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Come and enjoy culture and language exchange in Matera, Italy

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* At the moment I would host someone who already speaks Italian.

I'm Paola, italian who lives in one of the most ancient cities in the world called Matera, in Basilicata. I believe that travelling and meeting new people is one of the most interesting and amazing experiences in life. I have already travelled in Europe and love meeting new people and practicing new languages. Since I have studied German, I would gladly host an austrian or german Girl, who is also speaking Italian. In addition to this I would also host people from other european countries preferibly from Hungary,Greece, France, Switzerland, Sacandinavia and Spain. Nevertheless do not hesitate to contact me if you come from another european country. Also Italians are very welcomed. It is going to be an unforgettable cultural exchange in which we help each other to improve our language skills and knowledge. I can show you Matera, European Capital of Culture 2019. Also we can travel as travel buddies/friends to other cities and have a good time there. I would still be your host and provide accommodation and food. There is an important thing you need to know before contacting me: I have a disability that impacts my eyesight, which is why I can't see very well. I'm looking for a responsible girl that can accompany me during daily life activities, small excursions and travels. At home I am completely autonomous but outside I depend on other people since I can't move properly on my own. In the past, I made some bad experiences with some volunteers. If you don't think you can handle this responsibility, please don't contact me since I am looking for people that take this job seriously. When I confirm the stay of someone at my house, I expect the volunteer to keep their promise without leaving prematurely. Also beforehand, calculate your time well and tell me in which period you're available. In addition it would be nice for the volunteers to reply when I contact them, even if it's just a polite "no, thank you"! Also I want to point out that I will only accept girls without pets. Hope to hear from you soon!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Teaching
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Travellers will make a new interesting experience meeting a new culture and visiting Matera, fascinating city with a magic landscape. One of the most important aspects I want to point out is the value of making a new friendship, thanks to this experience.
Help
This is not your normal workaway experience with 25h work per week. I am looking for a friend with whom I can have interesting conversations, go for a walk, go on holidays , do cultural activities like going to concerts and just have a good time. You do not need to work here I just want you to be my eyes and become part of my daily life.

Aside from that I am looking for a workawayer to travel in general. I will still provide accommodation and food. For example I have already been one week in Cremona, the city where I have studied musicology, with one of my lovely workawayers. It was a very pleasant journey.
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
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.
Accommodation
The hosted girl will have their own room with Internet connection and plant of heating. It's a comfortable room, with a window and a writing desk. It is a house with garden, well-connected with the city center. Food will be provided for every meal. However, I would prefer volunteers that aren't vegetarian, but eat everything. For vegans, it won't be possible to stay with me.
What else ...
In their free-time my guests could visit the Sassi and the city center (by bus or on foot). There are Cafés, churches, belvedere, shops, meeting places in all city. Moreover obviously everyone can choose how to spent her's time off. Regarding my location, we could take the bus to reach the city centre or, if the host girl has a driving license, we can use my mother's car together.
A little more information
- Internet access
- Limited internet access
- We have pets
- We are smokers
- Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Hours expected
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Host ref number: 788929521787

Feedback (15)

31 Aug 2023

Left by host for Workawayer (Sophia)

Writing a feedback remembering the best moments of a Workaway experience is always emotionally difficult. I wished that the beautiful time spent with Sophia would never end. After the first email, in spring, an intense exchange in writing and verbally began between us. I immediately realised that Sophia would be the perfect workaway for me. Sophia… read more is one of the most reliable, serious, educated, sweet, responsible and honest people I've ever met, her sweetness touches the heart deaply. Together we spent almost a month in Matera. I tried to show her as much of my city, as possible welcoming her into my family was a pleasure. With her I always felt at ease, calm and safe in the street, Sophia was my eyes. I will happily remember the excellent ice creams enjoyed on these long and hot summer afternoons, the walks, the deep conversations we had together. I was impressed by the dedication and love shown for Italy, its art and music. It was a great pleasure to share my huge love for the Opera with her, together we were able to participate in an opera recital, listen and see the most beautiful creations of our most famous composers: Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini, Verdi and Puccini. We spent three weeks in perfect harmony. A person sensitive to Beauty and with an artistic soul, it is not uncommon to read her reflections on what she saw and experienced. For this splendid and very sweet girl, I have only words full of esteem and gratitude for what she transmitted and gave me. I tried as much as possible to help her with learning Italian, a language that Sophia has been studying with unshakeable enthusiasm for only six months. For this I certainly commend her commitment and great ability to speak the language on a daily basis. I am sure that over time she will be able to improve more and more in the development of her skills.
Sophia is an excellent workawayer, the best you could ever wish for: educated, good, kind, very sensitive and discreet. I thank her for having patiently lived through some complicated situations, which required a spirit of adaptability. I am also grateful that. she gave me freedom. In her company we organized our days in the best possible way and I was able to walk freely, which I cannot always do here in Matera due to lack of assistance. Thanks to Workaway I was able to meet beautiful people like her, a friend to whom I wish the best for the future and with whom I know I will be able to collect many other beautiful moments. This experience is over, but we will see each other again, I'm sure.

(Excellent )

31 Aug 2023

Left by Workawayer (Sophia) for host

My sojourn in Matera with Paola was my first experience with Workaway. From the very first minute on when I arrived in Matera, I felt welcomed by her and her family. Paola is an amazing person. She is kind, self-confident and very intelligent. Her knowledge of opera is so profound and inspiring that she made me enter the world of music from her… read more

(Excellent )

7 Aug 2022

Left by Workawayer (Ana Joelle) for host

I spent some time last summer with Paola. First at her home in Matera and then in Cremona where she studied musicology. I was warmly welcomed by Paola, her mum and her friends. The house is clean, cozy and you sleep in your own room. Paola and her mom are very attentive, courteous and make sure that nothing is missing. Paola is very intelligent… read more

(Excellent )

24 Jul 2021

Left by host for Workawayer (Ana Joelle)

I met Ana last summer. We planned to see each other, but then we had to postpone, due to the covid. I was very sorry, but we promised each other that we would meet one day.
By continuing to stay in touch during last year,, I realized that a beautiful friendship would develop between us. Ana is an opera singing student and I studied musicology,… read more

(Excellent )

8 Sep 2021

Left by Workawayer (Elisabeth ) for host

My stay at Paola's definitely was not the typical work and travel experience I've had before. It's not the usual 25h/week but more like visiting a friend and spending time with them. (that's more than 25h of course.)Paola lives with here mom and they both picked me up at the busstop when I first arrived. I felt really comfortable at their house,… read more

(Excellent )

8 Sep 2021

Left by host for Workawayer (Elisabeth )

I spent a week with Elisabeth here in Matera. When she wrote to me in August, I thought that spending even just a week together would be better than nothing. However, I must say that just a week with such a special person is really too short. Elisabeth is one of the best workawayers I've ever had. She is only 20 years old, but she is already very… read more

(Excellent )

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31 Aug 2023

Left by host for Workawayer (Sophia)

(Excellent )

31 Aug 2023

Left by Workawayer (Sophia) for host

(Excellent )

7 Aug 2022

Left by Workawayer (Ana Joelle) for host

(Excellent )

24 Jul 2021

Left by host for Workawayer (Ana Joelle)

(Excellent )

8 Sep 2021

Left by Workawayer (Elisabeth ) for host

(Excellent )

8 Sep 2021

Left by host for Workawayer (Elisabeth )

(Excellent )

27 Nov 2019

Left by Workawayer (Hanna) for host

I spent one month with Paola and in general, I had a great time!
I had my own, big room in her and her mother’s house where they made me feel welcome in every way right from the start. Her mom is kind, cooks very well and it was very nice from her to provide me meat-free meals. They both made clear though that for the future, vegetarians will not… read more be able to stay with them for more than three weeks. The house in general is great, sometimes we watched Italian shows or the news in the living room together and I could use the garden to read or have breakfast outside whenever I wanted to.
Guiding her in the streets isn’t difficult, you just have to pay attention and communicate well with her. It was my first experience with a blind person and I learned a lot about how she thinks and about the way she manages her daily life.
Especially in the beginning of my stay we went for a lot of walks to the city center and the surrounding areas together, met some of her friends during dinners or a party and visited the attractions of Matera. The city has a special atmosphere and a very interesting history, it’s definitely worth a visit! Paola will also explain and show you different parts of the place, even though she isn’t the biggest fan of her hometown. I was fully involved in her daily life, for example I got to meet her family on her father’s birthday party. Once, we made an organized tour through the Murgia together and another evening, she took me to Bari to see an opera at the theater Petruzzelli which was a very nice experience! In the evening, we had dinner together and often continued talking about everything until late at night, even though we didn’t have much in common. Especially about politics we had very different opinions and I couldn’t always fully get her more right-winged views and sadly she didn’t always manage to stay calm. Nonetheless, it was also an interesting and new experience for me having discussions with someone of a totally different mindset.
While I was there, she had to start writing her paper for university, so sometimes she was busy studying which gave me a lot of free time to go running in the morning or visit the museums, churches and other local sights in the city center by myself. One day, I also went to Bari, the nearest bigger city, by train.
Since she didn’t have her internship at Bari anymore, we mostly stayed at Matera. In general I wouldn’t call this work, but Paola is looking for a friend that keeps her company. It felt like vacation at a friend’s house, so if you’re looking for a more relaxed workaway, this is it.
I would’ve liked to see a little more of the region or in general go out with friends more often, but obviously Paola depends on others to visit other places by car.
To talk about her character, I can tell you that Paola is a very kind, sweet and welcoming person! She is very passionate about the German language and culture, but we mostly talked in Italian. She was very patient with me in case I didn’t know how to express myself and helped me to improve my skills a lot, thank you for that! Whenever she talks about opera, she basically glows, so it would be great if someone who came here shared that interest :) With her Italian temper, it never gets boring.
Thank you, Paola, for everything you’ve done for me in those past four weeks and I wish you nothing but the best!

(Very good )

26 Nov 2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Hanna)

I spent a beautiful and joyful month with Hanna. As she is only 18, I didn’t know if I could establish a good friendship with her. On the contrary, now I have to thank her for the great memories we shared together. I was happy to have Hanna celebrating my father’s birthday, we went for long walks in the city and in the Murgia. I also had the… read more

(Excellent )

10 Sep 2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Luisa)

A beautiful week with Luisa past unfortunately very quickly. We planed to stay together till the end of September, but she went back home for an healthy problem. This was terribly sad and difficult for both, because we have organised a very beautiful experience in this month. I would have celebrated my birthday and she should have been my personal… read more

(Excellent )

26 Jul 2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Lena)

I hosted Lena just for a week. I should have hosted another girl this summer, who unfortunately stayed here just only 2 days.
I’m so grateful to Lena, who wrote me to spend exactly this period with me. She accompanied me to Cremona, where I did my last exams at the university. I was very lucky to find a girl, to go to Cremona with.. We spent a… read more

(Excellent )

26 Jul 2019

Left by Workawayer (Lena) for host

I was with Paola for a week, but it was a very positive experience for me. Paola lives in Matera, Puglia. It's a wonderful city. First day she met me with her mother. We walked a little bit in the center of the city, then we had a very nice dinner and spoke a lot. Next day we went together to the city of Cremona in Lombardy, where Paola had to… read more

(Excellent )

25 Jul 2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Naara)

It’s difficult for me to write a feedback this time. For the first time in my long Workaway experience, I’m forced to publish a negative feedback. First of all, I would point out that I’ll take my responsabilities to have decided hosting this girl. I met Naara in the second part of July. She wrote me a mail and looking into her profil, I imagined… read more that she would be nice and a funny person, as she described herself. #text redacted #
Sadly I was wrong. From the first moment she came, we realised that she was not a polite person. She used my shampoo without asking, she used the wash machine, without being invited, she never helped in cleaning the table during our vacation and didn’t really care about me and what I was looking for. I was looking for a friend to spend mostly of my time with and she probably thought to come here only to be on holiday, to eat and sleep, or going to the meeting point here in the forest at the sea, without involving me. She came to Italy only to share cultural differences or to do projects with art, painting, music, or, anyway, to show her abilities. Thet’s incredibly selfish and for this reason our relationship was difficult from the very beginning. She proposed me sometimes to do some activities together, but I didn’t like to have her around, therefore I started limiting her presence. I understood unfortunately that she was in Italy only for a personal utility and interests and not to help a person. She studied for 3 years in Milan to do an international course about comunication and fashion. She Spocke so only English, a good excuse for not learning the Italian language, because it’s too difficult. In my opinion, all the people who wish to come to Italy should learn the language better, mainly if you stay here for 3 long years; otherwise, I could think that foreign people have no respect for our culture and traditions. She asked me to write her a mail with all the rules she should respect that are valid wherever you go, in Italy or in general, in the west of the world. After reading it, she said to me that we belong to the high class, where the rules are more restricted, because we live in a beautiful, big and elegant house, ignoring maybe the life stile of poor people in other countries she visited. #text redacted #
She travels without a phone, that she lost and decided to don’t buy it at the moment, giving problems to my family. We decided to close this experience together, but she had trouble to find a bus from Matera to Milan, she had only an old phone that my mother lent her. Without having the possibility to use an app that would have aloud her to pay the ticket through her credit card, my father wanted to pay it for her and she would have given me the money. She complained of the bus price: too expensive for her. She affirmed she would have payed just the half of it. She didn’t fint find personally a bus online, my family helped her to do it and she didn’t want not even to pay a ticket to retourne to Milan: in other words, she forced my family to offer her a payed holiday. After saying that in fact, my father decided to offer her the travel, a very big cortesy he did her, which I don’t agree, principally because she didn’t reserve this from us. We hosted her with too much cortesy and generosity; she gave us only problems and, regarding me, I conferme that I lived a very bad experience. She didn’t thanks my father for his generosity and I can’t understand it. I feel responsible to have done this choice and I’m very sorry for all she did also to my family.
#redacted text # Regarding this girl, I’ve nothing more to add.I already wrote a letter to the workawayteam, suggesting them to test the people who are willing to come to our country, because is unacceptable to host people with these proposes.

(Negative )

19 Jun 2019

Left by Workawayer (Luisa) for host

The three weeks I spent with Paola at Matera were absolutely wonderful and I am grateful for every second I shared with this amazing girl and her family!!

Since the every first day I felt completely comfortable and accepted at her home. Paola and her family are friendly, open-hearted and generous. During my stay I seemed to be an actual part of… read more

(Excellent )

14 Jun 2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Luisa)

Writing this feedback is particularly difficult for me, because Luisa is a legend, an extraordinary girl, a sister for me, from the first moment I got her mail. I immediately appreciated her voice via whatsap, so sweet and calming. An empathic girl with whom I shared my interests for the German romantic poetry and for her language, although we… read more

(Excellent )

15 Jun 2019

Left by Workawayer (Austriana) for host

The time with Paola was good. Her Dad showed us Matera and told me a lot about history.
The work is you have to stay with Paola, help her on the computer go for a walk into the city. Sometimes you have to take the train to Bari for her internship. The morning is free time. On weekends her godfather will make trips with you around Matera to show… read more

(Excellent )

15 May 2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Austriana)

Laura stayed with me for almost 2 weeks. Always smiling and happy, respectful, flexible, polite, nice. I had the possibility to do a lot of conversations with her and to share a good experience together. Although she doesn’t speak Italian, Laura was always in good mood, without loosing the desire to be part of our family.
I’ve unfortunately to say… read more

(Very good )

29 Apr 2019

Left by Workawayer (Ricarda) for host

Dear Paola,
first of all I want to thank you again for this great experience we had together. I felt welcome from the first minute and will keep my stay in Matera in good memory!

I stayed with Paola for 4 weeks and in that time she and her mom made me become part of the family. I got to see the theater in Bari and the rehearsals of an opera,… read more

(Excellent )

29 Apr 2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Ricarda)

It was a honour and a pleasure to host Ricarda. Since I got her mail, I’ve understood that she was really interested in my project.
We have lived so many important experiences and moments for me, as a stage that I’m doing in theatre in Bari, where we could participate to the Rehearsal of die Walküreby Wagner. In addition, we saw the premiere… read more

(Excellent )

10 Apr 2019

Left by Workawayer (Marie) for host

At first Paola, I wanna say thank you for these two weeks! Your family was really nice to me and your mother cooked so well !! We did two trips together and visited Matera.. Paola is a nice and calm person :) she loves the german language and classic music.. and she likes talking about it:)

And for the other workawayer: She needs someone for… read more

(Excellent )

30 Mar 2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Marie)

Marie stayed with me for 12 days. We should have remained together for 3 weeks, but she unfortunately and prematurely had to go away, because of a difficult situation with her family.
I’m very sorry, because Marie probably needs some more time to open up herself and talking mor each other. With those who have this kind of character is difficult to… read more

(Excellent )

27 Mar 2019

Left by Workawayer (Verena) for host

I spent almost four weeks with Paola. For me it was the first experience with a blind person and I learned a lot there. I could see how she manages her daily life and what is important in the help with her. I also could improve my Italian and get to know to Matera and its old Sassi. As we went to Cremona for Paolas university exams she gave me… read more

(Excellent )

2 Mar 2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Verena)

Verena has been with me for almost the whole month of February. Ours has been a long aquintance and friendship. Being in love with Opera and fascinated by Wagner, when in June I found her profile and read that she had studied music and came from Wagner's city I immediately knew that we would have a lot to tell and share with each other. And I was… read more not wrong.

From the moment she responded me telling about her interest in knowing me better, I have immediately understood that we would get on well. This experience with her has been magnificent. Verena is a friend for a lifetime. I felt comfortable with her from the very first day. Every evening we talked a lot, laughing and sharing our love for music even if our taste of music differed sometimes.:)

Her positivity and her smile are contagious. Every day, I woke up happily because I knew that I would live with her more and more new experiences. I would like to thank her again for lighting up my days with her smile (which she has even in her voice)

Being excellent in everything that has to do with computers, I would like to thank her again for helping me update my Ipad to IOS 12 or for resolving some small problems with my Iphone. Not to mention her precious help with downloading a few podcasts of a programme (that I constantly follow on Radio 3 ) entitled La Barcaccia which even gave us emotional moments, when an afternoon we have listened together the Dichterliebe!

Even though Verena has not worked with visually impaired or partially sighted people so far, I would like to precise that she has been absolutely perfect in guiding me through the streets of Matera, my city which is not accessible for those living with a disability. She has been impeccable when she accompanied me to Cremona (where my music faculty is) because I had to take two exams.

Besides,I would like to thank again this magnificent site for giving me the possibility to get to know girls like her whom without I could never have been able to go to Cremona. We went through three intense but beautiful days during which I felt protected and in safety as in this whole experience. Verena took care that everything go well, with her perfect sense of organisation. Only after did she confine me to have warned rather strongly the responsibility of my person and for this I thank her.

Her sincerity allowed me to appreciate her even more and to wish her even more the bests.

Saying goodbye has been very sad for me because I consider this splendid girl a sister. Dear Verena, I am sure that we will see each other soon. Maybe on your mythical land!
You know that here you will always be welcome.

If you have the occasion to host Verena don't let it go: I absolutely recommend her, for her education, discretion, reliability, correctness, positivity and tenderness. If I could, would give her more than five stars!

One more time, thank you for everything you have done for me!

(Excellent )

17 Oct 2018

Left by Workawayer (Rosalie) for host

I stayed with Paola for the month of September and the beginning of October. For the most part, I had a pleasant time with her and her family. What I particularly liked was the fact that I had the opportunity to see a lot of local sights, like the Sassi, an archeology museum in Metaponto, the city of Bari and a nearby lake. I really want to… read more

(Very good )

5 Oct 2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Rosalie)

Rosalie stayed with us almost a month. It was very nice to have her for my birthday. We spent a beautiful day, together also with my family!
Always smiling, positiv, helpful, she gave me many suggestions about my life, that I appreciated a lot, and with a motivational letter I wrote. We have visited the Murgia, Matera and went to Materadio: an… read more

(Very good )

5 Sep 2018

Left by Workawayer (Hanna) for host

I spent a bit more than three weeks with Paola in Italy and had a great time! Paola is a very sweet and generous person who wants you to feel like home. Also her mom and dad made me feel very welcome. The first 17 days we spent with her father in their holiday home near the sea. Paola an I spent our time at the beach, with walks through the… read more

(Excellent )

31 Aug 2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Hanna)

I spent my holidays with this wunderful, friendly and very sweet girl at the sea, at my hous, surrounded by the forest, and in Matera. I was happy to show her my town and, last but not least, our Dolomiti Lucane, with Pietrapertosa and Castelmezano!
Hanna is an incredible, strong and energetic girl, with a strong sense of responsibility, reliable,… read more smiling, always happy to help me in different situations, able also to understand wen I needed her help, but didn't want to ask her directly. I will remember this forever because I know how this made me comfortable. Always polite, I felt totally safe with her, so careful, as a tutor, I have to say!
She was so happy to spend her day at the sea, taking the sun or swimming, in a very peaceful place near Taranto, a city that we have also visited. I've tried to show Hanna as much as possible, because, since she arrived, I considered her as a friend, or a sister to stay with.
Sitting near the sea or at the bar, we had interesting conversations regarding important topics: politic or different ways to see the life. Although our opinions were sometimes different, was a pleasure for me to listen to her, having the opportunity to talk each other in German and, sometimes, in Italian. What I would to point out is that Hanna has a strong personality: an added value, if I consider that she is only 22 and can already talk about very current topics, such Es European Union or immigration, with competence and skill! We had a great time together, sharing our passion for foreign countries Oder animals like horses, in a very interesting cultural and musical exchange. :slight_smile: we listened each other our favourite music and I can remember that, after listening Die lustige Witwe, an Operetta by Franz Lehar, she told me that, although she likes pop music, this one was beautiful!
Since the first time I've meet Hanna, , was incredibly easy for me to understand her German, which could be difficult sometimes. For this reason, I would to thank this extraordinary girl, for the trust I had in my personal abilities and skills in German conversations.
I can only highly racomand this brilliant and smart girl to other potential hosts.

Ich vermisse dich schon und danke dir sehr, für alles du mir gegeben hast. Wenn ich an dich und unsere Erfahrung denke, bin ich noch sehr berührt und hoffe dich irgendwann wieder treffen zu können!
Alles beste und liebe!
Ich warte auf dich wieder!
Deine Freundin!

(Excellent )

8 May 2018

Left by Workawayer (Clara) for host

I stayed with Paola for one month and I had a great time. It was a very relaxing time and I made lots of new experiences.
The "job" is basically just to hang out together and walk around with Paola. It's really not work so there are no working hours or anything. It's more like staying at a friend's house. And still for your help you get so much in… read more

(Excellent )

1 May 2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Clara)

Ho trascorso con Clara quasi tutto il mese di aprile. Non appena vidi il suo profilo, eccezionalmente scritto in italiano, ne fui immediatamente colpita e volli scriverle. Fin dal primo scambio di mail, mi accorsi di avere con lei molti interessi in comune, tra cui quello per l'Opera. Nel periodo di tempo in cui è stata qui, oltre a mostrarle il… read more

(Excellent )

29 Mar 2018

Left by Workawayer (Luisa) for host

Paola is a wonderful, unique young woman and probably one of the most generous persons I know -like all her family. She is very lovely and from the beginning, I felt so comfortable living with her and her mother Anna. The two are so warm-hearted and are always willing to help you. If I had a question or a little problem, they were immediately… read more willing to help and always tried to give me the feeling to feel at home.

Don`t be afraid of body contact as Paola loves to hug :D but that is so cute and you feel so connected and closer to people if they show you this warm attitude towards you -in general the South Italians are very lovely with all their kisses and cute names and their open and lively manner.

Paolas German is very good but she is still afraid to make mistakes so in my opinion the most important thing is to show her through relaxed talking that she doesn`t have to feel fear. She is a very ambitious woman and very intelligent. I was always impressed of her knowledge of music, politics, the German language and so on. When we were having one of our walks, we often talked German together and in the evenings I sometimes read aloud an article of "Deutsche Welle" to just give her the possibility to listen to German. I was always reading one sentence and then trying to repeat this sentence in an easier German -if it was written in a too complicated way- or explained her new words. We also learned vocabulary together which helped us both because she learned new German words and I learned new Italian words.

Except of all the talks while sitting with a coffee or a tea and all the time of laughter we shared, we were doing long walks in the living areas nearby or to the old center of the city (the Sassi) which took us perhaps 35 minutes to get there. She was always so happy to go outside and move. She showed me most of the time so much trust and always tried to make my time as best as possible. We had so much wonderful moments together: all the walks, the ice cream in the city, trips to Bari (two times) and into the Murca, we were in the cinema and in a concert, made trips with her incredible wonderful and so lovely godfather Franco, ate each day a big plate of Pasta, delicious "dolci" and so on.
If you are open-minded, you will enjoy a lot your stay Paolas place!!
Of course, sometimes it can be hard to live so close together, especially if your opinions and views of certain topics are different, but you can be honest with Paola and you will also have time for yourself.

This place will especially fit to you if you are also interested in Operas and classic music. :)

I really consider this hosting place as a very intensive and close experience and a lovely place to spend time in the warm-hearted South of Italy!

(Excellent )

28 Mar 2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Luisa)

Luisa stayed with me 3 weeks and 4 days. We had an unforgettable time together, discovering Matera and practicing my German knowledges. She speaks all ready good Italian and is absolutely fond of my country, which makes me proud. I will for ever remember her smile, availability, sweetness and, in special, attention that she reserves to person with… read more

(Excellent )

9 Nov 2017

Left by Workawayer (Kathi) for host

I will always remember this month staying with Paola and her mother. It became really like a second home to me as they are just super sweet. We had a great time: not just like work (talking/teaching German) but so much more: spending time together, going for walks, visiting things in the beautiful city Matera and its surroundings. We always found… read more

(Excellent )

6 Nov 2017

Left by host for Workawayer (Kathi)

Kathy is one of the best persons I've ever met: respectful, sweet,
always smiling, capable to listen to other with attention and
comprehension. As a social worker, she gives her best, regarding
disabilities and different problems, always ready to find a solution or to
help in different situations.
She is an angel, a sister for me. Since she is… read more

(Excellent )

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