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Description
Hi! We're Lara and Marli. We're 27 years old and have been a couple for 5 years.
We're originally from Germany and moved to Calgary at the end of 2022. We have lived in few different countries already - we met in France and then Lara went to Italy for an Erasmus semester and Marli to Argentina. After that we both moved to Austria for our Master's degree and now we are looking forward to discovering Canada. :)
As we are a proud part of the LGBTQIA+ community, we'd be particularly happy to host anyone who identifies as part of the community too.
We live a vegan lifestyle but don't worry, you don't have to be vegan for us to host you. We will only provide vegan food but you're free to buy + prepare anything you'd like for yourself.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
Animal Care
Help around the house
House sitting
Interests
Hitchhiking
Astronomy
Vegetarian or vegan
LGBTQ
Music
Languages
Animals
Camping
Beach
Mountain
Outdoor activities
Hiking
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We're looking forward to sharing dinner with you and getting to know you more. We love to meet new people and talk about travel stories, our own couchsurfing/workaway experiences + life in general. :)
Depending on the time of year, your own preferences and the vibe between us in general, we're happy to spend more time together - play games in the evenings, take you with us on a hike on the weekend or go for a drink in the city etc..
Projects involving children
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Help
The help we are looking for includes:
1) Walking our dog in the morning and at around noon. This will be about 60 min total. We occasionally have foster dogs staying with us, so if there is more dogs, you would take them out on the walk too.
2) Vacuuming the house and cleaning the floors every 2-3 days (depending on whether it is necessary or not. Our house is only 90m2 big, so don't worry it's nothing major to do.
3) In addition to these task, we will give you 1-2 additional tasks each helping day which we will discuss together in the evening before. These tasks can be for example cleaning the fridge/oven/stovetops, windows, cars, deep clean a certain room in the house or garden work. The garden work depends on the season, there might not be much garden work in the winter. There will be also some days where you have to take out the dog(s) twice!
You will work approximately 5 hours on 5 days a week. You will get two days off per week.
You are free to plan your day according to your own preferences - we don't care about when the help is done during the day. We do request that it is done before 4-5pm. We're also open to giving you a day off if you're travelling or going on day trips if you complete the work the day prior (day 1: work from day 1 and 2, day 2 : off).
We can only accept you to stay for a maximum of two weeks, preferably 10 days or less. Please check our indicated availabilities.
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Spanish: Intermediate
Italian: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
We love languages and are always happy to practice our skills or help someone with their skills if we can. :)
Accommodation
You will have your own bedroom. For couples, we can pull the bed out to the size of a kingsize bed. You will have some space in the drawers for your clothes. The bathroom is shared with us.
If we cook dinner, we're happy to cook for you as well and eat together. In the morning and during the day, you're free to take anything you need from the fridge.
What else ...
We live in Calgary Bowness, so very close to the mountains. Day trips to Kananaskis or Banff National Park are perfect. Calgary itself has a lot of great parks and neighborhoods to explore as well. We live close to the river. Calgary has public transit that can get you anywhere in the city (it might take a bit though). We're happy to recommend some places to you and help you organize your free time if you need us to.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have unlimited internet connection all around the house. Lara sometimes works from home as well.
Space for parking camper vans
We have a private driveway as well as free street parking in front of our house.
Can possibly accept pets
Abby loves to meet new dogs and we're flexible about other animals as well, except for cats as Marlene is allergic to them, unfortunately.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
My animals / pets
Abby
Abby is a calm dog with a low-medium energy level who loves to cuddle.
Feedback (5)
The tasks were easy and it was very fun to take care of the dogs, which were so lovely 🥰
The communication was perfect and they were very helpful regarding the things to do in Calgary. Plus, the flat is located in a great neighbourhood which is very convenient
It was the perfect opportunity for us to… read more
We felt super comfortable in their home from the very first second & fell in love with the two dogs straight away!!!
The tasks (e.g. mowing the lawn, picking weeds, vacuuming the car, walking the dogs) were not difficult & we were able to organize… read more
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The tasks were easy and it was very fun to take care of the dogs, which were so lovely 🥰
The communication was perfect and they were very helpful regarding the things to do in Calgary. Plus, the flat is located in a great neighbourhood which is very convenient
It was the perfect opportunity for us to… read more
We felt super comfortable in their home from the very first second & fell in love with the two dogs straight away!!!
The tasks (e.g. mowing the lawn, picking weeds, vacuuming the car, walking the dogs) were not difficult & we were able to organize… read more
Their welcome was super warm, I felt at home straight away. I took advantage of all the free time to go for nature walks or go to downtown Calgary. Having dinner all together is what makes the difference: for sure it's a nice moment to… read more
I ate like a king, all the food they cooked was delicious and we had many good conversation while playing card games at night!
The work I did was fairly easy: walking the dogs, vacuuming, a little… read more
