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Description
Do you have a wide interest? Do you want warm hosts and a nice place of your own? Do you want to meet a lot of people from all cultures? Do you like to stay in the almost nicest medieval city of the world and off course help us few hours in household and gardening, cleaning are learn building or reparing or much more things if you wish, you only have to mention it and we love to work it out together with you!
We live in the center of Ghent, the city which is on the second place in the list from National Geographic as most original medieval city. There is always something happening in Ghent and definitely in our neighborhood. You can meet a lot of people here as we own a b&b (one room) and always have friends coming in.
Your hosts love people, love talking for hours, love working and enjoying life all in one day; Joël (1961), the head of the house is a workaholic, but in his free time and on top epicurean. On the technical side, he can talk a little mouth and if it goes on travel than the nights are not long enough. Also for a good glass of wine you are with him to the right place. Chantal (1970) is an open, spontaneous culture minded personality. She loves to pamper you so that you feel home in your stay. She will take you on a walk and learn you everything about what you can eat out of nature, she loves cooking and adores horses. She knits, crochetes and sews cloths and all kinds of stuff, she also sculpts clay … 100% creative. Two children; Kato (2002) loves playing the piano and taking pictures and Bert (2004) is a real skater and kicks once a football with you. We also have 2 super big cuddly dogs, German Shepherds Vina and Fille-Loup, real teddy bears. We have a cut Greek land turtle named ‘Jeanine’ who is awake during the summer months. We will attend to you in Dutch, French and English, and also talk a few words of German and Spanish if required. You may always learn us a few words or more in your language!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
What do we offer you:
You will have your own nice just renovated roof-studio with a nice private terrace and a lot of natural light. We offer a bicycle so that you can go everywhere. If you want to visit Paris, London or Brussels for a few days that is possible, we will understand eachother. We want you to have a warm friendly relationship with us and we are full of confidence that it will be a nice experience for you! Gent as a city offers you everyday a nice agenda during the day or in the evening hours, theatre, film, streetart ... and you're in the middle of the city.
Projects involving children
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Help
What are the tasks you have to do:
Taks in the house like the laundry and cleaning and help making a good meal, and depending on what you like to do you can learn a lot more. We think also about taking the dog out for a walk or help the children with there schoolwork. We would like you to help us for 3 hours/day - 5 days/week, we are flexible and make up the agenda together when you arrive. We are looking for volunteers that can ideally stay with us for one to three months helping with different tasks
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
German: Beginner
Spanish: BeginnerThis 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
We renovated the house and just furnished a nice rooftop studio for you. You have your own terrace and it hase a real cosyness. You can take a shower in the familybathroom and offcourse we eat all together in the kitchen. Your room hase one big sleepingsofa and two nice relaxing seats a burea and a nice stove. Our garden is your garden, we are one big family. You can not smoke in the house!
What else ...
we offer you a bicycle of your own. A stay in a cultural mixed up area of Ghent were you can eat cheap and all cultures are very well accepted. There is a hostel just around the corner were there are also two people from workaway, we drink a good Belgian beer when you arrive so that you can make friends. Public transport is just around the corner and Gent is really in the middle of everything. Bruges 50km, Brussels 50km, Antwerp 50km, Amsterdam 350km., London (2,5h with the TGV) Paris (3h with TGV) and lots of nice things just around the corner which we will let you discover.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Hours expected
Maximum 3hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (4)
Wat een fantastisch mens, wat een heerlijke 6 weken samen!
Onvergetelijke momenten, mijn huis staat vol praktische herinneringen van jou!
Je had slechts een paar woorden nodig om te begrijpen wat er van jou verwacht werd.
poetsen, sorteren, herschikken, opruimen, je kon het als de beste.
Altijd bracht je verbeterpunten aan, overal, zo leuk… read more
Great hearted, very humble and discrete, felt immediately after the first day that you were the Wright workawayer. You have done your tasks with a lot of joy. Cooking empanadas with you was great fun. You were a great cook and we loved your dulce Leche and cookies (El fagor).
It really feld empty in… read more
have a nice life and go for it.
I stayed with their family for one month in the early summer. Gent is magical, and I fell in love with the city. There is so much to do… read more
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Wat een fantastisch mens, wat een heerlijke 6 weken samen!
Onvergetelijke momenten, mijn huis staat vol praktische herinneringen van jou!
Je had slechts een paar woorden nodig om te begrijpen wat er van jou verwacht werd.
poetsen, sorteren, herschikken, opruimen, je kon het als de beste.
Altijd bracht je verbeterpunten aan, overal, zo leuk… read more
Great hearted, very humble and discrete, felt immediately after the first day that you were the Wright workawayer. You have done your tasks with a lot of joy. Cooking empanadas with you was great fun. You were a great cook and we loved your dulce Leche and cookies (El fagor).
It really feld empty in… read more
have a nice life and go for it.
I stayed with their family for one month in the early summer. Gent is magical, and I fell in love with the city. There is so much to do… read more
She always saw work and tasks to be done and learned so quickly!
We would recommend her 100% as a workaway help.
She has a very positive mindset and it was such an extra value to have her in the family.
We all loved her and had nice conversations, she spoke perfectly English. She helpt most with household… read more
Chantal and Joel were very generous, respectful and welcoming people, always ready to help and share their knowledges.
I didn't spend a lot of time with Kato but she was very nice. I listened her singing and playing… read more
She and Joel treated me like family from the very first day. They constantly checked with me if i was comfortable and happy with my room and my stay in general since it was their first experience with a workawayer aswell and they… read more
What a wonderful experience to have you one month in this house! It could'nt be more perfect!
You're such a nice person, allways willing to help, always on time, punctual, fast learning, involved, really everything we dreamed of.
We would really recommend you to everyone, you're such a nice helpfull woman, with a real nice character.
You was… read more
