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Hi! I am Roger, a teacher, musician, and all around fun seeker! When not teaching I love to explore new countries, meet people from other cultures, play piano, dance, cook, hike, road trips, and volunteer. Most of all I love to make connections with friends and new people. I can be sarcastic, silly, and love to talk about almost anything.
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I prefer to host people from outside the USA to get a cultural exchange experience for the both of us.
Also, most of my WORKAWAY projects are from 1-2 weeks long. I can normally only host for up to 2 weeks. Sorry I can’t host for a month.
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I would like some help with house projects (gardening, painting sometimes, small DIY projects, and cooking). You don't need to have specific skills, just a willingness to learn and help with house and yard projects.
If you have cooking skills I may be more inclined to host you to help prepare food for a friends party at my house. Let me know if this is something you can do and we can talk.
Help out in exchange for accommodations and food!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Doing projects together and alone is to be expected. I work during the week and come home in the evenings. I enjoy cooking together, playing games together (I have fun card games), sharing travel stories, and hanging out around Santa Cruz. I have a piano you can use.
Santa Cruz is a wonderful town. My home is a 30 minute walk to the ocean. The area has many small and larger beaches to explore, relax, and picnic at.
Help
Help per workawayer is 4 hours a day (20 hours a week) of yard/housework help a week. If you get your hours in during the mornings, you will have all day and evening free each day to enjoy life in Santa Cruz! It would be great to cook dinners together when possible. So yard help, some painting projects, gardening, projects with wood, and house/kitchen cleaning would be the exchange for a bedroom, use of the house, and food.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Accommodation
You will have your own bedroom with a queen sized bed, shelves, and an optional table and chair. I can host up to two people. The bathroom is shared. I have an inviting kitchen which will be fun for cooking. It's possible for me to host a couple or friends in the bedroom and one person on the couch in the living room if they agree to this in advance.
What else ...
During your time off you may surf (I don't have a board or wetsuit unfortunately), hike, take yoga classes, enjoy the sealife (seals, pelicans, sea otters, etc..), and enjoy the positive vibe in Santa Cruz. I live 3 blocks from the main street with shops, restaurants, and excellent people watching. It is also a short walk to the boardwalk, peer, and coast for walking and relaxing.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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Thank you very much for everything Roger! We really enjoyed our stay and we… read more
I have stayed at Roger's place one week, everyday was a beautiful day, thanks to him.
The tasks were very nicely explained and all my work greatly appreciated. 😊
Roger is a traveler, due to that we found a lot common grounds.
In our spare time we did hiking, walking, working out.
Wish you all the best and thank you for… read more
Roger is such a lovely, kind, joyful, funny, openminded, active and creative person (he’s also an amazing piano player !!) that we felt like home from the first day and we were extremely sad once we had to say… read more
We worked on many different projects so our work stayed exciting and fun. He even trusted us with building a trellis while my friend and me never did carpentry, now we do !
The work itself was super rewarding as everyday we saw changes in the garden and we received many praises… read more
