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[Update: we are actively looking for helpers to start from 11 November onwards]
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Welcome to stay with us! We are a young family with two kids and two cats. Our home is in a small town called Platja d’Aro on the famous Costa Brava. We have a small garden where you could stay in a tent, or on the roof top. Unfortunately we do not have an extra bedroom so you’ll need to be comfortable staying in a tent. We can provide the tent. You’ll have access to a swimming pool!
Who we're looking for:
Our ideal helpers will help with looking after children after school, general cleaning of the house and other chores. You are open-minded, positive, easy-going, flexible, mature, independent and responsible. Of course, loves being with kids. We also prefer morning people as we always make the most of the beautiful day, full of energy.
Preferred length of stay: 2 weeks to 2 months.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Teaching
DIY and building projects
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We are a multicultural and multilingual family with a unique way of life. We've travelled and lived in many places around the world, so we are always excited to exchange cultural experiences we've had, whilst sharing the beautiful environment where we live. We can even take you to visit nearby coastline and beautiful hikes!
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Further details can be found here
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
Our priority for help is to look after our two children, aged 4 and 6. They are in school until 4:30, we need support mostly between 16:30-18:30.
If you can cook, even better as we can juggle between childcare and kitchen.
08:00-08:30 - Kitchen tidy up
16:30-18:30 - Looking after children / cooking
19:00-19:30 - Kitchen tidy up
Two to three nights of babysitting/monitoring per week (21:00-23:00)
Friday free from 09:00
Weekends free
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
French: Fluent
Chinese (Mandarin): Fluent
Chinese (Cantonese): FluentThis host offers a language exchange
We love learning other languages. In particular we are interested in learning: - Portuguese - Japanese - German - Italian - Korean - Russian
Accommodation
You will share Alicia’s bedroom (see in photos) which has a single bed and a desk. Note that during the day, Alicia may want to use the bedroom for her play and drawing on the desk. Please be flexible with this space as Alicia is giving up her bedroom. Thank you!
During warmer months, the accommodation will be in a tent on the rooftop to allow for more space for everyone.
We will share a bathroom and there are two toilets in the house.
Towels and bedding can be provided.
Food (hot topic!):
Breakfast and dinner - we generally eat together, so these meals are usually provided by us. We do the bulk shopping every week and you are free to use our food during these meals. However, just as common courtesy, if something runs out or is running low, we always appreciate if you could buy and refill/replace (e.g. eggs, bread, jam, oil, other cooking basiscs).
Lunch - this is freestyle and we sort out our own lunch as we all eat at different times. We would prefer if you cooked your own food for this meal.
Weekends - this is also at your own account, but quite often we make something special (e.g. handmade pasta, pizza, bbq, hotpot), which we could welcome you to join.
What else ...
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We are a multicultural and multilingual young family with two small kids, aged 4 and 6. We would love to have an extra pair of hands to help with looking after the kids or other house chores (cooking, laundry, cleaning). Whichever you feel most comfortable with.
We have a lot of experience hosting, so we really adopt a cultural-exchange mentality when we have guests staying with us. We love sharing travel stories, exchange language, culture and most importantly FOOD, of course!
A little bit of our background:
Egon - 40 years old, born in Hong Kong and grew up in the UK. Working as a secondary school teacher. Used to work as an English teacher in Colombia, Spain, Egypt, China and Taiwan. Loves sports & outdoor activities (hiking, trail running, mountain biking, tennis, football, golf, skateboarding, rollerblading, snowboarding); cooking (Asian, European, Latino, Middle Eastern - currently learning a lot of vegetarian and vegan dishes); talking about languages, cultures, philosophy, history and geography. Fun facts: sneezes really loud, scared of thunderstorms.
Raphaëlle - 33 years old, born in Pau, France. Working from home full time in the hospitality tech industry. Used to work in hotels in Asia. Loves books (fantasy, historical fictions, novels); watching movies & series; learning how to code; enjoys the outdoor in nature. Loves talking about language, cultures, travels and literature. Fun facts: has to be early for everything, loves anything Korean.
Alicia - 6 years old (in Jan 2023), born in Montpellier, France. Loves horses, Frozen, speaking different languages, role playing, asking questions. Speaks English, French, Catalan and Spanish.
Aiden - 4years old, (in Oct 2022) born in Montpellier, France. Loves balloons, balls, toy cars & motorcycles, following his sister and shouting. Speaks English, French and Aidenese.
Nico (cat) - 10 years old, born in Taiwan. Lived in three countries. Loves hunting geckos, birds and mice. Slightly bipolar but loves curling up in a ball between your legs in bed.
Tina (kitten) - adopted in September 2022. She only has 3 legs due to complications at birth. What more to say, she's a kitten. C.U.T.E.
Would you like to stay with us? Here are 10 questions to see if we would be a good match:
- If you see a mess in the house, would you go and clean it up without being asked?
- Do you adapt well to other people's rhythms?
- Are you polite and respectful to others?
- Would you serve food/drink to others before serving yourself?
- Do you like living in a clean and tidy place?
- Do you enjoy being spontaneous sometimes and just have fun in the moment?
- Do you like being with kids? Do they make you laugh and can you make them laugh?
- Are you independent and can look after yourself?
- Would you like to learn new cultures and languages? Are you curious about the unknown?
- Are you an organised and reliable person? Can you communicate well with others?
Bravo for making it this far! Sure, we're not expecting 100% perfect match, but if you can say YES to most of the questions above, then I think we will have a great time together. In your request, please confirm the following:
1. Will you have your own transport? How will you get here?
2. Your expectations - how much time will you have to help out? What will you contribute for food at meal times?
3. Why did you choose us? What makes our homestay especially interesting for you?
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have fibre optic wifi.
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
My animals / pets
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Playing with the kids, running cars and building Legos was a lot of fun. I strongly recommend this family!
We had a great time with Serhat and Daryan, they are good company to be around especially if you also have children so they… read more
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Playing with the kids, running cars and building Legos was a lot of fun. I strongly recommend this family!
We had a great time with Serhat and Daryan, they are good company to be around especially if you also have children so they… read more
