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Hello, we´re Maike and Kai from Germany, creating a coliving/ coworking space on our little farm in the middle of a tiny portuguese village, to share our dream of living and working in the alentejan countryside.
We re both working part time remotely in IT and in our free tim love to spend the rest of the day outside with our 3 horses, 2 cats and a cheeky labrador mix, who adores people and cats and having a chat with the portuguese neighbours. Well, mainly we re working around the house, building the next stone wall, get our vegetable garden going and whatever else comes up.
We like to cook with local products, mainly vegetarian, but are also not saying no to a good piece of meat every now and then.
In our free time we explore the hills of the Alentejo with our horses or take the dog to the beach or one of the lakes close by and are happy to take you along.
Maike is experienced in training and rehabilitating traumatized horses and as her hobby, she tries to make life better for our three horses, who all had a difficult past. We have a little school where we do groundwork/ in hand work with the horses to help them be as comfortable as possible.
The farm is based in the south west alentejo, 30 min by car from the beautiful beaches of the atlantic coast, surrounded by nature. There is not much going on, but the perfect place to relax, work outside, and a cafe next door, where you always find someone to have a beer or some ice cream with.
We ve been rebuilding the house and guest house in the past two years in a modern but typical traditional way and just started to rent the first appartments to likeminded people, who like to spend some time here, working remotely with a cat on the lab, a dog under the table, watching the horses grazing on their pasture.
We speak german, english and portuguese. Smoking is possible outside on the terraces.
Happy to welcome singles and couples who like to jump fully in a life like this, driving license recommended.
And befor we forget, the most used sentences on the farm are:
"good boy"
"oh its 9 pm already"
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
as our workaway you ll become part of our family, will experience what it means to run a typical small farm and get to know the very untouristic life in a traditional portuguese village.
We are also very happy to share our knowledge about natural horse keeping, training and coaching with horses.
Projects involving children
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Help
we´re looking for help with our animals, gardening, painting, other maintenance jobs and easy DIY projects, own creativity welcome, we both love to cook but are also happy if someone else likes to take over kitchen ervery now and then
A typical day at our farm looks like:
7.30h feeding horses, fill hay nets and poo picking
8/8.30h breakfast
walking the dog,
jobs around our house, pending on what needs to be done
afternoons are usually free, but this is flexible
18.30h feeding horses and poo picking
all in all in general 4 - 5 hours/ 5 days a week
as our life is all around the animals, helping hours are some days more, some days less depending on their needs and the weather
no horse experience required
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Portuguese: IntermediateThis 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
our workaways will stay in one of our guest appartements, with own bathroom, kitchen and terrace. all meals will be provided, no TV but very good internet.
What else ...
In your free time it s always possible to explore the area, visit one of the amazing beaches (Praia Malhao/ Ilha de Pessegueiro) or lakes such as Pego Pias. Go surfing, canoeing, walk the fishermens trail or just sunbath and read a good book.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
as we re a coworking space we ve workplaces and very good internet available, aprooved by us, working remotely
Can possibly accept pets
dog, cat and horse friendly dogs are welcome
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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We got to know Angi as a very open minded, reliable , self organized , hard working, easy going and very sympathetic person. She s great with dogs, horses cats and made our garden looking even more beautiful.
And on top provided lovely meals.
We can highly recommend her.
I enjoyed my time with you and all the animals very much and would love to come back!
Working did not feel hard at all, and I loved spending time with the horses, cooking, playing cards or resting in my apartment. My personal space was… read more
Nina is an excellent chef and surprised us with lovely meals and even better cheesecake. Jan is a very skilled handyman,… read more
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We got to know Angi as a very open minded, reliable , self organized , hard working, easy going and very sympathetic person. She s great with dogs, horses cats and made our garden looking even more beautiful.
And on top provided lovely meals.
We can highly recommend her.
I enjoyed my time with you and all the animals very much and would love to come back!
Working did not feel hard at all, and I loved spending time with the horses, cooking, playing cards or resting in my apartment. My personal space was… read more
Nina is an excellent chef and surprised us with lovely meals and even better cheesecake. Jan is a very skilled handyman,… read more
Gewohnt haben wir in einem modernen Apartment, das mit viel Liebe zum Detail eingerichtet war. Ausgestattet mit eigenem Badezimmer und eigener Küche.
Unsere Aufgaben waren sehr vielseitig und spannend! Wir kümmerten uns um die Pferde, erledigten… read more
