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Hello everyone! My name is Dominik, I was born in Hungary, and I am 26 years old. I recently decided to leave my life and flat in Budapest, and move to the beautiful Italian medieval city of Citta della Pieve.
Why did I decide to settle down here? That's easy to answer: I have been dreaming of creating a community centre in the Italian countryside since I was a kid. After I graduated from my university studies in England (Warwick), I have been working in many different areas: film, private healthcare, marketing, journalism, car engineering, art trading, culture. I was thinking why not do all of them at the same time?
So here I am, starting my own project, for which I need quiet a lot of help. But where am I? The estate, which is approximately 2 kilometres from the city centre, consists of a 400 square meter villa, some side-buildings and 5 hectares of land. There is more than 200 olive trees, all kind of fruit trees, grapevines and so on. I am planning to build an art studio for residents, a small bistro, clean the terrain around the olives and plant all kind of vegetables.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
I live in the Umbrian hills, just next to the border of Tuscany. The city itself is magnificent with around 9000 citizens, and especially lively in the summer period and on weekends. I don't live here for too long, so you can discover the area and Italian culture with me. A part from that, I speak hungarian, english, french and a little bit of italian, so if you feel like learning any of these languages, you're very welcome here. On the other side, I have been writing short stories and novels and doing all kind of creative projects in the past, so we can create something together and learn from each other.
Help
Daily 4-5 hours of help would be very helpful. You can of course do what you feel like and what suits you most. There are many things to do around the house.
But here are my plans to get a better image:
1. Transform the outside buildings to a community space with a bar, an art studio, a kitchen and bedrooms.
2. Create a vegetable garden for self-sustainability
3. Clean up underneath the olive trees and weed the garden
4. Make the house comfy to live and most importantly to bring some art into it
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Hungarian: Fluent
Italian: Intermediate
Spanish: 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
The house consists of 4 floors, from which 2 are constantly rented out. I almost always have a friend around in the house, but I live here alone. Each of the floors have 3 bedrooms, so you will most probably have your own bedroom as well. In case there are too many people in the house, you might have to share a room with someone.
I love cooking, and I usually cook for myself. I will provide you as much food, as I usually do for myself. However, you will be free to use everything you find around the house. I am not vegan, neither vegetarian, but I cook meat-free dishes very often. Eggs will be frequent, as I keep chickens.
What else ...
It's quiet easy to get here, as almost all national trains stop in the nearby train station (Chiusi-chianciano Terme).
And there are many many places to visit by train too:
-Perugia: 50 minutes by train
-Rome: 1 hour 30 minutes by train
-Florence: 1 hour 15 minutes by train
-Orvieto: 30 minutes by train.
There are bikes in the garage, and I also have a car to pick you up from the train station.
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
This host can provide space for campervans.
Can possibly accept pets
This host has said they are willing to accept those travelling with a pet.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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The… read more
with stunning views, and he made us feel at home upon arrival.
We helped Dominik with the maintaining of his olive trees which was very… read more
One time he said to me: "well if you are not a friendly person then why are you living?" and that was one of the best sentences i have ever heard. Of all the quality chats we had, we also had good laughs about rather unserious… read more
The work is not easy, but always fun, Dominik always… read more
The work in the house was very diverse: in the garden or rather inside the house. We were able to choose the tasks that suited us best.
In the free time Dominik showed us the surrounding towns and landscapes. He lives in a beautiful… read more
