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Hello!
We live on Vancouver Island in beautiful Victoria, BC. We are extremely fortunate to be close to the University of Victoria and a mere five houses from gorgeous Cadboro Bay Beach. We are partially retired teachers, and athletic (love to run, bike, paddle, swim, wilderness camp, skate, ski- you name it). We love to travel; we taught in Slovakia for two years, and my mum was Dutch. Because of our proximity to the university, and because of links to other countries, we've hosted many international students. We have a large beautiful urban garden filled with food and permaculture where we work quite hard assisted by our dog and cat. We have an active house (parkrun every Saturday at 9!), with offspring (who climb) living in a separate suite. We enjoy hosting and we hope to travel and do "Workaway" ourselves in the future.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Light gardening
Creative DIY projects
Animal Care
Help around the house
Light maintenance
House & pet sitting
Interests
Charity work
Culture
Events & social
Politics / Social justice
LGBTQ
Van life
Sustainability
Pets
Farming
Movies & TV
Carpentry
Gardening
Music
Writing
Performing arts
Cooking & food
Books
Animals
Mountain
Yoga / Wellness
Team sports
Camping
Fitness
Nature
Winter sports
Dancing
Water sports
Hiking
Cycling
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
As we are both teachers, one history/woodshop and literature/writing/Indigenous literature/English Learners, we live our lives as lifetime teacher-learners. We've both coached several sports and love interacting with humans from all corners of the world. Our house is inclusive, vibrant, and often fun. A prospective Workaway person would need to be LBGTQ2S+ accepting and like (love?) pets. ☺️
Help
Gardening (some heavy), pruning, clearing lifting, general property & woodwork w carpenter hubby, and some help with housework, sorting and cleaning etc- cat sitting & cuddling if we go away briefly.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
Love languages and attempts to learn but I'm not very fluent in any other than English.
Accommodation
Garden "Sleeping" Cabin with a queen-sized bed. Handcrafted in 2010 by hubby and offspring. We share our main floor so you must come inside for the toilet and bathroom facilities, steps away. The cabin feels very private looking toward the garden, trees, fruit trees; it is quite paradisal. Breakfast and lunch can be negotiated. We're used to group/house dinners once a week when we are here, and we shop and cook according to a shared table. For better or worse, we tend to be extremely healthy eaters with several plant-based meals per week but we still enjoy animal protein as well. We've found that negotiating details is best with individuals. As described in another box, we make dinners. We could also make lunch unless the Workaway person would like to make their own. We try to be flexible.
What else ...
We are on the number 11 bus route 20 minutes from downtown Victoria's vibrant inner harbour. If you love to hike, run, walk, swim, paddle, breathe in natural beauty as well as a super arts scene, Vancouver Island is fabulous.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have a separate sleeping bunkie with ONE queen sized bed and excellet internet access
Space for parking camper vans
A van-sized vehicle could possibly go into the driveway
Can possibly accept pets
We have 1 big dog and 1 cat so we'd rather not... sorry!
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
My animals / pets
Bear
Non-shedding red Standard Poodle - her name is Bear and I call her my bearapy dog- she's my running pace dog, gone into high school- she's 9 and amazing
