Relaunch a handicraft workshop, and join us with some daily life activities... Alfeizerão, Portugal

Availability

  2025 

 Min stay requested: at least 2 weeks

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  • Description

    Description

    I love cats.
    I've always had and keep lots of cats because they often turn up here or I rescue them from the street.
    And, as well as making a lot of handicrafts dedicated to and alluding to cats, the profits from these handicrafts go precisely towards looking after them and creating conditions for their future adoption.
    So anyone who loves cats, and only those who love cats, are welcome.
    …………………..
    This is an old house, which I'm repairing and reorganising, with basic amenities and hygiene, 2 bathrooms, 2 single or shared bedrooms, Wi-Fi and kitchen access, in a small village.
    I also have a small vegetable garden.
    And I need help.
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    The drawbacks:
    The house and workshop need a lot of work;
    Because it is an old house, it may not be suitable for people with respiratory problems;
    And the water in the bathroom may not always be very hot...
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    Time available (days and periods to be agreed):
    For food and accommodation I'd like 25 hours, 5 hours a day, 5 days a week.
    (I'm macrobiotic. Meat and fish I cook every day but only for the cats. The human diet is basicly vegetarian).
    If it's just in exchange for accommodation, I ask for 10 hours, 2 hours per, 5 days per week.
    ... but, if you want to cook often meat and fish for yourself, you're in the wrong place...
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    I hope you'll come along, help out nicely, and have fun.
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  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Art Projects
    Language practice
    Help with Eco Projects
    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Animal Care
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    Help around the house
    General Maintenance
    Help with Computers/ Internet
    House sitting
  • Interests

    Interests

    Vegetarian or vegan
    Technology
    Sustainability
    Pets
    LGBTQ
    Farming
    Culture
    Writing
    Plant care
    Photography
    Languages
    Gardening
    DIY & crafts
    Cooking & food
    Carpentry
    Books
    Art & design
    Animals
    Nature
    Cycling
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Some crafts, macrobiotic cooking, some Portuguese,some gardening...

  • Help

    Help

    - Cleaning and organizing.
    In the house
    In the workshop
    In the garden
    With the cats
    - Helping with the site
    Taking photos
    Introducing products in the shop
    - Helping with the crafts

  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    English: Fluent
    Spanish: Fluent
    Portuguese: Fluent
    French: Intermediate
    German: Beginner
    Ukrainian: Beginner

    This host offers a language exchange
    I want to learn more German and Ukrainian. I'm very much interested in gestual language.

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    Private or shared room with basic amenities.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    We are close to Caldas da Rainha (thermal city with a beautiful park inside the city and a superior school of art and design), Óbidos (walled town, usually belonging to the queens of Portugal, where frequent events take place), Alcobaça (city with the monastery of the Cistercian monks, where the first public school of Portugal existed - XIII century, and where the tombs of D. Pedro and D. Inês, the tragic and true Portuguese love story - XIV century), Nazaré (very touristic beach now with the nearby beach, Praia do Norte, with its giant waves), and the beautiful and calm bay of S. Martinho do Porto, right next door...
    During the week there are buses. At weekends there are very few...

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Can host digital nomads

    Can host digital nomads

    The internet is 5G. Not very quick but unlimited.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    Two

  • My animals / pets

    My animals / pets

    Suvlaki

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