Sat with our family in beautiful Orust, Sweden

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  Description

  WE CANNOT HOST RIGHT NOW, WE WILL UPDATE WHEN WE ARE READY TO HOST AGAIN
  
  Hi! We are a family of four living on a large beautiful island of the west coast of Sweden.
  The island has a lot of forests, mostly pine, and a lot of pastures for cows. On our part of the island most houses are owned by summer guests, so we are a little bit socially isolated (so you know what to expect:).
  We live surrounded by forest, and there are some beautiful trails passing the house. A ten minutes walk away there is a lake where you can borrow our little row boat. 2 km away is the sea with a small leisure port and a beach.
  Public transport is limited here but you can always borrow a bike if you want to go around on your own.
  We are in the process of building our house, and we also live in it, so it is a bit primitive but cosy, and it is getting little by little more comfortable. We are Johan (45) and Sara (39), our boy Milas (5) and our little Agnes (2). Johan is a bricklayer working in his own little company, mainly restoring traditional Swedish tile stoves and other fire places, and sometimes doing other brick works like chimneys, walls etc.
  He is a mix between a very practical man and an artist soul, which you will discover all through out this house of ours. He loves everything about being at home and creating things with his hands, may it be building, landscape-shaping, gardening… He also loves to just play with the children and spend time with family and friends.
  As for me, Sara, my work is to care for elderly people in their homes. I have been trained in gardening and farming, and have been working in vegetable gardens for a few years earlier in life. I am a christian on my way to conversion to the catholic church. I love to learn about everything related to this.
  Both of us also share the two passions of spending time in the nature and traveling to other places.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  DIY and building projects

  Babysitting and creative play

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  We signed up as hosts both to get help, and to have "the world coming to us" since we cannot move so much until the house is finished.
  
  As mentioned it is a bit socially isolated here, and we are quite busy with the everyday tasks as a family and building of the house. But we would be happy to show you around on this beautiful island when this is possible, and otherwise help you to plan your visits and perhaps lend you a car. We would especially enjoy share walks in the nature, and in the summer: swims, trips with the small sailingboat in the sea or with the little row boat in the lake..

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  Projects involving children

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

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  Help

  We mainly need help in the building project and also with cooking, cleaning and, if there is an interest, to look after and play with the children.

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  Languages spoken

  English: Fluent
  Spanish: Fluent
  French: Fluent
  Swedish: Fluent

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  Accommodation

  The house that we live in is partly finished, but we will soon get there :)
  There are two rooms for travelers. A small one on the top floor with a beautiful view. And another one in a separate building.

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  What else ...

  We can come to meet you at the bus-stop in Henån, 15 min drive from our home. You can catch buses for Henån in Gothenburg (one change of bus), Stenungsund and Uddevalla.

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  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

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  Space for parking camper vans

  This host can provide space for campervans.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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