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15 Sep 2023
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Description
Me and my dog have moved (Mar 2023) to a quiet countryside house with garden in Torres Vedras, 45min from Lisbon, in the "Silver Coast" near Ericeira and Óbidos.
I'm 51 and I work from home as computer programmer and love nature, animals, sunshine and the sea wind! A beautiful sunset recharges my soul, I can watch it until it lasts!
I'm passionate for music (special interest on cinematic genre both for listening and for playing/composing), landscape photography, electronics, science and always trying to improve something.
I'm an emotive and curious person and love to discuss life, people and the world.
I'm a podcast user listening to politics, history, science and comedy. Yes, I also can't go without a good laugh!
In the meanwhile I've found a property which I'm in the process of buying!! The move should happen in October and/or November.
Also, I love virtual travelling and check other places. Since real travelling abroad is not on the radar, hosting travelers should be a good option for a kind of expanding my virtual travelling!
I'm available for video chats so you can know me and my projects a bit more!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
Help around the house
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
I can teach a bit about portuguese cuisine, music production, photography, computers and electronics.
I'll be doing some local tourism on weekends, explore the region known as "Oeste" with lots of green hills and beaches with cliffs. Come along, bring your camera!
Practice some Portuguese and taste some "pastel de nata"!
Help
I've started a food garden to eat more sustainably and healthy. Although it will be dismantled in a couple of month still needs maintenance.
Also, I need some help on the garden as there are many weeds to pick, grass to cut and hedges to trim!
In the more rainy days I need help packing stuff.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Portuguese: Fluent
Spanish: Beginner
French: Beginner
Accommodation
House with guest room available with two big windows and lots of sunshine!
My house is clean and tidy.
I'm flexitarian and I'm offering all shared meals. I avoid processed, non-bio, non-local, non-in-season food.
Cooking can be shared, show me your specialties and I'll show you mine!
What else ...
Not that much daily hours of work so plenty of time to wonder around. By car, surfing beach at 25min, Lisbon at 40min. Buses and trains available. Beautiful greenery region of Torres Vedras. Shopping mall at 2.5km. Bicycle available.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
The guest room has a desk, wi-fi and ethernet cable. Powered by fiber broadband.
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
My animals / pets
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We had the most interesting conversations, a true share of experiences and knowledge. Like visiting (Google Earth on the TV) where she lives (Florida, USA) and discussing life there.
She did weeding, watering… read more
The workload is more than fair (José I hope I did enough!).… read more
She is a person with lots of interests which originated good conversations and sharing of some experiences like watching a Japanese animation movie or music concerts!
She managed to help marvelously in my moving from the previous… read more
I’ve just spent 8 days with José and Joca as my first ever Workaday experience and I have only positive things to say about it. José is a warm, welcoming, generous and caring human with excellent cooking skills and a great sense of humour. We had some good laughs! He has an engaging intellect, making for very interesting… read more
Beta stayed in my house for 10 days where she helped on cleaning, cooking and gardening. Besides filling my house with… read more
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We had the most interesting conversations, a true share of experiences and knowledge. Like visiting (Google Earth on the TV) where she lives (Florida, USA) and discussing life there.
She did weeding, watering… read more
The workload is more than fair (José I hope I did enough!).… read more
She is a person with lots of interests which originated good conversations and sharing of some experiences like watching a Japanese animation movie or music concerts!
She managed to help marvelously in my moving from the previous… read more
I’ve just spent 8 days with José and Joca as my first ever Workaday experience and I have only positive things to say about it. José is a warm, welcoming, generous and caring human with excellent cooking skills and a great sense of humour. We had some good laughs! He has an engaging intellect, making for very interesting… read more
Beta stayed in my house for 10 days where she helped on cleaning, cooking and gardening. Besides filling my house with… read more
The welcome was so warm and there was a healthy and delicious lunch served!
Every day he cooked 2 times, so good that I could not resist. So be prepared for some extra kilo' s ;)
He also made the perfect Pasteis de Bacelhau!
Jose is a very open person with a lot of interests.
The work was… read more
She is a very interesting person which whom we can talk with about so many things. Also a very friendly person which was able to win my fearful dog's trust!
Thanks Marcha! You're always welcome back!
We also had wonderful conversations and I also started to watch out my diet a bit more because of him. He's got a few things to teach there!
Mika is quite a guy! Thank… read more
I spent over a month at José’s home, located on a hill with beautiful scenic views around Torres… read more
