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Enjoy a language exchange and helps us around property in Limousin, France

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  • Last activity: 21 Feb 2024

Availability

  2024 

 Min stay requested: 1 week or less

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  • Description

    Description

    We are a dynamic French-English couple, 70ish old. We speak English and French at home. We are retired, travel in winter and spend a lot of time outdoors when the weather permits to maintain our gardens, take care of our animals.
    The evenings are calm, music, reading conversation and exchanges, television. Many friends, an active social life. Paul is a musician, he plays classical piano, rock and blues.
    Participation in a club of amateur gardeners.
    We live 6 km from a village of 2000 habitants.
    We garden a lot, our land is 2 Ha including 3000 m2 of vegetable gardens and pleasure. As well as young fruit trees. We regularly grow tomatoes, green beans, potatoes, pumpkins, courgette cucumbers and peppers.
    Paul is a good handyman, ..next step will be a green house. We need hand for cleaning the sheep barn and chicken house for the moment .
    2 sheep, 5 chickens, 2 cats 2 dogs.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Help with Eco Projects
    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Animal Care
    Farmstay help
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    Help around the house
    General Maintenance
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    travelers can perfect French, learn some basics of gardening, play music if they are musicians talk about cooking, permaculture, life, everything... .

  • Projects involving children

    Projects involving children

    This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

  • Help

    Help

    just good will and good mood are required. We would like to exchange with you about your country the way you live and what you are expecting. Cooking new recipes is welcome.
    If you are handy, great : you will help Paul , with his building jobs or with our animals care. We need help for the garden, preparing it for winter, summer, pruning some of the trees and spraying nutriments around the roots. If you are a musician it's perfect you will play together.

  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    English: Fluent
    French: Fluent
    Spanish: Beginner
    Italian: Beginner

    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

    Accommodation

    a room and a bathroom in our house.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    We are at 6km from a small town, 60km from a real town (Limoges). We are going to shop every now and again. A train is going to Limoges from Le Dorat which is 10km far.
    We had wwoofers every now and again for 5 years now.

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    This host can provide space for campervans.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    Two

  • ...

    Hours expected

    Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

Host ref number: 797326689855

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