)
- cleaning the house at the end of your stayLanguages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
Portuguese: BeginnerAccommodation
The house has 2 bed-rooms (4 beds in total), 1 bathroom.
We live in a stone countryhouse with some comfort: fresh in summer (new windows), warm in winter (fire stove in the living room).A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
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They did such a good job, being always punctual and positive... moreover all of them are great cooks and a great company too!
My 9 years old daughter was very happy too, when playing together or practicing English/Italian (Cheyenne speaks Italian at a very good level).
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They did such a good job, being always punctual and positive... moreover all of them are great cooks and a great company too!
My 9 years old daughter was very happy too, when playing together or practicing English/Italian (Cheyenne speaks Italian at a very good level).
Last but not… read more
Sarah, her daughter Sonia, and her mother Laura were very nice and we talked a lot with them outside of work. It was a great learning experience for us as we are studying Italian. Sorting saffron bulbs was a simple job and easy for us… read more
Although it was the last week of this year´s saffron harvest, an extraordinary amount of… read more
The two weeks we spent with Sara and Sonia were truly inspiring.
She lives in a relatively remote and beautiful place and takes care of her daughter and her saffron bulbs in a very dedicated way, and we immediately felt at ease with… read more
Finally has been as having a new part of family at home, with all the fun and sensitive chatting that often we have only with old friends...
It`s a perfect place if you just… read more
And my little daughter really appreciated her presence...
In my free time she encourage me to do some hikes around her house and to explore the beutiful nature there. She also showed me some smaller, old italien villages and gave me tips where to go for… read more
We helped with the fencing, did some digging in the field and finally planted some saffron bulbs. Although the work was sometimes a little bit hard (especially because of the heat:)), we were glad we got to do it all… read more
Moreover my little baby girl loved both of them at first sight! After few days we were like a big family...
I really appreciated her company and calm personality. And my 18 month daughter daughter was very fond of her after few days!
I helped her with work in the garden, building fences and I also did some weeding work at the saffron field, all these three tasks with a beautiful view on the mountains and valleys and great weather:-)
Sara is a very nice and helpful woman and she tried to… read more
Thank you Sara and Ilian, it was an amazing and peaceful 2 weeks.