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Hello everyone!
We are a Simone & Salah with our 2-year-old daughter, Yara.
There are also two cats, named Hank and Poepje and a bunch of chickens living with us.
Our place is in a valley at the beginning of the Pyrénées-Oriëntales outside a beautiful little village named Corsavy (350 inhabitants). In 2019, we moved into a beautiful Mas with 3,5 hectares of land consisting out of a mountain hill, a river, and a big forest. If you search well enough in our jungle, you'll be able to find plenty of fruit trees, berry's, nut trees and, if the season is right, mushrooms. We have our own water source, which (when it runs > the wild pig's tend to mess up the water pipes, they love having mud baths) provides crystal clear mountain water. The Mas itself consists out of the main house, a separate room and the gîte (which all need a little bit of TLC). And we must mention that we have a pool :)
During the past 3 years we have been transforming this property to create a more sustainable life for ourselves.
Our goal is to turn this old Mas and land into something prosperous, so we can create a place where people can be at ease and enjoy the simple life.
We are looking forward to meeting you!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Language practice
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You'll be staying with a well-traveled couple in a remote beautiful spot in the Pyrenean mountains. Sharing stories, knowledge and fun times under the Catalonian sun.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
*** WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FOR IMMEDIATE HELP***
You would basically be our right hand and for most of the time work autonomously, there are also many jobs which we would do together.
We would love you to help us with all kinds of things such as, harvesting fruit/vegetables, play dates with the kids, general maintenance, pruning trees, usual household stuff and many other things.
There is also a small but good equipped work shop where we make some crafty work, let's be creative!
Furthermore, we are asking for 25 hours of work a week, but also we think that everyone works best according to their own schedule.
Mostly we go with the flow of what feels best and with what the weather permits. Of course, you can spend and organize your free-days or free-time as you wish (there is so much to explore here!).
Or sometimes, we are just enjoying the company with some drinks and good food :)
Please note that we are looking for someone who could stay with us for at least three weeks.
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
Spanish: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
You will be sleeping in a private room with your on bathroom and electric heating.
We will eat and cook our vegetarian meals together. Breakfast you can have on your own or join with us as you like.
What else ...
The mas is situated in the mountains, which provides plenty of opportunities to roam around and discover the area. Corsavy is at hiking distance to the Canigou (2784m), 40km from the coast and very close to Spain.
If you like the outdoors this is the place to be. You can go cycling ( we have 2 mountain bikes available) hiking, rafting, para-sailing, canoeing, and climbing. Everything is possible, even playing golf on the highest altitude of Europe, ''La Domaine de Falgos'' in the village of Saint-Laurant-de-Cerdans (1100m).There are plenty of old medieval towns around with old fortresses and monasteries. There are thermal (healing) baths in Amelie Les Bains (the closest bigger town) and every saturday there is a nice beautiful alternative market in Céret. Perpignan is reachable by bus for 1 € from Arle-sur-Tech.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
There's enough space to park your van (only reachable for vans <6m)!
Can possibly accept pets
Just let us know and we will figure it out :)
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Hours expected
Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (4)
Salah and Simone were amazing hosts, always making sure I felt comfortable and that I had everything I needed. We had interesting conversations while eating delicious meals and we did some activities together. During one week of my stay, they had friends staying with us, who were… read more
They’re working on turning their home into a fully self-sustaining compound, which is an inspiring goal. The work I did was equally split between manual labor (collecting/chopping wood, helping build… read more
The food was amazing and the work was fair, never too much and never boring ;)
So i helped a with renovating the gite (remove the wallpaper and did some painting), clearing the woods, prepearing the… read more
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Salah and Simone were amazing hosts, always making sure I felt comfortable and that I had everything I needed. We had interesting conversations while eating delicious meals and we did some activities together. During one week of my stay, they had friends staying with us, who were… read more
They’re working on turning their home into a fully self-sustaining compound, which is an inspiring goal. The work I did was equally split between manual labor (collecting/chopping wood, helping build… read more
The food was amazing and the work was fair, never too much and never boring ;)
So i helped a with renovating the gite (remove the wallpaper and did some painting), clearing the woods, prepearing the… read more
