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Description
We are a open and lovely family and we have a farm with vacation apartments. With animals, garden, housing, a big wonderful property and building we have the whole year a lot of work.
Our farm is in a nice small village in the east of Saxony. So it is not far to Bautzen and Görlitz, 2 small historic towns. Also Dresden is just 1h by car. Here is the border triangle and on own side is the lakescape and on the other side you can visit also small mountains like: Sächsische Schweiz, Zittauer Gebirge and Königshainer Berge.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Babysitting and creative play
General Maintenance
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Animal Care
Help with Computers/ Internet
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Projects involving children
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Help
In the summertime we have a lot of works outside. In the garden, to harvest, with the animals, to build new fences, to paint, to make firewood and many other things.
Also we need Carpenter or guys with experience with wood. We want to build fences, benches, and play equipment. So if you are able to do suchlike this, we invite you warmly in our house.
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Intermediate
Accommodation
You will get a room and can use the bathroom in our flat.
What else ...
Like we wrote already we are a open family and our house is open. Often we get visit or people come to stay with us awhile. If you have question, just ask! ;O)
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
My animals / pets
Feedback (10)
I am massively grateful to Martin, Martina and the many other good people who live at the Buchholz place. I have never been… read more
I arrived very ill there and they give me all I needed to get well.
Beside their Ferienwohnungen,they are involved in several Charity projects,like help for the refugees in Bautzen,or a Foundation in Tanzania.
Really admirable.
Many greetings from my heart.
María
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I am massively grateful to Martin, Martina and the many other good people who live at the Buchholz place. I have never been… read more
I arrived very ill there and they give me all I needed to get well.
Beside their Ferienwohnungen,they are involved in several Charity projects,like help for the refugees in Bautzen,or a Foundation in Tanzania.
Really admirable.
Many greetings from my heart.
María
Katerina, we still remember you and the great time that we had with you. You was a blessing for us.
You are so nice, approachable, helpful and always ready to help, reliable. You saw… read more
After this experience (my first Workaway experience) i have two families!
Maybe November is not the right month to do Workaway in Germany, but because of bad luck i did it.
But...what...it was a beautiful experience.
I felt like at home, I had never drunk so much tea in my entire life, I finally ate like a… read more
I hope I will see you again one day, hopefully I'll be completely fluent in German… read more
David and Peggy are very friendly, openminded, motivated and able to see work and to work. Doesn´t matter what they had to do, they were a great help and it was a good working together. Also, they cooked very good food for us, and we had… read more
There are some beautiful walks to be had around this area, with the pilgrimage… read more
