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The family lives in a village on " Itinerarium Romanum Serbiae" (the part of the Roman Emperors Route). My brother, reverend Miloš (born 1971) and his wife Dragana (1973) have five children. The oldest son (1998) is at home and works in the neighbourhood in agriculture, the second son Milan (2000) studies theology in Belgrade, the third son Stefan (2002) finished the agricultural school. He is at home too and helps at our ranch and in the neigbourhood. The two youngest daughters are going to school. Maria (2004) goes to the secondary school in Veliko Gradište and Jana (2008) to the primary school in Srednjevo. Grandmother Vera (1945) lives on the second floor of the house and is mostly preparing the meals. They all live together in a house near the church. They all take care about the church. It is a Serbian orthodox church. Sundays there is a service and after the service the belivers come into the house to take some coffee, liquor, biscuits or similar and the most important thing is to exchange their opinions.
There is also a lot of farming. The vegetables and fruits are produced by themselves. They have: chicken, pigs, sheep, cats and dogs. The water comes from the well. Sometimes, depending on the weather conditions, power-failure could happen. Internet is provided. We have a lot of neighbours and they are visiting us very often. My name is Marina (1968) and from time to time me and my husband (1956) visit them too. You will feel very warm family atmosphere and enjoy good and healthy meals. We expect mutual respect and honesty. We are very uncomplicated and there is enough space to lough and to discuss. Your opinion is welcomed.
In our communication please always ask after the person to whom you communicate (maybe additionaly an e-mail adress or the mobile phone number). We are a lot of people here, and it is important to communicate good and precisely the informations to avoid misinterpretations or misunderstandings.
We can accomodate one person but in the past we accomodated more persons, even families. If there is the need, we help if we can.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Elderly Companionship
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Interests
Culture
Farming
Plant care
Music
History
Gardening
Cooking & food
Drawing & painting
Carpentry
Animals
Hiking
Cycling
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Our guest is free to make excursions through the region (we will help you and accompany you if wanted). There are a lot of roman archaeological sites; there is the river Danube nearby and a lot of orthodox monasteries. You can learn to make the liquor (if you are in the right season for it), and to cultivate vegetables. If you speak good English you can teach us English here. Regarding the food which is very important to mention, there are a lot of periods of fasting. In this period we do not eat milk, eggs or meat. We will not cook using these ingredients. But it is not a condition for you to follow this diet.
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Help
We regard our travellers as part of the family. We expect them to help us with day to day chores, for example: to prepare the firewood for winter, in winter to bring firewood into the house, in the spring to look after the garden, and in the summer to water the garden, to collect hay, to harvest wheat. If you don´t feel like it , you don´t have to do it. You will surely find your own way to be helpful. You shouldn´t do anything that you don´t like to do or that you don´t want to do. Especially if you are not sure in doing it. The safety first!
In between we eat together, we drink coffee or tea together, we laugh together and we drive around the region together!
We appreciate the flexibility of our guests regarding the working time. We have pretty much religious holidays. On theese days we do not have any hard work, we go to church and we take our guests out for sightseeing. You can feel free to do something on your own too. But it can happen, that we need your help sometimes more than five hours per day.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Croatian: Fluent
Serbian: Fluent
Accommodation
We all live in a big house. Our future guest will get a room in this house or will be the guest in a house nearby, also belonging to the same property. The guest´s room and the use of a bathroom is provided . The accomodation is simple. You can get everything for your private use like bed sheets, blankets, towels, shampoo... even jackets, shoes if we can afford it or if we have it in stock. Be openminded and communicate your needs clearly. This is the best way to overcome every challenge. And we all will be happy.
What else ...
Our guest can use our internet and drive the car if an international driving licence is available and all legal provisions and personal trust is fulfilled. The area is known for: Viminacium, Lepenski Vir, Fortress Golubac on the Danube and the monastery Tumane. You can visit Belgrade, the capital of Serbia in a day. The available transport is not so good. There are some bus lines but not as often as needed, that is why we all possess cars. A lot of people here work in Italy, Germany and Austria. They come regulary to visit their homes and the elderly and the children who are still living here. The streets are in bad condition. The food is very good and biological. Some of the people are very simple but loud. A lot of the inhabitants are very diligent and hardworking. The lack of the foreign culture- knowledge is notable. But we will change it - together!
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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The job isn't hard and working time is flexible. The community where they live is so friendly and kind.
Miloš and his wife Dragana welcomed us in to their home and shared many meals and stories with us. We spent evenings sharing experiences and talking over a few drinks. Miloš' mum also… read more
From time to time we could open our heart, and discus about what truely matters for our human existence, Milosh is truly an open minded… read more
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The job isn't hard and working time is flexible. The community where they live is so friendly and kind.
Miloš and his wife Dragana welcomed us in to their home and shared many meals and stories with us. We spent evenings sharing experiences and talking over a few drinks. Miloš' mum also… read more
From time to time we could open our heart, and discus about what truely matters for our human existence, Milosh is truly an open minded… read more
To start with i was a little worried in how my stay will be with Miloš and his family, him beeing the local priest and me having no connection to any church at… read more
They had already a workaway-woman , that fitted more than 100 % in this place and nevertheless I was welcomed as well.
I relished to listen to the talks of all the people and the speciall easy atmosphere in… read more
I spent only 12 days with the family and it was a great experience. The time flew by. Everybody of the family welcomed me so warmly and made me feel at home. Due to Easter we were fasting and the meals were mostly vegan, I'm not even vegan and the food was absolutely amazing! It was… read more
Elena is an artistic soul who does not separate from… read more
We cleaned the barn, dug the ground, harvest hay and potatoes and collect wood.. But the most important thing was that we were really involved in Milos' family daily. We spend our meals and evening with them, playing cards, singing songs, dancing Romanian dances...
Milos and all the family are… read more
Jules and Garance, their… read more
He helped us with all the things in the house… read more
You cannot dream of more traditional serbian family, culture choc guaranteed! We eat a lot… read more
And all the people in the village have been really open and… read more
as this was my first Workaway trip, I'm very grateful for the open and lovely way that you welcomed me. I've spent two really nice weeks, working on the field with corn, paprika, tomatoes and delicious grapes. Sometimes alone, sometimes in company. After work I loved to hang out in the sun in the company of two dogs and three cats.… read more
They… read more
A lot specially Milosh, who even despite doing looot of things all day, he made time to share with me, about his culture, stories and took care of anything I could need.
Work was diverse, sometimes intense and many hours, but I also showed myself available all time to doing things because I wanted to do exercises… read more
They were wonderful hosts and really shared their Serbian and Orthodox culture, Dragana speaks very good English and explained a lot to me.
There was always so much hearty, fresh food and we often sat… read more
That was my first experience of village life - and I liked it. I helped to build a road to their house, to collect солома from the field, and other physical and easy work. Even I drove a tractor!
And everyday I felt myself as part of their family.… read more
They are very nice people! And they always took care that I had everything I needed.
They have different musical instruments at home. Including rare. Here I first saw the harp.
Miloš has a big and warm heart. He works a lot on the farm. Plays various musical instruments. He is interested in history. He can… read more
