Help at our mountain hut surrounded by nature in Forni di Sopra, Italy

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  Description

  Greetings!
  
  We're Roberta, Sebastiano and Girolamo, a family from Venice that made the choice to manage a mountain hut (or "rifugio") in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, more specifically in Forni di Sopra (UD).
  
  The hut was built in 1874 in order to make dairy products.
  The farmers from the town used to make cheese and milk in there until 1945; then, after WW2, most of the people from Forni emigrated to other countries so they stopped making dairy products in the mountain huts.
  The building has been used as an unguarded hiking shelter until the year 2000, when the town's administration (with the collaboration of the local alpine group) settled for a major renovation of the place.
  
  The rifugio is 8km away from the town, so we're surrounded by nature.
  We have a beautiful sight of the Friulan Dolomites right in front of the hut.
  
  We mostly host hikers overnight (with the half board formula) and we serve meals (more or less like an unpretentious hotel/restaurant).
  We can have the roughest day of work, but just for the fact that we have the chance to live in a place like this (even only for a season), we have all the chances to feel happy about it.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Interests

  

  Culture

  

  Charity work

  

  Performing arts

  

  Languages

  

  History

  

  Gardening

  

  Drawing & painting

  

  DIY & crafts

  

  Cooking & food

  

  Carpentry

  

  Art & design

  

  Camping

  

  Outdoor activities

  

  Mountain

  

  Hiking
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  We'll welcome the Workawayers as a part of our family: we'll accommodate them in their private dorm space and we'll share the same work environment whilst we'll do our best to make them feel accepted and protected.
  We're a sociable family and we have a wealth of funny anecdotes about us and our past experiences!
  
  We'll share our interests and our knowledges about mountains and about nature in every possible way (cooking, doing carpentry & woodwork, drawing, painting & such), hoping to teach and to learn something new and interesting.
  Workawayers can also acquire some skills in the italian language from us.
  
  We also hope to enrich our host experience learning something about new perspectives of life and living from people coming from all over the world. We're very open minded and we're always interested in expanding our cultural baggage.

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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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  Host offers payment in line with the minimum wage

  This host offers accommodation and payment.

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  Help

  We're seeking help for getting these two tasks done:
  
  - Rooms cleaning (that involves making the beds, vacuuming and mopping the dorm rooms' and the toilets' floors);
  
  - Kitchen cleaning (that involves doing the dishes, cleaning the tables, vacuuming and mopping the kitchen's floor).
  
  We're taking care of all the rest.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent
  Italian: Fluent

  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

  A standalone caravan with two beds.
  
  We're going to prepare and serve the meals for workawayers (lunch is going to be served at 12:00, dinner at 20:30). There is also the chance for them to cook some food in the caravan.

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  What else ...

  Workawayers can enjoy the nature around going for hikes and trails.
  
  Forni di Sopra is quite far from the nearest railway station, but is quite easily reachable via bus.
  If you want to reach us, we suggest you to take the train to Calalzo, then take the bus number 110 of TPLFVG (that's the name of the provider) that goes from Pieve di Cadore to Tolmezzo.
  Forni di Sopra is going to be one of the nearest stops.
  When arrived, we can pick you up and escort you to the rifugio with a Jeep and/or a quad bike.
  
  Host offers payment in line with the minimum wage.

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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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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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  My animals / pets

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