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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, and athletic (love to paddle, swim, wilderness camp, skate, ski- you name it). We love to travel and taught in Europe for two years. 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 garden filled with food and permaculture where we work quite hard assisted by our dog and cat. We have an active house with offspring 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
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Help around the house
General Maintenance
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, pruning, clearing lifting, general property and house help, sorting and cleaning etc- we are hosting a wedding gathering AND a graduation backgarden BBQ for loads of international guests from all over the world and between working, renovating and so forth, we need helpers who can lean in and also take some initiative- although, we are asking lots on the latter because we have had four different workaway helpers before who were amazing! :)
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 and trees. Breakfast and lunch can be negotiated. We're used to group/house dinners 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 can also make breakfast and lunch unless the Workaway person would like to make their own breakfast and lunch. We are flexible and wish to ensure the person is comfortable with either.
What else ...
We are on the number 11 bus route 20 minutes from downtowns vibrant inner harbour. If you love to hike, run, walk, breathe in natural beauty as well as a super arts scene, the lower 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 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 any pet would have to be very well-behaved and social, with clean immediate cleanup obviously expected.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
