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Hi everybody,
we are a German-Chinese family with two old houses close to each other in the wonderful village of Nonnenweier, Schwanau. 3 minutes by bike to the river Rhine, close to the french border, to the Europapark, 40 min by bus and train to Freiburg and to Strassbourgh.
We are living together with four other flat share residents and two cats = ) In both houses are flat share residents from all over the world. Right now there are people from India, Chile, Iran, Italy, Spain and of course Germans. It is an open minded community, we love art and music, I myself am a pianist by profession.
There is also a holiday apartment, mostly occupied with Europapark visitors. A piano is in the common room, so everyone can play it anytime. We also have a public guitar.
We speak German, Chinese, English, French, currently flat share residents also speak Italian,Spanish and Hindi (as mentioned above = )
All over the year there is the need to take care of the garden, the yard, there is always some kind of maintenance, small repairments in the houses, stuff needs to be tidied up and so on.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Interests
Vegetarian or vegan
Water sports
Cycling
Camping
Nature
Sailing / Boating
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You'll be able to learn DIY skills from painting to wood work, gardening. If you already have DIY skills, welcome, you can have good experiences here.
Currently we are 4 different nations living in the houses, everybody with different backrounds, so it is always interesting.
You can have one of our bikes and explore the wonderful nature near the river Rhein, or even go to the black forest (30 min by bike).
Our village also have a small lake, where you can have a swim, or just relax, very quiet and beautiful area.
And if you already know how to play the piano I'll happily share my musical experiences and view points with you!
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Help
The main help is about general maintenance, taking care around the house, tidy up, gardening,
so like small repairments, painting, DIY and small building tasks.
The garden is not so big, but except in winter there is always the need to maintain and clean.
A completely different task would be to help with setting up an email system.
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
French: Intermediate
Accommodation
We have a workawayers room you will have completely for your own. Sharing the kitchen and the bath room with the others in the shared flat.
About the food: we have a supermarket in our village and I pay whatever you need or want and you will have your own compartment in the fridge., so you are free to cook when- and whatever you want. There might also be the possibility to eat with us if this fits in everybodys timetables, or with the residents of the shared flats.
What else ...
We are 40 min. by bus and train to Freiburg, also to Strassbourgh.
Also there is the beautiful nature around our village, even more if you cross the border to France (what you can do with a small ferry boat going continously daily for free!), 20 min by bike.
And, of course, 25 min by bike to the Europapark (Europe's largest (and probably best) Theme Park).
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have good and reliable wifi in the house.
Space for parking camper vans
We have a big yard where a camper can park, although it can be only for a period of time. = )
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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I got to know Marius as a… read more
Situé à la frontière franco-allemande, non loin de Strasbourg et d’Europa Park, cet endroit était idéal pour se déconnecter et vivre une aventure enrichissante. Au départ, je n'avais prévu de rester que deux semaines, mais finalement, j'y ai passé un mois entier, tant… read more
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I got to know Marius as a… read more
Situé à la frontière franco-allemande, non loin de Strasbourg et d’Europa Park, cet endroit était idéal pour se déconnecter et vivre une aventure enrichissante. Au départ, je n'avais prévu de rester que deux semaines, mais finalement, j'y ai passé un mois entier, tant… read more
It was about maintaining the yard, tidy up the barn with lots of dust and heavy body work. His willingness to engage and his motivation was just wonderful. We made a big progress in cleaning… read more
Roy is relaxed kind, attentive , generous person . Place with good energy . Diverse environment to explore as well -cycling , swimming or train is near by .
And she created a huge pop art painting of 4 jazz musicians on the wall. Captivating and intriguing. Just great!
Gaia is also a very kind and friendly person. She took care of her environment, very clean and… read more
The accomodation was very nice After a Little cleaning and Company in the apartment with other roommates was very good
He Is very precise and welcoming
He also gave me a job according to what i like and my abilities and he was very gratefull for what i did… read more
In all seriousness and detail now, I really enjoyed my time here. It was supposed to me for a month at first, but life's situations ended up having me stay for almost two and I enjoyed every minute of it.
My jobs were varied. I did chop and store wood, put isolation on a roof, paint walls, accompanied… read more
We did mostly DIY, slicing walls for preparing elekticity, wood work, tile laying, painting and much more.
Not only was there full transperency all the time, they worked with so much dedication and enthusiasm, fast, organised, motivated, and skillful, it was stunning!
Overall, both are… read more
- Look up Roy Neuman on Spotify to listen to his majestic piano symphonies that he plays daily
-Bike was provided upon arrival which we used daily to explore the quirks of nonnonweire
-The work is fair, fun and honest. transparency is everything, so… read more
And we had marvellous… read more
