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Description
We are Vincent [66] and Marly [65] a Dutch couple who live in Spain.
We live halfway up a mountain surrounded by nature, very peaceful and quiet
We love a good life in which working is not the main thing, but a few things have to be done so we get up early and prefer to work in the morning and enjoy free time in the afternoon.
We really like enjoying meals with nice people, and even though we LOVE animals and we have a lot of respect for vegetarians we still eat meat, in fact we even start the day with bacon and eggs!
We welcome people from all over the world but I (Marly) really would like to speak Spanish.
Our cat DEXTER Nice is the boss in the house, and our dog Airco is the boss of the garden.
You will have have your own "house".
The house has a completely fenced garden
I don't know which further info I can give you, but if you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask them
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We live in Spain in a nature reserve and +/- 30 km south of Valencia halfway up a mountain and +/- 20 km from the sea and beach.
The area are very suitable for walking and cycling.
We speak Dutch, English, German and some Spanish.
Help
There is a lot to be painted in and around the house and there is a lot of cleaning like cleaning the terrace.
We are looking for 1 or 2 people [friends or a couple] who want to help us with this
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
Spanish: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
I really would like to learn to speak conversational Spanish.
Accommodation
We have a chalet in the garden with 2 single beds,
The bathroom is in our house so we will have to share.
We would like to eat together because that is the nicest part
What else ...
Our location is very quiet and surrounded by nature, we love a quiet life and always end the day with a good meal and a nice glass of wine or beer
There is a bus stop in the village with which you can easily travel to the beach or a train station and take the train to Valencia, Alicante or the boat to Ibiza or where ever you want travel in Spain.
public transportation in Spain is good and cheap.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
our internet is normally good.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (10)
We had a lot of fun together.
Thank you girls and we hope that you have a great time in Greece and Italy.
Thank you Montse for being with us and your daily lessons have been giving my Spanish a big boost and you motivated me to keep learning.
You are always welcome in our house.
The tasks varied from cooking meals to cleaning and cutting trees. Vincent explained every task properly,… read more
Tristan is a real chef in the kitchen and loves to cook, so...... he made delicious meals every day.
Daimy helps him in the kitchen and they make a lot of fun, she is a very good cleaner.
They both did everything we asked them to do and they… read more
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We had a lot of fun together.
Thank you girls and we hope that you have a great time in Greece and Italy.
Thank you Montse for being with us and your daily lessons have been giving my Spanish a big boost and you motivated me to keep learning.
You are always welcome in our house.
The tasks varied from cooking meals to cleaning and cutting trees. Vincent explained every task properly,… read more
Tristan is a real chef in the kitchen and loves to cook, so...... he made delicious meals every day.
Daimy helps him in the kitchen and they make a lot of fun, she is a very good cleaner.
They both did everything we asked them to do and they… read more
Thanks to them our jungle is now a nice garden with space to stock firewood and because of their help we have more than enough wood to keep the fire burning for at least 2 winters :)
Edgar made from a slice of pine wood a very nice artwork, wich now hangs… read more
See you soon!
Best wishes und luck
Joana
She did a fantastic job painting the wall and the lions, she did even mor than we asked.
Joana you were fantastic and we already mis you and Asna, come back whenever you want
Luca cooked a really good pasta carbonara which is my favorite Italian food and nobody can cook it so well as an Italian.
Carola is such a sweet girl and she made a very beautifull drawing of or cat Dexter B. Nice.
They are both very good with animals.
They helped us a lot with the… read more
We had a super time together talking, playing games and Felipe is a great chef, so if you have them over let Felipe cook he loves it and you have a great 5 star restaurant meal and he always leaves a clean… read more
Andrei cooked 2 times wonderful Russian dishes and we learned a lot about Russia.
We had a good time with them so thank you very much Konstantin & Andrei.
If they want they can always come back.
He is very nice, polite, a good worker, very willing to learn and he learned a lot here :)
He wanted to improve his English and also wanted to have new experiences and he did.
Davide thanks for all your help.
We highly recommand Davide and he can always come back here.
Marly,… read more
Unfortenately they had to go after only one week but they always be welcome with us.
Vini y carina mucho suerte por tus futuros
Marly & Vincent
We had so much fun, and learnt a lot. We were treated like family, we had the coolest place to sleep in, took fantastic walks on the mountain and were taken to the beautiful Spanish beach.
Marly and Vincent are inspirational - full of knowledge and hard workers. The work was fantastic - we were able to… read more
The game Phase 10 will always remind us of them and we really hope to see them again sometime and play a game together.
Michael and Natassia.... you are the… read more
But we learned so much from eachother that we both improved a lot the language that we wanted to learn
Vanessa is a very sporty and always happy girl and she is very keen to learn… read more
The communication was a bit difficult the first few days but their English improved fast so it was never a real problem.
We can't thank them enough for all the help the gave us and they are welcome to stay with us any… read more
