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14 Nov 2024
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Hello, we are a family of six and we live in Padova, a nice city not far from Venice.
Our kids are 17, 14, 9 and 6 yo.
We're curious people, travel enthusiasts, open to new cultures and happy to make new friends.
I work in an office (mon/fri 8-15) and I'm currently studying at the university, my husband is a shift worker about to start a professional training course. My parents moved to Portugal in 2018, so we can only count on my mother-in-law's help occasionally.
Our last experience with workaway dates back to five years ago, in the meantime our family enlarged and there was no longer enough room for a guest, but in a while our eldest daughter will spend some weeks studying abroad and her room will be vacant, so this can be our chance to host someone new and enjoy cultural exchange again.
Our previous experiences with workawayers have been very lucky, we met some very special people and among them three precious friends that we are still keeping in touch with. What made this bond so tight is probably the quality time spent together and their ability to enjoy their time here and give their best.
We live in an apartment: on the second floor there are a single room and a bathroom exclusively available for our guest.
The neighborood is very quiet, nice for running or simply strolling around, you can reach the city center in about 20 minutes by bus or by bike. It's very easy to visit Venezia from Padova (30-40 mins by train).
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Babysitting and creative play
Help around the house
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Padova is a quite big and very nice city, really close to Venice (about 30 minutes by train). Both these cities have important historical monuments, churches, squares and places to be visited.
In the surroundings of Padova you can find Colli Euganei, which are a very quiet and suggestive place, great for walks, excursions, and local food.
Even Verona, Vicenza, Treviso and Bologna can be easily reached by public means in one hour or less.
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Help
We need support with our kids and some little help around the house.
We would need the volunteer to pick-up our 2 youngest kids at school at 4PM and take them to gym or piano lesson (very close to our house or easily reachable by public transport), or simply spend time with them until 7PM.
We are looking for a reliable and helpful person, focused on our kids safety and well-being, aware of the pros&cons of cohabitation with a foreign family in a foreign country, open to learn about our habits, flexible and willing to get along well. We will do our best to make you feel at ease, we will ask for as little help as possible and encourage you to explore around when no help is needed, so that you can enjoy the benefits of living away from home :)
Basically we want you to feel comfortable here, happy to share time and experiences. The only specific request is to make our children always feel safe with you and to do your best to create a good connection with them and the family.
Tania helps us cleaning our house once a week so we don't need you to do any specific housework, it's just expected from every family member to cooperate in keeping the house clean and tidy, we help each other in everything, and even the kids are used to collaborating and cleaning after themselves.
P.S. A basic knowledge of Italian is definitely useful, because our youngest kids can't speak English
Languages
Languages spoken
Italian: Fluent
English: IntermediateThis host offers a language exchange
We would like to improve our language skills in English and be very happy to share our Italian ones with our guest
Accommodation
Sunny and bright single room (single bed, bedside table, wardrobe, desk) and bathroom on the second floor of our apartment. There's air conditioning system on both the floors. Free excellent wi-fi, Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+.
What else ...
The bus stop is very close to our house, you can get to the city center in about 20 minutes by bus or by bike. in the neighborhood there's a nice pub where you can have a drink or eat great burgers. Moreover in your spare time you can make some little daytrips in the surroundings, you can visit museums, Churches or simply walk through the town.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
excellent wi-fi FTTH available. bright single room.
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Feedback (5)
We spent a couple of months together, our children immediately felt at ease and became deeply attached to her, it's been a sad moment when she left and the only comfort is to know she's still around so we can meet again soon :-)
She is a nice, gentle, well educated and positive person, she is… read more
She has been our guest for 40 days and I have to say it seemed a very short period because everything with her has been perfect, she had to go but we would have hosted her for a longer period for sure..
We always knew we could count on her, her spirit is to be… read more
It was a pleasure to teach the kids (and sometimes Ale) a little English, which they were so enthusiastic to learn!
They always offered advice on where… read more
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We spent a couple of months together, our children immediately felt at ease and became deeply attached to her, it's been a sad moment when she left and the only comfort is to know she's still around so we can meet again soon :-)
She is a nice, gentle, well educated and positive person, she is… read more
She has been our guest for 40 days and I have to say it seemed a very short period because everything with her has been perfect, she had to go but we would have hosted her for a longer period for sure..
We always knew we could count on her, her spirit is to be… read more
It was a pleasure to teach the kids (and sometimes Ale) a little English, which they were so enthusiastic to learn!
They always offered advice on where… read more
I have spent great three weeks living with giorgia and ale and their 3 kids in Padova. How to describe my experience in a couple of words? I guess… read more
Palina is sweet, smart, sociable and reliable, our kids immediately felt in ease and trusted in her.
I must say that we were looking for someone to become part of our family and she completely understood it: we all laughed a lot… read more
