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Description
We (Maja and Michael) are a non-smoking, married couple, 60+, vegetarians, who eat occasionally also fish and seafood. We are living since 15 years in our nice villa in a small, remote village, 30 km west of Chania, Crete. We live in nature with our 4 dogs and 10 cats, who are our loved family members and are engaged as volunteers in animal rescue work. Therefore, we occasionally also foster additional stray dogs (or cats) after their neutering and try to find them forever homes.
Our little paradise also encompasses a huge garden with 40 olive trees, fruit trees, hedges, roses, flower beds, a small vineyard and a pond with goldfish that all need intensive maintenance and care. We love to harvest the sun ripe products from our vegetable garden and prepare together with you delicious fresh vegetarian meals from them.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Interests
Sustainability
Movies & TV
Self development
Pets
Vegetarian or vegan
Gardening
Cooking & food
Plant care
Music
Books
Animals
Beach
Nature
Dancing
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You can experience life in a tiny Cretan village, take part at local events and learn to know about animal welfare and rescue projects.
Help
Our garden will need a major shape up after the winter period (digging up, weeding, cutting back, planting, etc.). We also need support with walking the dogs early in the morning, looking after and feeding all the animals, and generally helping out wherever we need support with household chores and cooking (vegetarian/pescatarian dishes).
Gardening experience, good fitness and physical strength are required, as the ground is quite difficult to work on. Also walking our dogs on the leash can be challenging; it requires patience, equanimity, and a good balance.
For the DIY projects creativity and craftsmanship are very welcome.
We are looking for 1-2 reliable, independent, responsible and pleasant adults, only non-smokers, who can support us for around 4-5 hours a day (or 20-25 hours per week), mainly in the mornings, and work together with us, but also independently without our presence and assistance. The minimum time of a workaway stay with us is 1 month.
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Serbian: Fluent
Greek: Intermediate
Accommodation
A cosy, beautiful, separate 1 bedroom stone house with private bath, external kitchen and good WiFi.
We provide lodging and food, however it is required that you engage in preparing meals for yourself and sometimes also for all of us.
What else ...
This offer is well suited for people who not only love animals, but also have real practical experience with (rescue) dogs, who appreciate nature, peace and quiet and want to have a good time with us for a while - and also alone with themselves.
As mentioned above, the minimum time of a workaway stay with us is 1 month.
We recommend that you have your own mobility (car, motorbike) and that you like to walk/hike) as our property is secluded in nature, where there is no direct connection to public transport. (On foot to the sea and to Kolimbari, the nearest town, where there are also comfortable buses to Chania, it is about 30 minutes downhill, about 50 minutes uphill; about 200 meters in altitude) . We can offer you to use our one mountain bike.
You can explore the beautiful surroundings by hiking, go swimming at the nearby beaches, discover the charm of Cretan villages and small cities, and of course eat out in local tavernas.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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It was a sheer delight to work and live with them in our little paradise.
Both are very friendly, interested, reliable, honest, compassionate and thoroughly positive young people.
Anthony is a very competent and knowledgeable gardener, who tackled all the various (and sometimes quite… read more
Regarding the workload, Maja and Michael were always fair and considerate, ensuring it was also enjoyable for us.… read more
Your property, the house and the animals gave us a wonderfully safe and warm feeling during that time. We were always allowed to choose the… read more
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It was a sheer delight to work and live with them in our little paradise.
Both are very friendly, interested, reliable, honest, compassionate and thoroughly positive young people.
Anthony is a very competent and knowledgeable gardener, who tackled all the various (and sometimes quite… read more
Regarding the workload, Maja and Michael were always fair and considerate, ensuring it was also enjoyable for us.… read more
Your property, the house and the animals gave us a wonderfully safe and warm feeling during that time. We were always allowed to choose the… read more
All… read more
