Experience remote village life in rural Moravice, Croatia

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  Description

  Hello,
  We are a croatian-english couple that decided to replace english countryside with croatian countryside but in english style. On the top of the hill surrounded with nature, stunning views, a stream and valleys, we are the only residents. We have been renovating a house, part of the woodshed and overall working on maintaining large fields, orchids, gardens and spending time with our animals. We have 4+1 cats (Jane, Cvita, Joško, Nero and a wannabe our cat stray Pablo) and a welsh border collie Rollo who will teach you how to throw a frisbee. We are hoping to create a paradise that will be able to host more likeminded people, connected to nature. Currently we are open on app park4night where we give campers a safe place to park.
  Please contact us first to discuss everything.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Language practice

  Help with Eco Projects

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  As we are quite remote, you will be able to enjoy nature in its purest form, go for long walks, visit hidden gems and experience a different side of Croatia, away from the tourism and crowds. My husband is a tradesman, doing electricity, plumbing with a special passion in working with wood, so you will find a lot of different tools if you want to have a go at building something. We have a border collie that is very active and loves walks so you can spend your time learning to work with dogs. Or just overall disconnect from the real world and live in a nature paradise for a while.
  We are 50 min by car away from the beach so you can enjoy hot summer days there too or visiting the capital, Plitvice lakes and much more.

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  Help

  We are mostly looking for garden and animal help. We planted some bushes, trees and a vegetable garden, and we have some animals such as chickens and mini goats. Most of work includes cutting grass, pruning trees, cleaning for animals, spending time with them, making sure there is water, cleaning garden, maintaining plants and other spring/summer farm jobs. We are working in renovating one floor of the house, so any help with building, tidying up etc depending on arrival.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent
  Croatian: Fluent
  Italian: 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.
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  Accommodation

  We have a few different options.
  1.For one traveller or a couple we can offer a room in our apartment with full amenities. You will share space with us but have your own room with double bed.
  
  2.We have spaces for campervans ready if this is you way of travelling as we have been accepting campervans, usually self-sufficient but we do have an option to use bathroom and shower as well as small kitchen.
  
  We can arrange food together as we are not extremely good at cooking but could make it fun.

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  What else ...

  Regarding hours per week, it is very flexible and often weather dependent. For example, mornings can be quite wet so cutting grass has to be later in the day when grass is dry. If days are hot, watering garden is usually in the evening. Also, if days are hot, we have lunch-afternoon siesta as it is not good to be outside. Make sure you are aware that any bigger shops/places are around 45 min to 1h driving distance, there is one cafe and a local shop around 15 min walk. And not much else is happening here, it is really just nature and farm oriented. There is a train station in the village that can take you to Rijeka and the coast, in about 2h.

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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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  Can host digital nomads

  Close to the main house and in the main house you are welcome to connect to the internet, it is unlimited

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  Space for parking camper vans

  We have plots for campervans ready. A possibility of using bathroom/shower/kitchen as discussed

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  Can possibly accept pets

  Any pets are welcome and we encourge no leash policy

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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  My animals / pets

  

  2 mini goats, Daisy and Lily

  

  5 devils aka chickens

  

  Cvita

  

  Nero

  

  Joško

  

  Jane

  

  Rollo (4 years)

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