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Last replied
13 Apr 2025
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Hi, Workawayers! My name is Marina and my nickname in rural Montenegro is Mare. I have always been living in cities (Osijek, Belgrade, Malmö) but my heart is really always with my grandpa's land and our old house in Gornji Brceli. Spending summers here is like living in a fairytale together with dragonflies, legless lizards, and falcons, eating nothing but grapes, figs, and mulberries. Nevertheless, irl the region is known for its vine Vranac, a red grape variety that originates from here. Like every other house, we have a vineyard too, and some grapes are old over 70 years. We still do produce our own vine and rakija loza (grappa). But it is getting more and more difficult to take care of this job. My uncles are only getting older, and my cousins are not interested in keeping the tradition. Now I am on a quest to save the vineyard and I need help with various jobs. One of our first tasks would be to build the camp in vinyard for workawayers. I have a nice big scout tent and we need to make an improv kitchen and toilet. Until this is done, we will use my family's old house. Once we have a camp, we can start working around vines, trimming grass, and building dry stonewalls with the help of elderly local experts!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
- learn about growing and maintaining vine
- learn the craft of building dry stonewalls
- learn how to make rakija and vine (if they come in the season of making)
- learn about the centuries-long history of the region
- have an amazing experience of the wilderness of Montenegro's nature
Projects involving children
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Help
- grass trimming
- drywall building
- vine trimming
- carpentry and diy
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Swedish: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
I am actually an educated teacher of Serbian language and I work as a teacher of Serbian, Bosnian, and Croatian to national minorities in primary schools in Sweden. So I do speak Swedish too :) I am passionate about languages and I would be happy to share all my knowledge and learn about any other existing language. :)
Accommodation
Spacious scout (glamping) tent, good quality, made of cotton, dubbel roof, 6m wide
I would offer two meals a day, (optional vegan, glutenfree, lactose free) :
Breakfast - It can contain scrambled or boiled eggs, local chees and meet products, burek, proja (corn bread with eggs and chees), fresh vegetables, cereals, coffee and tea
Dinner - It will be a warm meal such as musaka, gulash, beems stew, paelja type dishes, with salat and bread
What else ...
hiking tours around the village, historical tours in the village, National Park Skadar lake boat tours, tours to the nearby beaches Petrovac and Buljarica
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
In general, I would love to host digital nomads, I myself worked as one for many years. However, we need to build the camp first, so there will be no fancy desk and chair, but if you have carpentry skills, you are welcome to create some kind of DIY working station for digital nomads. I would provide materials and tools, and help with design. I would also be happy to learn a bit about carpentry jobs. I do not provide internet (I use my phone as a hotspot and I can suggest a good provider).
Can possibly accept pets
I could accept workawayers with a dog, but we need to discuss it first...
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Feedback (3)
Marina was really understanding, kind and flexible with us from the first moment we met.
She welcomed us (the two of us and Victoria, another volunteer) with a big smile and took us to a religious event in the village that was happening on that day. So right away we were integrated into… read more
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Marina was really understanding, kind and flexible with us from the first moment we met.
She welcomed us (the two of us and Victoria, another volunteer) with a big smile and took us to a religious event in the village that was happening on that day. So right away we were integrated into… read more
