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Host rating
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8 Apr 2024
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Description
My name is Vicky, I have dual citizenship (British and Italian) and work in an International school here in Palermo. My husband, Marco, is Italian and is a structure engineer and a medical student. Our daughter Eva is 9 years old and completely bilingual (English-Italian). She loves sports, is very sociable and has a kind soul. Our son Edoardo Federico is nearly one year old and loves being around people and makes himself heard. We have a female dog, she is extremely well-mannered and docile.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Babysitting and creative play
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We are a very welcoming family, my husband is an amazing cook and likes preparing typical dishes. We can share our knowledge of the Italian culture and Workaways would become an integral part of our family, including being with us if and when we invite our friends, go to our friends houses, go to our beach house and experience and explore the beauties Palermo and Sicily have to offer.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
The help requested would mainly be to keep our children company, help with homework if necessary, pick them up from school and babysit and play in any language.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
Spanish: Intermediate
French: IntermediateThis host offers a language exchange
Spanish French Chinese Russian Arabic
Accommodation
Workaways would currently have to share a room with our daughter, except for when we are at the beach house. The bathroom is of exclusive use for the Workaways equipped with all the accessories and the hardware (eg. towels, bath mats, soaps etc.). There is a possibility for Workaways to sleep on the couch of our studio if they do not wish to share the room with our daughter.
No smoking is admitted in any area of the house.
What else ...
Our house is very close to a bus stop (100mt.), the metro tube, also 100mt away, is nearly opening. My working place is walking distance to the city centre and I am available to give Workaways a lift in the mornings to be closer to the city centre. Both myself and my husband work Mondays to Fridays, and our children go to school Mondays to Fridays, during this time we give our Workaways complete freedom to move around town, with packed lunches provided by us and with the possibility of letting them in the house before the end of our working day with a bit of notice if they wish. We like to have a clean and tidy house and respect each other’s privacy.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Hours expected
5 hours a day, 5 days a week
