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LGBTQ+ friendly🏳️🌈
Hi, we are family of 3:
I'm Kate, 46yo, vocal teacher and ecoactivist,
my partner Anna 39yo, designer,
and our son Fedor, 10yo,
and we'd like to invite you to spend time with us.
We live in suburban of Herceg Novi — Kumbor, 100 m away from the Adriatic sea and 5 km away from historical centre. We live in big apartment on calm street. Bus stop, supermarket, ATM are just in 5 min.
One year ago we’ve immigrated to Montenegro.
I’m trying to find my new personality in new country and start a new businesses here to get money, so I will really appreciate any help on this way.
I'm:
Singer
Vocal teacher
Eco volunteer
organizer and provider of a cuddle party and vocal training;
Former ambassador of couchsurfing (I’ve hosted more then 400 persons in my home);
I was the Head of autosport club for 1 year;
mom of three sons.
Anna is:
singer and song writer
yacht skipper,
UI/UX designer,
yoga and bike lover.
We both like walking, hiking, cycling, travelling.
I've got also experience as volunteer here on workaway.
I've visited 34 countries.
We have small dog Parsonn Russel terrier, so be sure you havn't dog allergy
her name Elba — we got it after hiking on Elbrus — the biggest mountain in Europe.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Teaching
DIY and building projects
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Interests
LGBTQ
Events & social
Sustainability
Pets
Fashion or beauty
Self development
Plant care
Music
Art & design
Photography
Architecture
Performing arts
Hitchhiking
Drawing & painting
Astronomy
Animals
Nature
Sailing / Boating
Mountain
Dancing
Outdoor activities
Hiking
Cycling
Adventure sports
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
I can teach you singing
We can sing duet
We have piano, guitar, midi keyboard and microphone, we can play or write music together
We can make reels if you are instagram person
Help
You will have two type of tasks:
The most important is cleaning and cooking.
The second — to teach English and spend time with our son. He is 5-class kid, easy going and you can be the best friends very soon: to play, to do sport, to listen music, to draw, to walk outside and swim together.
5 days per week at early morning he goes to school and back around 3 pm.
We are not looking for native speaker, if you have not lower than advanced level without hard accent — it’s enough for us.
My eco-project:
I try to involve locals to recycling and will happy if you can help me with it
I lost my job because we moved
I need a help with restart my power of life.
I want to find a solution to make money here in Montenegro.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Intermediate
Italian: Beginner
Polish: Beginner
Serbo-Croatian: 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
we provide a living room with sofa, it's quite private during the night time (garden view).
About food:
When you cook for all of us — you can use our food
but any case I'm asking you to buy your own food too
important: we prefer easy food without too much cooking
(onion and garlic in home is prohibited)
we are not smokers, but I don't care if you are. I just ask not to smoke when you are with my son.
One beer or glass of wine in a day is ok.
♻️We sort out our waste
we have vermifarm and make compost
What else ...
Important!
all tourists must register at the tourist office in 24 hours after crossing the border (the price is around 1 euro/day/person)
You should remember:
⛔️All shops are closed on Sunday
But you can find some food at gas station
Cafe and restaurant are open
📞Cheapest sim-card for tourists:
Mtel 7€ for 1 months, calls and 500Gb internet included (it’s not mistake 🤣)
✅✅✅what to do in Montenegro:✅✅✅
⭐️— the best in my opinion
✅Cetinje:
Many museums, theatre, galleries
Big cave just in centre of the city — 1 hour
Ride to Negosh Mausoleum with great view from top of mountain to half of Montenegro — 2-3 hours
Hiking in Lovčen national park — 1 day.
Lipa cave. Halfday
✅Kotor:
City, city wall and fortress,
Take a boat to see the bay and island Holy Maria , visit oyster farm.
Go to the top (the longest serpentine in Montenegro - 25 turns), view point to the Bay.
Village Negushi.
Hiking to Pestin grad
Auto trip around the bay — Perast, Herceg Novi.
✅Tivat:
walking to marina Porto Montenegro.
✅Budva:
walking to Old city, museums.
Monastery Podmaine
✅Sveti Stefan:
View point, walking to the island —1-2 hours
✅Petrovac:
fortress and walking trail to the beach Perazica Do.
Half day.
✅Bar:
Fortress Old Bar + The oldest Olive Tree — more than 2000 years. Half day
Hiking to Rumia (1594m), Loshka (1353м), or Vrsuta (1183м)
Fortress Haj-Nehaj (231м)
✅Ulcinj:
walking on the Big Beach,
⭐️ visiting Ada Bojana — biggest nudist beach of Balcan.
Half day
✅Scadar lake — one of the biggest lakes in Europe.
Auto trip around lake.
Take a boat for birdwatching in the spring time.
✅Podgorica (capital)
walking in city centre, museums.
Niagara waterfall (during the spring or fall season)
Auto trip to Grlo Sokolovo, Jesus Christ statue over the canyon of the river Cievna. 1 day
✅Monastery Ostrog. 2-3 hours without a road time.
✅Žabljak:
Auto trip around Durmitor 90 km. 1 day
Hiking Bobotov kuk (2523m) — the highest mountain in Montenegro. 1 day
Piva lake 1 day
Tara lake, Džurdževicha bridge, zip line.
✅Kolashin: skiing at the winter time, hiking Troglava (2072m) during the summer. 1 day
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.
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Feedback (3)
They made me feel at home instantly and made sure I felt confortable in their home. Since it rained non-stop that week, that was especially important to me.
Communication was effortless and fun. They always tried to make me feel included in their day to… read more
This is why:
We felt very comfortable having her in our apartment, like a part of family;
She helped a lot, but more importantly for me — she asked what she can help with and is it already time to start?;
She helped with painting the walls and I can say nobody can do it so carefully… read more
The help was to finish the painting of the entrance in 4-level house. They did it very quickly and in good quality and in super accurate condition 👍
They started to work without any words from me from early morning , so I never needed to tell— it’s already time for… read more
He helped me with painting the walls, with eco action of recycling, we spent some hours at local triathlons being the volunteers, even if it was hard job and we were agree that never again 🤣
He helped us with our son and dog when we needed to stay in other city for 2 days
So I can recommend… read more
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They made me feel at home instantly and made sure I felt confortable in their home. Since it rained non-stop that week, that was especially important to me.
Communication was effortless and fun. They always tried to make me feel included in their day to… read more
This is why:
We felt very comfortable having her in our apartment, like a part of family;
She helped a lot, but more importantly for me — she asked what she can help with and is it already time to start?;
She helped with painting the walls and I can say nobody can do it so carefully… read more
The help was to finish the painting of the entrance in 4-level house. They did it very quickly and in good quality and in super accurate condition 👍
They started to work without any words from me from early morning , so I never needed to tell— it’s already time for… read more
He helped me with painting the walls, with eco action of recycling, we spent some hours at local triathlons being the volunteers, even if it was hard job and we were agree that never again 🤣
He helped us with our son and dog when we needed to stay in other city for 2 days
So I can recommend… read more
