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Dear Workawayers,
My name is Katy, I’m a 61 year old German-American, also an 8 time Workaway volunteer myself.
My family and I are looking for help on a small island (about 1.5 miles long) off Maine’s largest city Portland. Our summer cottage is getting old and needs some TLC. We’d like some help around the house and garden, cleaning, organizing, dragging old wood up to the road for large-item pickup, etc. Nothing difficult.
We can offer you your own room (most likely even a tiny en-suite cottage) and food for about 4 to 5 hours of work a day, 5 days a week. You can take any two days off as agreed. I’m really flexible and if the weather does not cooperate, we’ll stay inside and take it easy.
Back to our island. It is small. The winter population is about 50. The main mode of transportation is by foot, bike, or golf cart. We do not have any open stores, restaurants, or pubs during the winter, but a well-sorted public library. Everything, including groceries, has to be brought in from the mainland.
We can be reached by ferry boat (about 5 times a day). Yes, there is a larger city, Portland, with all the usual city amenities, but the island itself is quiet and peaceful.
We can cook together or I can cook for us both. Whatever you feel like.
And: The island is always on "island time”! Some things work out someway/somehow, some don’t. That’s just the way things are around here. 😉
I would love to hear back from you!
Katy
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
I, myself, have been on 8 different Workaways in Europe and loved the amazing experiences and encounters. Now I want to pay some of this back and share with like-minded individuals.
There will be small-island living in beautiful surroundings in a typical New England cottage, right on the Atlantic.
While we are „summer people“, we have many island friends who’d love to meet you and share meals, drinks, and game nights. It’s great to be part of a small tight-knit community and our one-room school house with currently 4 school kids is amazing.
There is fabulous hiking on the mainland and several national parks, but bug spray is recommended!
We may be able to find a lobster fisher to take you out lobstering. And there are whale watching tours right out of beautiful Portland, Maine. Once in a while, we see marine wildlife off our porch.
Help
Helping us around the cottage and maybe some other small maintenance and gardening projects as the need arises. All to be discussed and agreed upon together.
Nothing difficult and certainly nothing dangerous!
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Swedish: 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
A nice light room, either with double or single beds. Rest shared with me.
Possibly your own unheated little cottage with own bathroom.
High-speed internet. All meals paid. Bed linens, towels provided.
What else ...
On island: beach-combing, reading, book club, happy hour, game nights, kayaking, etc.
Off island: free inter-island ferry-boat hopping, trips to town, national parks, etc.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
Good high-speed Internet!
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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But they are so easygoing, flexible, super friendly and polite. We had many good laughs and shared lots of ideas and thoughts. They, themselves, are such an interesting couple.
My island friends loved talking to them, too, and they certainly enjoyed… read more
She was a real joy to have around. We immediately fell into a nice, comfortable routine and she was very helpful to me during her one-week stay.
She worked in the house and garden and even tamed a lot of extremely prickly rose bushes.
Missy was an immediate hit with all of my friends and we had great… read more
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But they are so easygoing, flexible, super friendly and polite. We had many good laughs and shared lots of ideas and thoughts. They, themselves, are such an interesting couple.
My island friends loved talking to them, too, and they certainly enjoyed… read more
She was a real joy to have around. We immediately fell into a nice, comfortable routine and she was very helpful to me during her one-week stay.
She worked in the house and garden and even tamed a lot of extremely prickly rose bushes.
Missy was an immediate hit with all of my friends and we had great… read more
