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We are a fun-loving and cheerful family of three: Sara, Umberto and the eight years old Paolo. We live in Massa, a beautiful city on the Tuscany coast and our house is 2 kilometers far from the beach. We like good food, good wine and the company of friends. Sara works as a local police and she loves the pool and seaside.
Umberto works for a telephone company ( sometimes in smart working and sometimes in the office at Pisa or Viareggio) and loves everything that is electronic.
Massa is a 60000 inhabitants city on a gold sandy beach surrounded by the blue sea and the white marble.Types of help and learning opportunities
Animal CareBabysitting and creative playCreating/ Cooking family mealsHelp around the houseCultural exchange and learning opportunities
The Apuan Alps, protected by the Regional Park, are the perfect destination to do trekking or biking excursions. A nature jewel on the sea, they show rare plants and flowers and they are the perfect place for climbing and spelunking. And how to forget the charming marble quarries? The amazing Cinque Terre are very close and far away only twenty minutes by train. Pisa is 40 kilometres far away and Florence is one hour and a half by train...
Come and you will explore a beautiful and lovely place.Help
We would like somebody who helps around the house, vacuuming, drying the dishes and tidying up the table.
We would like an help with Teddy, our 5 years old dog, he is sweet, calm and he needs two walks in the day.
Playing with Paolo is a surplus, I mean that he loves to be surronded by foreigners (he speaks English and Spanish). Paolo is a friendly, smiling and very lively child…
Above all, we are looking for someone who will be part of our family and who will fit in because we are aware of how important that is.Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Italian: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.Accommodation
You will have your own room and shared bathroom with the family (there are two toilets in the house).We would like to have meals together, because we love chatting and sharing our daily experiences.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Hours expected
Maximum 3 hours por a day, 4 or 5 days in a week
Feedback (30)
It was such a wonderful stay for my first Workaway experience. The family is getting used to hosting guests, so it was easy to settle down. Also, it was clear what help the host needed, so there was nothing to be confused about.
They are a loving family full of laughter!!! Not only did they teach me… read more
She is so sweet, so smiling, so educated...
She was always ready to help, she focused on every duties.. she is a professional cleaner, she loves Teddy and he was crazy for her...
We laughed a lot together, we share recepies, free time, she was curious about our daily life..
She is the best that you can… read more
She is so sweet, kind, open hearth, curious.
She was always around ready to help.
We share happiness, smiles and we laughed a lot..
It was a pleasure share our daily life and our life with her.
I hope that everyone can meet her.
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It was such a wonderful stay for my first Workaway experience. The family is getting used to hosting guests, so it was easy to settle down. Also, it was clear what help the host needed, so there was nothing to be confused about.
They are a loving family full of laughter!!! Not only did they teach me… read more
She is so sweet, so smiling, so educated...
She was always ready to help, she focused on every duties.. she is a professional cleaner, she loves Teddy and he was crazy for her...
We laughed a lot together, we share recepies, free time, she was curious about our daily life..
She is the best that you can… read more
She is so sweet, kind, open hearth, curious.
She was always around ready to help.
We share happiness, smiles and we laughed a lot..
It was a pleasure share our daily life and our life with her.
I hope that everyone can meet her.
Since smiling Sara met me at Massa Centro train station I understood that my 1st WorkAway experience would be super nice :)
Sara speaks perfect English (she lived in the UK for several years),
create very tasty meals, is a super attentive host and is always ready to laugh –… read more
He is always smiling, he helps a lot.
We really like his help and his time with us.
She made us smiling a lot and she helped a lot around the house and with Teddy.
She did more than was expected.
She is very kind and well educated.
I hightly reccomend to have her in your house.
She is one of our best GUEST. She is always smiling, ready to help, she did more than expected.
Teddy was in love with he, our house was so clean and brilliant. She helped in the kitchen, in the garden, she cooked so delicious recepits.
She knows perfectly the hand that you need, it was like she read my mind.
I… read more
She is full of energy, humor, she is interested of all the daily life aspects and the culture.
She is always ready to help, she does more than it was expected.
She is funny, positive, smiling, so warm.
She is a younger sister for me.
I hope to see her again as soon as possible.
I am so grateful for these days that I don’t want to leave. I really get all I want: a cosy room, different kinds of local food, and the most important, to experience how the local live. I even get more: I make friends with my host family!
Thank you Sara. You are an amazing women. You are so capable, inclusive and… read more
He helped a lot in the house amd Teddy had a great time with him, very long walks.
He cooked delicious polish recepits for us and Paolo loved them.
He is so curious and interested in italian culture that it is impossible not to love him.
It was a shame the he could… read more
The work is perfectly manageable and you get into the routine quickly. For me it was very healthy and good to free my mind by walking Teddy for an hour or more in the mornings and evenings (especially because I work in… read more
Si è sempre dimostrata pronta ad aiutare nonostante il suo impegno lavorativo.
È una persona seria ed affidabile.
Raccomando sicuramente di sceglierla come ospite.
My work included vacuuming,… read more
She helped every day in all kinds of duties.
I did not ask her, she already knew, she could read my mind and what I need.
Teddy and all the family fell in love with her, we really miss Elissa.
I loved chatting, laughing and having fun.
I hightly recommend her.
I hope that you will be lucky enough to host her..
She is smiling, warm hearth, always ready to help.
She helped more than we expected from her.
Teddy and Paolo are in love with her, she was a sister for Umberto and I.
After two bad experiences she gave us the chance to believe… read more
The work is as described - hoovering and walking Teddy.… read more
She joined us only for two weeks but she was helpfull.
Grazie Debora.
We wish you all the best.
I knew many things of Italian culture and how works an Italian family. Shure I would back, now they are my family in Italy! <3
The job is ok, vacuum some parts of house, help with their dog, help cleaning the… read more
Disponibile, socievole, sempre pronta ad aiutare.
Non mi scorderò mai la sua risata,la sua allegria.
Teddy la sua ombra, felicemente coccolato e portato a spasso.
La casa è vuota senza di lei.
Accoglietela e godete del suo prezioso aiuto.
Consiglio vivamente rimanere a lungo anche se dal primo… read more
She is simply wonderful: she is always ready to help, she is clean,tidy,well educated, nice and funny woman.
She is interested in our culture, habits and family life...
She helped a lot with Teddy, with home duties and she had fun with Paolo.
I cant forget the laughing moment, the long conversation and the time… read more
She always tries to not disturb us while she was doing her job online.
She was very interested in the italian culture and very curious about our family daylife.
They are a very loving and caring family to each other and Paolo has a lovely way about him making him fun, trying to teach me Italian, playing Uno sometimes and just… read more
I hope that you can find her on your way...
She was so curious about italian habits, daylife, we shared our way of life.
I hightly reccomend her, she is like a member of our family and she is welcome every time she likes.
My job was to take care of lovely baby Teddy 🐕
And the everyday household like vacuuming, cleaning the 🐁 space and getting rid of baby Teddy’s hair from the couches :P
Sara and Umberto are so welcoming!! I appreciate them so very much! They treated me like another family member and… read more
If you are thinking to host an angel, Maria is the right person.
She is welcome any time.
She is always ready to help.
Teddy likes her and her friendship.
I hightly reccomend her.
We really love her and I hightly reccomend her.
My job was not hard at all, it consisted in… read more
Paolo had so much fun with him and Teddy liked his walks with Luc. He took him to the beach, to the castle, to the city center.
I absolutly discovered a passion for his tiramisù...
I hightly reccomend this loving Welsh boy..
I saw a lot of positive comments on her profile.
Now I understand why they had such a good reviews. From the moment I arrived, I knew it was a shame I only came for 3 weeks! I have never met such a warm family.
Sara and Umberto are hardworking people.… read more
I reccomend her.
Ian is a responsible, well educated man. He helped around the house and our dog Teddy wont forget the long walks with him anymore.
Thank you so much, dear.
She is so nice, open minded, smiling, creative and special girl.
She is part of our family. Since the first moment, we feel that Zoe would be the perfect wkyer.
She loves Paolo as her brother, she always understood what I need.
She cleaned the house, she fall in love with the dog and she cooked typical Irish… read more
Sara is friendly, interesting, chatty, a fantastic cook, and a good friend! I enjoyed her company immensely! She told me of lovely places to visit and nice places to eat in the… read more
She helped in the house.
Thanks so much for your help.
En verdad la echamos mucho de menos, espero que vuelva los mas antes posible en nuestra vidas.
Gracias por todo.
Paolo liked her so much, she was so nice, smiling and friendly with him. She had a deep feeling with Teddy, our dog, she took him for walks every days and he was so glad.
I absolutly reccomend Helga as a host, she is warm, cheerful and deeply… read more
Luckily she will join us again in… read more
I felt welcomed from the beginning on because all of them are so friendly and funny- including Teddy the dog ! The work is not that hard and not much at all.
Every day is different but I could adapt to their daily life quite easily and it will never get boring.
The cultural… read more
Consiglio vivamente di ospitarla e conoscerla, ragazza speciale.
Ci rivediamo presto cara Flo.
I hardly recomend her as a host and a family's member.
Luckily she will join us again in… read more
It's a great location between the mountains and the sea and I was in great shape from walking, cycling, playing wall soccer with Paolo and wrestling with him for hours! Sara and Umberto are so open and friendly, I was part of their family immediately. Thanks for a true… read more
Paolo absolutly loves her and falls in love with her.
We hardly reccomend her and we hope to host her next year.