Gardening and Estate maintenance in a Castle, Burgundy, France

Description

We are a family of 6 people, 2 parents and 4 children. We live in a lovely estate with a Castle (in the family since 1950) in France in Burgundy, inside the Natural park of Morvan. We are used to welcome a lot of people at home. We love music, sport, garden, nature, animals, cooking, and those activities lend to the magical place. There is a 2 hectar garden, and a vegetable garden. We like to use local and environmentally friendly products.

Félicie, the mother, is upholsterer, she like decoration, cooking, Walking
Charly, the Father, handle the estate, he is passionnate of nature, He is creative, and have always a lot of projects in his head for the developpement of the domain.

At the same time, we have guest rooms, 2 renting house, and 2 shack on lake for unusual nights.

Types of help and learning opportunities

Gardening
Creating/ Cooking family meals
General Maintenance
Help around the house
Animal Care
Hospitality/Tourism
Language practice

Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

Workawayers will probably learn how it is to live in the country of France, which is very different from big cities.

The place where we live is surrounded by celtics area, full of history about our ancestors ( Bibracte, a gallo-roman old city, Autun with a lot of Roman ruins) , and not far from us there is also the buddhist Temple of Thousand Buddhas.

Burgundy is also known for its famous wine, its cheese, its cows, and its many walking roads.

Projects involving children

This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

Help

We need people for
• household maintenance ( painting, little renovations, odd jobs...),
• parks and garden maintenance (plant, weed the vegetable plot, gather fruit and vegetable)
• giving a hand with cooking, cleaning...

There's work for everybody, with any skills in a friendly atmosphere.

Languages spoken

German: Fluent
English: Fluent
French: Fluent

Accommodation

Depending on the period workawayers will stay in a bedroom in the estate, with a bathroom, and will take meals with the family in the Castle kitchen (3 meals a day)

What else ...

There is a train station at 15km, wich allows you to visit bigger cities like Dijon, Lyon, Nevers, Beaune...

5 hours of work per day maximum, 5 days a week.

A little more information

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  Internet access

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  Limited internet access

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  We have pets

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  We are smokers

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  Can host families

How many Workawayers can stay?

Two

Hours expected

4/5 heures par jour max, 5 j/sem.