Welcoming open minded people to share our culture and traditions in Lucca, Italy

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  Description

  Hello everyone. I live with my partner and two wonderful cats in a house in the beautiful countryside of Lucca, near the river and its park, the historic center, and just a 10-minute train ride from the sea and the art cities of Pisa, Livorno, Pistoia, and Florence.
  I'm looking for help around the house, cleaning, painting, and gardening.
  I enjoy meeting and hosting people from other countries, helping volunteers discover and appreciate the most unique places in our region.
  I enjoy sharing traditions, sayings, and cooking my family's recipes, exchanging life experiences and learning about the customs of people from other parts of the world.
  We are sociable, open, interested in knowing people from all over the world and learning from our workawayers.
  Throughout my life, I've held various jobs, mostly in architecture. I'm also a creative person and have developed and experimented with various techniques in weaving, sewing, printing, ceramics, wood restoration and i can show this kind of arts to volunteers.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Art Projects

  Light gardening

  Creative DIY projects

  Help around the house

  Light maintenance
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  Interests

  

  Van life

  

  Sustainability

  

  Farming

  

  Plant care

  

  Photography

  

  Music

  

  History

  

  Gardening

  

  Drawing & painting

  

  DIY & crafts

  

  Cooking & food

  

  Carpentry

  

  Astronomy

  

  Art & design

  

  Architecture

  

  Animals

  

  Yoga / Wellness

  

  Nature

  

  Hiking

  

  Dancing

  

  Cycling

  

  Beach
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  Our house is located in the beautiful Lucca countryside, near the river with its beaches and river park. We are close to the historic center with its famous walls, which can be easily reached on foot, and also to the bus stop.
  
  The station is also nearby, providing easy access to the coast and its beaches as well as to art cities like Florence, Pistoia, and Pisa. Lucca also regularly hosts many events and initiatives, such as the famous antiques market and many others.
  
  I'd love to teach Italian, as well as improve my French and English and Spanish too.
  I also love cooking (and can teach you several traditional Tuscan recipes),
  as well as drawing, sewing, weaving, and making ceramics.

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  Help

  We are looking for help with some little tasks as light painting, gardening, cleaning, etc.
  We would like to find someone to help us, I enjoy working along side volunteers and sharing tasks with them.
  We prefer to work at the house in the cooler hours of the morning and then relax and gather all together to have lunch.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  Italian: Fluent
  French: Intermediate
  English: 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.
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  Accommodation

  The accomodation will be a bedroom with private bathroom in a little detached house infrony of the house where I live.
  We can also host people with their own van or tent because we have space to park a van and a place to. put up a tent.
  We are camperist too, and with our small Volkswagen travel around in Europe.
  We offer also meals to our workawayers.

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  What else ...

  We are in the heart of Tuscany, near Florence, Siena, Pisa, Livorno, Pistoia.
  The house is in 40min walk from the train station 25 min walk from the cathedral square, 20 km from sea and one hour from mountains.
  I can only accommodate one or two persons.
  In some cases we can pick up. volunteers at the train station.
  We prefer to host no smoking people.

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Can host digital nomads

  This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  This host can provide space for campervans.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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  My animals / pets

  pantoufle

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