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Hi!
We are a family situated in Portugal since almost 4 years. After traveling in our campervans for about 6 years we found a beautiful place in the outbacks of Aljezur, Portugal, to stay permanently.
We are totally off the grid but still by bike a 20 minutes ride away from aljezurs little town. By car 10 minutes. We live in a beautiful valley and have a small piece of land with no direct neighbours, although we have a couple of sweet neighbours living not far from us, a 5 minutes walk. From different nationalities. German, Portugese, Frensh, English, Italian, Dutch and Belgium.
Our land is situated in the higher regions of the valley, so there will be sun for a longer time. Also the sunsets are clearly visual at our place. So, Beautiful scenery to enjoy.
My Partner comes originally from Belgium and I am from The Netherlands. Our oldest daughter of 5, Flow, is born in Belgium and our youngest of 1, Jazz, has been born at home, here in Portugal.
We have a sweet dog, not big not small, called Cheetah. Our daughter Flow has called her like this because it is her favorite animal.
Soon we want to provide a place for our own chickens. Like this it is a start on growing and gradually it wil become a place of multiple living creatures to enjoy eachother. We wil get fresh eggs and they will have lots of space to enjoy. Until now we were busy building our house and settling into our new place. First, we had to provide our own electricity and water, but this is taking care of by now.
My Partner, Bert, is a handyman and electrician: Also he builds everything on our land by himself while...
I take care of the kids and teach theatre to the local kids in the town and towns surrounding Aljezur.
We have a nice big caravan , that you can lock up, provided with electricity and a little stove to put a kettle on or make a small meal. This will be the accomodation where you will be welcome to stay.
If you want a more adventures way of sleeping and living , we have different variations to make this possible.
But i would suggest to start with the nice cosy and warm caravan to make yourself as comfortable as possible.
You are deffinitely Welcome to give us a hand.
YEAH!
Bi Hug,
Saskia
Types of help and learning opportunities
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
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Average of 2 or 3 hours of help will be good for a lunch or diner
if no meal provided , when helping, there will give you a fee
every day a beautiful sunset, also a crazy beautiful view and surroundings
the closest beaches are a 15/20 minutes drive away
you can learn to construct and build
take care of our plants and dog and enjoy their company
how to handle and be patient with small children and enjoy their company
learn the portugese language, as we ourselves are very active with this
the caravan is set up a little further from our habitat, so you can be private and relax
take a bike and go explore CRAZY beautiful nature over here!
jump in our car or van and ride with us to town or the beaches
we love surfing so you can enjoy with us, if you are careful, you can even lend a board from us
my man is an addict so you can go for extreme surfing together with him
i love teaching and beginners Surf, so you can get patient and loving instructions from me if you just want to get aqainted to surfing
ALSO you will get even more aware of natures energy and sources
couples with children are welcome too
or a dog for example
but this has to have an extra attention
for ex. a before meeting up would be preferable
with all of us
to see if there is a click
caravan has space for 2 adults and 2 children
dog on the floor please
we prefer a minimum stay of 1 week (caravan) or a couple of days (when you are with your own campervan/truck)
and there will be a trial period of 2 weeks,
if it clicks and it has benifits both sides you can stay longer!!!!
Bem Vindo!!!!!
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Help
We are just a little family setting up ourselves a small selfsustainable livingsituation. We are also challenged by the portugese language and our young children, sometimes we feel as if we havent time enough, so we could use a little help. We want to provide for you at least 3 times a week a warm meal (3 hrs work) in the evening and you can join in with the lunches (1,5 or 2 hrs work) we have together as a family too. If you are agreeing to help us on a day we do not provide meals, we will pay you with a nice fee. All of this is up for discussion. Also the tasks are up for discussion. my partner would love to have some help in construction and building ,for the upcoming year, smaller things. We love to have help in the garden. And I would love to get help with the kids or preparing meals. If you know how to speak portugese, we totally dig this, we would love to try and speak more portugese at home. If you like tutoring, welcome to come up with portugese lessons for me and my family. This will also be considered as a contribution of helping us out.
We speak Dutch, French, German, English and a little bit/intermediate Portugese. So we can practice these languages with you too if you want.
in a week we would love you to help for us at least 10 hours
We prefer an email from you with a small introduction, then we can set up a time for a call (as our baby stil sleeps a lot and we are on the move often)
OBRIGADA!!!
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
German: Intermediate
French: Intermediate
Portuguese: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
caravan
1 2persons bed
1 bunkbed
1 bigger kids bed
a small stove, 3 pits
light and electricity
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
Big is possible without problem
Can possibly accept pets
Gentle with children and dogs. Our dog is kind to other kids and animals too. Some barking towards and chasing after the wild swine is not a problem. But the barking can not be consistent and has to be able to be stopped by command. Also, pooing and peeing far from house and caravan.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 2-3 hours a day, 5 days a week
