Share our family life and experience country life in a rural village near Tomar, Central Portugal

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  Description

  We fell in love with a house in Central Portugal (between Fátima and Tomar) and are working on our dream of converting this space into a retreat center. We love our location up on a hill in a little village that provides you with the basics (train station, little super market, restaurant, nice neighbors :-) ) with a view over the woods, surrounded by the sounds and smells of nature.
  
  We are a family of four, we have our own chickens and a sweet dog.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Babysitting and creative play

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Interests

  

  Cycling

  

  Yoga / Wellness

  

  Nature

  

  Mountain

  

  Outdoor activities

  

  Hiking
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  Come and experience Portuguese country life in a sweet rural village between Fátima and Tomar while not missing out on some luxury provided by our own house & land. Often there is the opportunity to spend some time with our BnB guests and listen to their interesting stories.
  We are a multi-cultural family that speaks three languages at home and has travelled and lived in various countries before settling down here. You are more than welcome to join our regular yoga practice as well.
  We are foodies and love sharing & learning new recipes and food creations.
  We are quite hands-on and like to share our skills in working with wood as well as getting together for conserving food in different ways.

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  Au Pair Help

  This host is looking for Au pair help.

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  Projects involving children

  This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

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  Help

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  July update:
  We are looking for helpers that are available within the first 3 weeks of July (either for the whole period or shorter timespan) to help with one of the following tasks: land cleaning, babysitting of a three-year-old.
  
  1) Land cleaning: removing unwanted vegetation, trimming bushes and trees, preparing land for setting up a vegetable garden, etc.
  Be aware that July can get hot and the areas to work don't usually provide a lot of shade. However, you choose your time of working, and it a lot cooler in the early morning or late evening.
  
  2) Babysitting: We expect you to have some experience, but more importantly to have true interest in spending time with a three-year-old and not bringing your phone along while taking care of her. It is a definite plus if you speak either German or Portuguese.
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  We have a lot of tasks in different areas :-) What will be your main focus depends on your skills and preferences and might also change throughout your stay.
  
  Gardening (& animals):
  We have a big garden that needs maintenance (watering, cutting grass, trimming bushes, etc). We also have a little vegetable garden that we would like to make bigger once we have a few more helping hands. Depending on the season, you can join the harvesting and conserving of the fruit from our trees.
  Our animals don't need much, but you may be asked to feed the chickens and our dog is always happy to get some extra attention :-)
  
  Household:
  Helping hands are always welcome with all typical household tasks, though this is not usually a main task for workawayers, unless agreed otherwise.
  We do like to to take turns in cooking, when you are here, so it is definitely is a plus if you like cooking.
  
  We expect you to do a clean up of your room and your bathroom on your departure day, and generally help keeping the common areas clean and tidy.
  
  Babysitting / activites with the kids:
  We have a 3 year and an 9 year old that both are very social. Taking care of the youngest can be a "full-time" job for you as a workawayer, or it can be combined with other tasks, depending on your preferences as well. While we love for the kids to be exposed to other languages, it is a plus if you speak either German or Portuguese!
  
  Projects:
  We constantly have little building / DIY projects coming up, so depending on your skills and interest, we will love your help with some woodwork, gardening or similar things.
  
  You will not be working on tasks relating to our BnB business.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  Danish: Fluent
  German: Fluent
  English: Fluent
  Spanish: Fluent
  Portuguese: Fluent

  This host offers a language exchange
  We speak German and Portuguese with our kids and we speak English in community with others. We also bring Danish and Spanish in our backpack, so we are happy language learners and teachers :-)
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  Accommodation

  1) Private two persons bedroom inside the main house. (along with private bathroom).
  
  2) Your own camper: We can provide 2 tents as well as bedding for up to 4 persons. There is a compost toilet and an outdoors shower, but you can also use a bathroom inside the house.

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  What else ...

  In your free time, you are welcome to enjoy some relaxing time by the pool, walk or bike through nature around us (you can borrow a mountainbike from us if you wish), take a bath at the fluvial beaches such as the famous Agroal (15 min. away from us) or you can visit some of the nice towns /spots of interest of the area (e.g. Tomar, Fátima, Coimbra). You might even choose to travel a bit further - we do have the benefit of having a train station in the village.

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Can host digital nomads

  This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  This host can provide space for campervans.

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  Can possibly accept pets

  This host has said they are willing to accept those travelling with a pet.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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  My animals / pets

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