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Description
We are Pete and Susie, a retired couple living in a tranquil, secluded backwater of rural Lower Normandy, with no close neighbours or local urban transport. Our home is a renovated farmhouse dating back to WW1, about 2km from the nearest village. We have a dog and 3 cats. Pete writes a food and travel blog : chocolatehunters which you can check out for more background information. Please note, we don't accept helpers who smoke or vape.
Don't forget that as a Workawayer, you'd be juggling a friendship/family/worker relationship so these have all to be kept in balance so you, or your host, won’t be taken advantage of. It also boils down to your personality. Are you willing to adapt?
Workaway is great if you are flexible enough to follow the schedule of your hosts, and are willing to forgo typical tourist experiences/locations in exchange for genuine people who actually live there.
Though the covid epidemic has eased in France, we would still prefer to host Workawayers who have been fully vaccinated and had a booster injection. (We are both fully vaccinated and have had our booster shots)
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
Animal Care
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We are widely travelled and have lived in France for nearly 20 years. Pete speaks rudimentary French and English with a few choice Geordie words thrown in. Susie speaks French, Italian, German and some Spanish. She worked and lived in India for a time and we both have lots of tales to tell. We can willingly share our life experiences.
Help
Help with gardening, building maintenance, animal care and some renovation work. Our current project involves clearing up and making good the garden after tree surgery work.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
German: Intermediate
Spanish: Intermediate
Italian: 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
Workawayers have their own private bedroom with a double bed. There is a shared bathroom on the first floor. We have wifi which is quite speedy, UK tv, an extensive DVD and Bluray collection and lots of books. We provide all the meals and are quite happy to take workawayers along with us when we go out to eat.
What else ...
We in live the vicinity of Mont St Michel and the D Day beaches. There are fascinating Medieval towns close by and lots of rolling, peaceful countryside. There are no clubs or discos nor is there local public transport. We like to treat visitors as part of the family and include them in our everyday life.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have a 4G broadband wifi router. Download speeds are usually between 20Mb and 40Mb. The signal can disappear during torrential rain
Space for parking camper vans
We have a large space in front of the house which could accomodate a medium sized campervan.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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The food was splendid, with good British fish and chips once a week and twice every… read more
Pete had given us perfect instructions on how to find their place. Without those it would have been nearly impossible to… read more
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The food was splendid, with good British fish and chips once a week and twice every… read more
Pete had given us perfect instructions on how to find their place. Without those it would have been nearly impossible to… read more
We both enjoyed sharing our travel… read more
Peter and Susi have been very careful that I did not work so much. We talked very intensively about… read more
then this is the place to come .Pete and Susie are fabulous hosts ,
with endless stories of there travels from over the years !
i stayed over Christmas and the new year and definitely felt at
home and part of the family , lazy evenings watching detective series
fantastic .
They have… read more
