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Help us to start living our rural dream in the village of Trebel, Germany

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Sabine, 46, physiotherapist, loves laughing, cooking, gardening and everything concerning horses.
Ulrich, 54 sculpturer (wood and clay), loves music and art.
Theodor, 16 years old, Friedrich, 8 years old, Marlene, 6 years old, Erika, 4 years old.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You could get to know the rural life in a beautyful countryside.
You could learn about horses, maybe go riding (Robin is a very good and reliable riding horse)
You could learn about the construction of traditional studwork-house.
You could learn German
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This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
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Seven years ago we moved to a little village in the rural area "Wendland" in the triangle between Berlin, Hamburg, Hannover.
Friends called us brave, coming from the city (Berlin) where we lived more than 15 years, taking over this farm with a baby coming soon, buying two horses right away ...
In the beginning it was a stressfull time, but things settled and free time is increasing more and more.
Sabine just loves horses and so our horses became more and more: We have seven by now. (3 young stallions, 2 riding horses and 2 old ones)
There is still a lot to do around the house, in the garden, and the horses are of course always a great deal of work. For us our life is still like a dream coming true, but sometimes we only see all the work waiting to be done.
Therefore help is still very welcome:
The horses need food and exercise, The studio still needs a finishing touch. Someone who knows about carpeting could be very helpful and someone caring for the kids would make it possible for us to do things that are in the waiting line.
By now we finished quite a bit: We have a new bathroom upstairs, we have a new livingroom and a new kitchen. So our home is cosy and we like to share it with guests.
You could sleep in a nice guest room with your own bathroom. Guests can also use our bycicles and maybe sometimes our car to be a bit independent.
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Spanish: Beginner
Accommodation
guest room with bathroom.
There is a piano in the living room, there is also a drumset in the yawn.
There is wifi
We have a billard-table, tabletennis, table football, dart board.
We have a lot of space!
What else ...
Enjoy the beautyful and unique area of the "Wendland", get to know the people, do horse-riding, go cycling (river Elbe is close) , play piano ...
A little more information
- Internet access
- Limited internet access
- We have pets
- We are smokers
- Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

Host ref number: 788967214586

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15 Feb 2020

Left by Workawayer (ReynosoAg) for host

Okey, it´s been more than a month since I leave the house in Tobringen and now I think that I´m ready to leave a feedback.
I have to say that the family is very very kind. Ulrich is a really smart person, he always had arguments to support his ideas, also he was very good playing board games, and I ll always remember "If you dont take the game… read more

(Excellent )

5 Feb 2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Magdalena)

Magdalena will hopefully visit us again in summer. She stayed about 6 weeks with us and was part of our family almost immediately. Although she said that children generally are ( so far :-) ) not her main priority , she had a good relation with our children very soon. This was very positive and important to us, since it´s a requirement for being… read more

(Excellent )

29 Jan 2020

Left by Workawayer (Magdalena) for host

So, some time has already passed since I left Tobringen, the little village where this amazing family lives. I wanted to put everything in perspective before leaving my feedback, but I guess its past time I did it.

So, I stayed with this amazing family for 6 weeks, more or less, from the beginning of November till mid-December, it was my second… read more experience as a workawayer but my first one with a family, and it was much better than I expected (I was until then not used to being around children). From the first moment, I felt welcomed in the family, not only by Sabine and Ulrich but also by all the children (Theo, Friedrich, Malena, and baby Erika) who quickly got used to me being around the house. Also, I got to live with another workawayer from Argentina, Agustin, who came to the house some weeks after I'd arrived.

It is a really special family, and I had a great time with them. They live in this huge house with hens and horses and three beautiful cats and each member of the family has something special to them. Sabine is a patient and kind woman, she was always really nice to me. Since I wanted to improve my German, from the first moment both her and Ulrich spoke to me only in german, and she would listen to any question I had and she would explain to me everything in such a way that I could understand. I wished I had talked more with her, but my language skills impeded that. Then there is Ulrich, a hard-working man with lots of interesting ideas. Even though I don't share his point of view on many issues --redacted text-- I enjoyed listening to his arguments and tried to reply to them as well as I could. Also we could play board games together, sometimes with the children, other times only us, and it was amazing.

As for the children, Theo was quite fun to talk to and he liked practicing English with Agustin and me; Friedrich was hilarious sometimes, but he could also be a little bit exhausting; as for Malena, she is the sweetest girl I've met, completely capable of playing by herself, but also quite enjoyable when we played together; and little Erika is a happy baby, who almost never cries and she leanrt to crawl when I was in the house, so it was difficult not falling for her...

Then there was the 'work', which wasn't really work.. Since I was not required to do much, I occupied myself with keeping the kitchen and the living room clean and tidy and apart from that mostly I had to help around with the children, go for a walk with them or play with them. Only sometimes we (Agustin and I) had to do some specific tasks as cutting branches, moving wood or painting a bookcase. This is good in part because you don't have a schedule to follow, but it can't be a little unpleasant if you are a more structured kind of person.

As for the house, it is huge. Since they bought it some years ago they have been renovating it, and they still are, and it's every day more beautiful. Since they have three bedrooms for guests, they usually have guests there, but since in winter there are not many people around, I got my own enormous room with an equally gigantic private bathroom. There is internet in the house, but more often than not it is off, since they like to minimize their exposure to it, but if you need it for anything you just have to ask to turn it on, and they have no problem with it. Also, if you want to go shopping, you can either go with the family or you can use a bike, but be aware that the nearest shop is 10 km away, and the nearest city with more options is 13 km away! But anyway, the roads are quite nice :)

All in all, it was a great experience and I would definitly do it again if I had to choose. I really hope I can come by some other time to visit.

Thank you, Ulrich and Sabine for everything. You were a home away from home.

(Excellent )

26 Sep 2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Doris & Niko)

Doris and Niko spent about a month together with our family. From the very beginning it was clear, that we were very lucky to have them around. They mainly worked in the garden, also they did some varnishing and helped to get rid of the woodworms. They did a lot of things, we didn´t even tell them to do, they worked completely self reliant and… read more

(Excellent )

29 Aug 2019

Left by Workawayer (Doris & Niko) for host

We spent one month in Tobringen with Sabine, Ulrich, Theodor, Friedrich, Marlene and Erika. The main goal for us was to learn German and learn about German culture from native speakers. The family was absolutely wonderful and they only spoke German to us, although they were traveling a lot and know other languages as well, but they really made an… read more

(Excellent )

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15 Feb 2020

Left by Workawayer (ReynosoAg) for host

(Excellent )

5 Feb 2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Magdalena)

(Excellent )

29 Jan 2020

Left by Workawayer (Magdalena) for host

(Excellent )

26 Sep 2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Doris & Niko)

(Excellent )

29 Aug 2019

Left by Workawayer (Doris & Niko) for host

(Excellent )

18 Jul 2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Dorothee Marie )

We were very happy, having Dorothee among us. The children loved her right away and the whole family was a little bit sad when she left. Dorothee has extensive riding skills. She went on a ride with Robin ceveral times and almost completely took over the care for our horses.
We all hope very much she might visit us again in the Wendland some day!

(Excellent )

1 May 2019

Left by Workawayer (Dorothee Marie ) for host

I could only spend one week with Sabine, Uli, Theo, Friedrich, Marlene and baby Erika, but they made me feel at home from the first moment, and treated me like a family member. I had my own room in their beautiful house. I took care of the kids, and the horses, prepared some meals... whatever needed to be done. Every day was different, and I… read more

(Excellent )

1 Apr 2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Carolina)

Carolina with Josefina and Ignacio spent little more than a week with us. Carolina is the kind of helper that you rather have to tell to pause than to tell what to do. She self reliently helped very much in the house and with the kids.
Her children got along very nicely with ours and we were so happy to have her here and get to know her!

(Excellent )

2 Mar 2019

Left by Workawayer (Carolina) for host

What could we say? We don’t have enough words to let you know how much we enjoyed every moment staying at your house with your amazing and lovely family.
They are a wonderful laid-back family and Sabine+Ulrich are the best hosts ever!. They enjoy a good laugh, they work hard and which is most important, they love their children so much. They made… read more

(Excellent )

11 Feb 2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Erick)

Erick stayed a month among our family and in the end we thought about hiding his passport to make him stay even longer (-; He has been a great and patient helper doing the hard work of making a clay ceiling. He has been helpful in a lot of ways and we now all miss his quiet and affectionate way .Theodor even lost a few tears when we said goodbye.… read more

(Excellent )

8 Feb 2019

Left by Workawayer (Erick) for host

I stayed in this paradise for one month, very warm and familiar environment all around the house. I helped Ulrich in the badroom renovation (cleaning the area, preparing walls and ceiling for last finish). I had beautiful moments with Marlene, Friedrich and my good friend Theodor (who speaks very good english for his age), we drew, watched the… read more

(Excellent )

2 Sep 2018

Left by Workawayer (Nastia) for host

I spent a bit more than two weeks in Tobringen and that was the best first hosts I could ever imagine. Land area is enormous and has many interesting things to explore. My room was on the 2d floor, very spacious and comfortable. I had a super good bike and made one trip with it to the small city which was not far from this place. My work was… read more

(Excellent )

29 Jun 2018

Left by Workawayer (Layla) for host

I had such a brilliant time staying in Trobringen, saw such beautiful areas around and went often riding. The family was super welcoming and I had a great opportunity to learn better German. I also got lots of great experience out of it, such as what it’s like to live on farm.

(Excellent )

10 Jun 2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Layla)

Layla stayed little more than a week in our home. She was a great help with a lot of things: She helped with the horses, sold drinks to guests we had during the cultural days of the region, she painted a window, helped with the kids ...
We thank her very much and wish her all the best for her upcoming workaways.

(Excellent )

10 Jun 2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Florencia & Gastón)

Tlorencia and Gastón stayed three weeks in our home and we were very lucky to have them! They were a great help with everything: Gastón did the barbacue alone for about 50 people during the four concerts we organized (KLP, cultural days of the region). Florencia was always great with the kids! Gastón also repaired a couple of things in the house… read more

(Excellent )

9 Jun 2018

Left by Workawayer (Florencia & Gastón) for host

Fue nuestras primer experiencia en workaway,y no tendríamos palabras para agradecer tanto a Ulrich, a Sabine como a los pequeños, nos trataron de maravillas. Si bien nuestro inglés es muy básico pudimos comunicarnos con Uli que hablaba algo de español. En cuanto a las actividades a realizar, era lo que se presentaba en el día, no había un horario… read more

(Excellent )

31 Oct 2017

Left by host for Workawayer (Mathieu)

Mathieu spent a month at our place and we very much enjoyed having him.
He was a very good help with many things (fences, chopping wood, roof), always asking whereelse he could be helpful.
Our children loved him and especially Friedrich now misses him a lot.
We wish all the best for him and very much hope to see him again some day!

(Excellent )

29 Oct 2017

Left by Workawayer (Mathieu) for host

I spent a month helping Ulrich&Sabine at their house in Tobrigen and had a great time there.They were really nice and friendly and made me feel very welcome in their family from the start, during that month we did a lot of work involving fences (making them from scratch and painting them) but i also planted some plants,split wood, helped with the… read more

(Excellent )

30 Sep 2017

Left by Workawayer (Bruno & Victoria ) for host

Ulrich and Sabine are really nice guys and they have a lovely family. We enjoyed a lot our time there playing with their children, at the same time that we were learning some German as well. Also we’ve had wonderful morning and afternoon walks taking the horses to feed and then bringing them back. They are friendly and and easygoing.
We helped… read more

(Excellent )

6 Sep 2017

Left by host for Workawayer (Bruno & Victoria )

It´s almost impossible for us to think of anyone beeing better workaway helpers than Viktoria and Bruno have been in the two weeks they spent in our home. They were so diligent and reliable, working precisely and eager. They started building a fence, they cupped down two trees and they helped with a roof. Still they found time playing with our… read more

(Excellent )

17 Jun 2017

Left by Workawayer (Anne) for host

What a special, welcoming space! I spent almost 6 weeks with Marlene, Friedrich, Theo, Sabine and Ulrich and they made me feel at home and fall for them so quickly. There was no strict schedule for the day, it was more of a living-together and see what the day brings, simply find out what needs to be done and work independently. I had to leave in… read more

(Excellent )

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Help us to start living our rural dream in the village of Trebel, Germany

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