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We're Fabio, Elisabetta with a 6 y.o. boy, Fermo. We live in a big old house with garden in the quaint and picturesque neighborhood of Laglio on the shores of Lake Como.
We are looking for English native speakers who are happy to share their time as well as teaching English to our son while visiting one of the most beautiful destination worldwide.
Since 2003 we invested our resources to renovate the family's summer house "villa Albonico" with the aim to create an environment where peace, comfort, friendliness and a good atmosphere meet.
In 2016 we had our first experience with workaway and from then on we were so lucky to have hosted wonderful people and great volunteers, from the youngest to the oldest, who helped us a lot and with whom was a pleasure to share our house and day-to-day life as well as our experiences.
More than anything, we are looking for someone who is kind, cheerful, nature lover, open minded, sociable and enjoys being with children as our son who is very full of energy, but easygoing and very creative.
We provide a private bedroom with wi-fi, tasty Italian food and a lot of free time to enjoy lake Como and our beautiful region as well as having the opportunity to meet a lot of people from different countries and walk of life.
If you think you might be interested, please get in contact and we can talk on Skype.
Looking forward to hear from you
Fabio, Elisabetta and Fermo
Language practice
Teaching
Gardening
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
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We offer the volunteer to live for a while on lake Como, enjoying the beautiful surroundings, experience the Italian way of life in a family atmosphere. Learn about gardening and growing vegetables as well as traditional italian cooking.
Also the volunteers will have the opportunity to meet peoples from all around the world.
the volunteers will help an estimated 5 hours per day and 5 days per week involving in various tasks from playing and teaching english to our child to help around the house, cleaning, prepare rooms for guests, serving morning breakfast
We have a vegetables patch and we grow our own organic products and there is always something to do: weeding, watering the plants and flowers in the morning, trimming, sweeping.No particular experience is required since we will be always in the nearby altough we appreciate those who can also work in autonomy.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
Spanish: Intermediate
French: Intermediate
This 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.
We offer a private doubleroom with a superb lake view and free wi-fi and free meals.Sometime we might not be at home for lunch/dinner and volunteers are required to prepare their own meals.
In his free time the volunteer can vist a territory rich in culture and history (Como, Milan, mansions and garden on the lake), but also engage in outdoor activities and sports (like trekking in the Alps, mountain biking, water sports) or simply relax on the lake’s beaches.
Lake Como is a well known and appreciated tourist destination so can expect to find much of the services and activities from cultural offers to great outdoor experiences.
Como is well connected with trains and buses to all the major cities in Italy.For istance, Milan is only 45 min and Florence 1hour 1/2 journey from Como.
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
One
Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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