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Hello, welcome to my garden and home; my name is Annick, a women of 84 years old, with a good health, but, I have been teaching horseback riding over 25 years . . . as result a lot of pain in my spine.
I lived in Montreal in the early 70. Since I came back in France, I ran a bed and breakfast at my house for 20 years and I enjoyed to speak with my guests In between.
I travelled around in Far East, States and Mexico. I speak French, English, Spanish. My house is, now a little too big for me with the garden. And I need your help.
I made a "phyto-treatment" with plants, for all the waters we use in the house. And . . . it works perfectly since 10 years. A lot of animals are attracted by the water, birds, frogs, dragonflies, etc... and mosquitos . . . in summer.
My garden is wild, to attract a lot of small animals and biodiversity.
I wish you help me with small renovations on my house, and a LOT in the GARDEN who have 20 be-centennial olive trees, a small vegetable garden and a chicken coop with few hens and a beautiful rooster : Balthazar, a small dog Ganesha and two cats.
We used to have a different schedule for the winter and summer season. In winter we usually have breakfast around 9am, a tea around 5pm, and dinner is around 8pm. In summer we work early in the garden as it is quite hot, and late evening. We take breakfast around 9am, a good nap until 5pm, always a little tea after, and the dinner around 9pm. But this schedule is flexible, it depend on the weather or the season.
I like people to be open minded, since i've travelled a lot, I very enjoy to discuss with my workawayers and get to know them.
My grandson, Bastien 32 years old, lives in my house but he is very busy with his job. Having a quite large house and the large garden I feel helpeless to do all the works needed for both places.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Elderly Companionship
Gardening
Animal Care
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Interests
Animals
Pets
Plant care
DIY & crafts
Gardening
Nature
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Here, in "le Moyen Pays", who is between see and mountain, on the French Riviera, you have : Grasse, 15min, the mondial city for the perfumes; Cagnes, 30 min. with the Renoir propriety and museum, St Paul de Vence 60 min. who is a strengthen village with Maegh fondation for painting and sculpture, and a lot of artists.
Nice 60 min. with many museum, the old town, etc.
Monaco 120 min. with oceanographic museum, doll museum, Japanese Garden.
There is also a lot of hiking to do around here.
Help
For the workawayers, as a couple, single are always welcome, to do work on the house and in the garden, I wish you help me for painting the house, outside wood-shutters etc...
Inside some small repairs and painting; help a lot In the wild garden, rebuild small wall, take care of the olive trees. If you don't know how to do something, I will teach you.
I know many things, but, I can't do them anymore.
Languages
Languages spoken
French: Fluent
English: Intermediate
Spanish: 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
The Blue Bedroom is waiting for you, with his bed, 140 x 200, a shower-room, toilet in suite, and your own entrance for your freedom.
The washing machine is for all the persons who live in the house and we make schedule between us.
For the cooking, my kitchen have gaz cooking, electric oven, dishwasher. We take our meals all together, except when you are in excursion. You cook for us but I can teach you some good meals from south of France.
What else ...
The good thing is :
You have a bus stop at 50 m from the house ! Going one side, to Grasse; the other side to Nice, international Nice airport, Cagnes sur mer with connection to the train ! Way to Monaco, Italy; or Cannes, Marseille, Paris. And, if you like, you have plenty trails to do, from my house or going to the national park Mercantour.
The Mediterranneen sea is at half hour, with the bus, in Cagnes sur mer.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
You can't enter in my garden but at 50m you have a beautiful oak and a big space to park under, with neigbours around.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
My animals / pets
Doucette/Petite Futée/Matriarche/Marens/Harco
Feedback (13)
Kaylee prepared delicious meals and was very attentive for the water i must drink, as the temperature was so hot.
We had a great time together and I took her to see… read more
When Jens arrived, he was really a fantastic workawayer: open minded, extravert, kind, polite and a hard worker.
I received a lot of big pieces of a huge tree, cutted nearby and . . . Jens split all of them, and tidy them up ! We spend a good month together,… read more
Who was not with Annick and her lovely… read more
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Kaylee prepared delicious meals and was very attentive for the water i must drink, as the temperature was so hot.
We had a great time together and I took her to see… read more
When Jens arrived, he was really a fantastic workawayer: open minded, extravert, kind, polite and a hard worker.
I received a lot of big pieces of a huge tree, cutted nearby and . . . Jens split all of them, and tidy them up ! We spend a good month together,… read more
Who was not with Annick and her lovely… read more
Henry helps for a huge pile of wood and he splits all of it. It was a very, very… read more
Me and my brother stayed for three weeks with Annick. The first week Annick took us to her brother in Aix. She had things to do there and we had time to see Marseille and Aix en provence. It was a great way to start our experience.… read more
She teach me how to do a good "scarpetta" . . .
And we put in good order "le Cabanon" where are the tools for doing gardening and skills.
It was up side down . . .
Camille prepared very good meals and was always telling me "have a rest , I'm here to help" .
We… read more
She teach me a lot of things and was so passionate it was a pleasure to work!
We are here to help her she has to keep that in mind :) I loved to live day by day, slowly with the task to do un the… read more
We didn't have a fixed schedule or a timetable to stick to, but rather a nice daily flow moving between bigger and smaller tasks. We went… read more
I spent almost a month there helping Annick with cutting, moving, and arranging the wood. As well as cutting tree branches, using two types of machinery. In addition to that, I used to feed the 🐥 and clean the hen. Cutting the grass and installing a vineyard's metal… read more
He is a nice person, but he had his own way of life in my house.
If you ask him to do something, he will do it very well, except in the garden. If you have Sam at home, he will be a nice companionship in the house… read more
The only thing is : he left at the mid time he was suppose to stay.
Luke was surprised I made all the meals we eat and he told me : "I'm a pure product of the 21th century".
We… read more
We used to gardening and Annick teach me a lot about gardening and how to do certain things. Annick is a very lovely and easy going person, she's very dynamic, and I enjoyed my time there, sharing great… read more
Before she came, she asked me to have some days off to found a job in the area. She wants to live in the area. Of course, I was very flexible . . . and she found a good job, and after an appartement. Now, we stay in touch and… read more
Thank you for all you did for me, the meals, the garden and . . . the roots of the bamboos ! ! ! You made a fantastic and hard job; I tried to help you as I could, but my forces are gone ! Thank you for all the meals you did for… read more
I miss her. She was a great person.
He is a great men, very attentive to me, (82 old lady) doing many things for me in the garden and in the house. He helps a lot for the cooking. Ganesha, my small dog and I, are missing him. He stays six weeks at home, and everything was good. He spent the WE with my grand son,… read more
