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Welcome to my world!
I realized that I can’t do all by myself, and that I like so much to share and to live in a tribe, so….nice and helpful people, you're invited to come over!
Single Mothers/Fathers or little families (max 3) welcome!
I’m Gaia, Italian, 51, full of energy and happiness, very curious about life itself and how people live it, Animal Communicator and dogs trainer.
I live in the countryside and homeschool with my 9 years old son Balam Felice, 4 cats and 2 dogs, and one Turtle!!!! I speak Italian, Spanish, French, English, a bit of Portuguese and now learning German. José speaks Spanish and understsands and speaks some Italian.
I love Nature, Music, Spirituality, Friendship and I’ve been travelling for several years (still on the run when I can!), doing different jobs, hosting volunteers and couchsurfers, and volunteering in different places around the world.
I’d love to receive some help from inspiring and creative minded people, wanting to share home/Unschooling with us, with their son or daughter.
My son would love to have a friend to share time and play football :), and I'd love to share life, thoughts, home/unschooling, child and animal care, and to have some help around.
I like to be with people who are really aware about Ecology, Non Violent communication, Respectful Teaching, Animals Care, House/Garden work, Healthy Lifestyle, Arts and Music, personal Growth.
I’d like to receive a person who really integrated in her/his life health, spirituality and balance, and
who could be a good help for me and a good example for my son to be followed.
I'd be happy to receive someone with Knowledge about kid’s growth, Education (Waldorf, Montessori more then welcome), Emotional Education, Teaching and with a strong attitude and desire to be with kids in a respectful way.
Teaching English would be welcome too, and speaking Italian or Spanish, too.
If someone wants to come and help, we found useful to have a 2/3 days trial period to get to know each others, after what we can decide whether to go on during more time. In that case longstayers are welcome!
Please, before applying I kindly ask you to consider that our place is smoke/alcohol/drugs/addictions free.
I really love to offer a good life to myself and to all the people and animals I live with:
Balam Felice, our son, is a 9 years old, smart, skinny, sporty and full of energy kid. We’re in the homeschooling adventure and I would really like to find a more creative way to live it.
I’m trying to keep him connected with nature and with his body and mind, and to transmit him a healthy balance in his relation with nature and teaching him a healthy use of digital supports.
Help with this challenge is welcome too.
Our doggy friends are currently:
- Nuvola, a 5 years old shih tzu ladydoggy who belonged to my beloved 90 years old Auntie that passed away a couple of months ago. She’s a really easy going little sweetie, now getting used to live in the countryside, and needing love and little walks in town and in the surroundings.
- Lucky, an almost 3 years old Caucasian Shepherd whom I rescued from a difficult situation. She's big, smart, fastlearning and a bit afraid in the beginning, The challenge with her, who lived mostly in the countryside, is now becoming more social, and getting used to walk everytime closer to town.
Our kitty friends are:
-Citlalli and Mew, our two almost 3 years old cats, nice and indipendent, they enjoy very much to be with people they know, and to play or to be cuddled.
- Missifú, a 1 year old kitty who’s full of energy and starts to discover the world, and as she is pretty wild, we’re by her side trying her not to run away or get lost.
- Crni, a very alive and super curious persian cat who I rescued together with Lucky, he will be interested in whatever we do or make
Last but not least we found "Sonic", a turtle that now lives with us!
We also travel to Italy, and we would need a person to be in charge of the house and the animals while we’re abroad.
Other things we need help for can be: healthy cooking, teaching, spending time witth Balam Felice while I’m busy, creative playing together, keeping spaces clean, help me to find a nice house to rent or buy, building community!
Should you have been reading until now, it means you’re interested, so I’m happy to let you know what you can enjoy here with us:
we live within a very nice and quiet valley called "La Foia de Castalla", 816 m above sea level, 25 minutes away from Alicante in the Comunitat Valenciana. Our house is close to Castalla (just 15’ away walking!) and other town in the sourroundings are: Onil, Tibi, Ibi , the bigger one (24.0000 inhabitants).
Great open landscapes, surrounded by mountains and small towns, pine trees, oaks, great biodiversity (many birds!!) and friendly people live tranquilly and keeping their traditions alive (Paella is just one of them!!!!!).
We're very close to "Fontés", a natural place where we can have nice walks, and a little bit farther you can visit the "Xorret de Catì", a stunning protected area.
Should you come with your camper/Van, etc. Let us know its size in advance, so to be sure that it can fit.
Accommodation is in a little house we have beside our house.
Wifi connection is currently very slow,but in the process to be changed to a better one!
We also have bicycles, very nice walks, and you can come with us to visit the small towns when we go there.
We have a piano (electronic one) and a couple of guitars (I play guitar and trumpet).
You can learn/practice your Spanish or Italian.
My big dream is to found a community and live in armony with nature and like minded people, enjoying the great pleasure to settle down in a nice place, to share life, permaculture projects and to grow up with my son in a healthy and inspiring environment, being able to travel when we want, knowing that other nice beings are looking after our community while we’re not there, and offering to the other members the same great chance!
Let's talk about it!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
House sitting
Interests
Events & social
Farming
Self development
Charity work
Culture
Sustainability
Pets
Art & design
Drawing & painting
Writing
Cooking & food
Books
DIY & crafts
Plant care
Music
Languages
Gardening
Hitchhiking
Animals
Hiking
Team sports
Sailing / Boating
Water sports
Cycling
Beach
Camping
Yoga / Wellness
Nature
Outdoor activities
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You're welcome to participate to our family life, to improve your Italian or Spanish, I (Gaia) also speak English, France and Portuguese (would love to improve it!) and as I'm dog trainer I can give you many tips about how to train dogs. We can also play and sing together and make some music.
The place we're living in is very calm, with dry hot summers and dry cold winters. It is full of local Culture, in a Bi-lingual region (Castellano and Valenciá), plenty of cultural activities and along the year many "Moors and Christians" Fiestas and different fiestas too. Paella is just one of the typical yummy food you can eat here!
Right in this valley, during the past, some companies gave birth to dolls and toys and fastly attracted several people coming from other parts of Spain to work within Toys factories (just google Famosa, Rico, Reig and have a look!).
Now factories are still on the run, but many ones, due to the strong worldwide competition, started producing other plastic goods and several metal goods as moulds for car parts, etc. Ibi was Toys town and Ice cream town, so, after having eaten a yummy Ice Cream you can get to know much about the history in Onil and Ibi dolls and toys museums.
Foreign people are not only Benidorm's lovers; many of them, mostly coming from Great Britain, fall in love with the easy going life in the valley and when they retire they decide to come to live here; there is an urbanisation called "Castalla International" where many of them find their place.
You can also find people coming from other parts of Europe!
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
Knowledge about kid’s growth, Education (Waldorf, Montessori more then welcome), Emotional Education, Teaching and with a strong attitude and desire to be with kids in a respectful way.
Teaching English would be welcome too, and speaking, apart from that Italian or Spanish, too.
Should you be travelling with your son or daughter, let me know; we can talk about it.
Balam Felice, our son, is a 9 years old smart, skinny, sporty and full of energy kid. We’re in the homeschooling adventure and would really like to find a more creative way to live it.
I’m trying to keep him connectedwith nature and with his body and mind, and to transmit him a healthy balance in his relation with digital suports.
Help with this challenge needed too.
Our doggy friends are currently:
- Nuvola, a 5 years old shih tzu ladydoggy who belonged to my beloved 90 years old Auntie that passed away a couple of months ago. She’s a really easy going little sweetie, now getting used to live in the countryside, and needing love and little walks in town and in the surroundings.
- Lucky, an almost 3 years old Caucasian Shepherd whom I rescued from a difficult situation. She's big, smart, fastlearning and a bit afraid in the beginning, The challenge with her, who lived mostly in the countryside, is now becoming more social, and getting used to walk everytime closer to town.
Our kitty friends are:
-Citlalli and Mew, our two almost 3 years old cats, nice and indipendent, they enjoy very much to be with people they know, and to play or to be cuddled.
- Missifú, a 1 year old kitty who’s full of energy and starts to discover the world, and as she is pretty wild, we’re by her side trying her not to run away or get lost.
- Crni, a very alive and super curious persian cat who I rescued together with Lucky, he will be interested in whatever we do or make
Last but not least we found "Sonic", a turtle that now lives with us!
We also travel to Italy, and we would need a person to be in charge of the house and the animals while we’re abroad.
Other things we need help for can be: healthy cooking, teaching, spending time witth Balam Felice while I’m busy, creative playing together, keeping spaces clean, help me to find a nice house to rent or buy, or anice place to start building community!
Finding a longstaying person/couple that we can trust would be a must for us, and we could also ask him/her/them to be housekeeper/s while we go to visit my family in Italy
Please, be aware we'll share our house with you, and we have a son, 2 dogs and 4 cats, so it's necessary you like a "living together" lifestyle, keeping clean and tidy both your room and common spaces and helping with cleaning and cooking.
We don't accept any drugs/alcohol abusers but you'll have plenty of outdoor space if you want to smoke and you're welcome to have a beer or a glass of wine with us.
We found very handy to get to know each other during 2/3 days, to understand whether we can both be in a good connection, otherwise no worries and everyone can follow his/her own path :)
Please, be aware that we like having daily meals together, we can cook and you'll be asked to clean and tide up after or vice versa, and we kindly ask you to keep your space clean and nice as common space too. Of course it'll be up to you in your van or tent but having a son we try to present him good example to follow.
Other things we need help for can be: healthy cooking, teaching, spending time witth Balam Felice while I’m busy, cleaning, help me to rationalize spaces.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
French: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
Catalan: Beginner
German: Beginner
Portuguese: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
Interested in many languages for me (Gaia) to practice and for my son Balam Felice to learn English or having the chance to improve his italian level
Accommodation
We offer different kinds of accommodation:
- a private house we have beside our main one, with kitchen and bathroom
- a place in our property for your van if you prefere to keep on living there
- a place to put your tent (during warm season, from May to late October)
Always available shared toilet with shower!
We have a WiFi internet connection that still doesn't work properly, in the process to be changed soon for a good one, and plugs to recharge mobile phone or a computer, we are just trying to save energy as much as possible and then decided not to encourage to come over people with too many devices and recharging them 24h/24h'cause we believe that saving energy is good for us and the planet.
What else ...
During your time off you can chill out, have a walk around the paths enjoying the environment, play with dogs or cats, read our books, play the guitar or piano, going to visit the small towns I described, by public transport, walking or riding a bike. Be sure you'll be given a lift every time we'll be able to do it!!
During your free days you can go to the beach in Alicante or other beaches and we can help you to figure out how to get there by public transport.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.
Space for parking camper vans
After hosting a couple with "Alice" a 8m x 2m (3,2m high) old english schoolbus, we can say we have space for big vans!!!
Can possibly accept pets
We currently have a Caucasian Shepherd, who's a bit afraid in the first moment, so, coming with your dog would mean going through an adaptation process, to be able to prevent accidents. It would be better if your dog would be very calm and balanced, and from medium size on :) As we have 2 dogs, 4 cats, and a 9 yrs old son, and we receive many friends with children, we invite you to come with your pet just if he/she is really well behaved, dogs/cats/kids superfriendly and not aggressive or hyperbarking at all. Thanks for understanding:)
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
My animals / pets
Missifú
Mew
Citlalli (aka Mitch)
Nuvola
Baraka
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In famiglia si parla italiano o spagnolo, Gaia conosce molto bene anche l'inglese.
Balam è un bambino tranquillo, intelligente e pronto ad imparare sempre cose nuove
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My son also enjoyed to laugh with her, to play, and to cook… read more
Everytime she didn't understand how to do something she… read more
Lucky we had also time to share, to enjoy meals together and to play and sing.
We also enjoyed to host Gaia and Indie, a high… read more
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In famiglia si parla italiano o spagnolo, Gaia conosce molto bene anche l'inglese.
Balam è un bambino tranquillo, intelligente e pronto ad imparare sempre cose nuove
Se… read more
My son also enjoyed to laugh with her, to play, and to cook… read more
Everytime she didn't understand how to do something she… read more
Lucky we had also time to share, to enjoy meals together and to play and sing.
We also enjoyed to host Gaia and Indie, a high… read more
We enjoyed the presence of this healthy couple with whom we could share music, cooking, and exchange our vision of life, apart from learning a… read more
Sharing simple life, music, delicious food, flexible work, is what you can expect.
Communication was challenging since… read more
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