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We would love to welcome a person, preferably a woman, from mid August till end of September when Marta will be here alone with little Saša. Good company, (pro)positive approach, smiling :) We'll do gardening, harvesting, cooking, preserves, foraging and more. If you feel artistic, there will be space for that, too. A big plus if you enjoy playing with a lovely little girl.
Until mid August we host volunteers as usual.
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WARMEST GREETINGS TO ALL WORKAWAYERS!
We are family of five: Marta (38, Italian), Michal (43, Czech) + Mia (7), Elio (5) and little girl Saša (1).
Just started to live our dreams here - in adventurous and wild greek mountains, close to the seaside, offgrid, homeschooling, with good people around.
ARE YOU.......
- a couple or a solo traveller?
- a family, maybe even searching for a place to settle down… isn´t that place here? :-)
- a person who can enjoy time spent with kids, willing to offer them activities, games, arts and craft session or whatever you might be able to share with them to enrich their daily routine?
- someone with carpentry skills, or other practical in general?
- a nature lover who doesn´t mind outdoor life, dirty hands, insects and not having the comfort of a city or even a village?
- someone who enjoys cooking (healthy food possibly)?
.......then this might be the place for you! :-)
WHAT WE HAVE HERE TO SHARE
- One hectar land with a small house (only one big room, now in renovation). On the land there is a beautiful stream, a lot of big walnut trees, an apple/plum orchard, a little pond that is also a live source of water from the bottom. Compost toilet, outdoor shower (cold water only – but with sun the water goes wonderfully warm). It is a wild paradise for children, and adults, surrounded by mountains and a lot of green and water, streams and waterfalls.
- Best neigbours! :-) A Belgian/Dutch couple (Steven&Chenny) who started their permaculture/community project Liveloula already 12 years ago. Fantastic place. You can check them on Workaway. In the closest village Seliana there is the ecoculture-center Re-Green, a great place, too. We have a quite lively neighbourhood of friends here around: people from all over the world, about 20-30 living permanently here around, many more coming and going, especially in the warm season. Meeting, sharing, helping each other, doing music, playing board games, partying…
- The only element missing here are --- families with kids! That´s why in the future we want to attract children in many ways, and Workaway families with kids are also very welcome. We will be also happy to share the land with a family!
SOMETHING ABOUT US
Marta: I am a full time mom, love nature, foraging, wild herbs, arts&crafts, yoga, singing, dancing, adventure.
Michal: I am musician - piano teacher and choir director. I love outdoor work, biking, hiking, green jasmine tea.
The kids: very lovely, very loud, very wild, often challenging, a bit dirty. They are homeschooled, so they are all the time around.
We have moved here just very recently (February 2025). We are now at the beginning of our adventure. It is very intense, challenging, fermenting. About finding new rhytms. We are growing through many fall downs and stand ups again. Best self-development course ever! :-)
We feel that this place and its surroundings (people included) has a lot of potential for future projects, summer camps and a lot more.
We will be very grateful for an additional pair of helping hands, either in devoting to kids or helping around the house, with cooking, gardening or in building projects.
HOW YOU CAN HELP US
Any specific skill (like carpentry, permaculture gardening...) or experience with kids is very welcome but is not a must. What is the most important for us is that you really come with the will to contribute to the place and to share a piece of life with our family as a member of it. Including also the responsabilities that come along.
If you feel creative in any way, or have any special skills you might contribute with, please mention it, your fresh ideas will be very welcome!
Main projects for the upcoming days, weeks and months:
- reconstructing the house: installing new windows and doors, insulating the building for next winter (wood+straw+clay), closing the terrrace with a wall, making a floor (wood, clay). For this we have friends here to lead the jobs.
- garden joys (making new beds, planting, weeding, watering...)
- kitchen joys (taking care of our fermented stuff, cooking, making miso, homemade pasta, gomasio, preserves, wild salats...)
- smaller building joys: wooden platform around the toilet, sandbox for kids, rope playground, welding iron doors, making simple wooden shelves for preserves, paint our compost toilet, making a sieve for soil, restore an old table, making a box for sawdust, a sandbox for the kids… or whatever else what you would like to make.
- preparing firewood
- teach something to our kids :-)
TECHNICAL THINGS
Accomodation is in a tent. If you dont have your own, we will provide, as well as mats/matraces/blankets etc.
Cars, campervans, caravans and similar are also welcome, we have nice spots for it.
Our altitude is 750m above sea level. Nearest village is Seliana, 1 km from us. Nearest city is down at the coast – Akrata, cca 40 minutes by car from us. There are supermarkets gas stations and all the shops.
If you are without a car, come by bus or train from Athens (very good connection, it takes about 3 hours). Go to Akrata, there we can pick you up.
There goes no bus to us here to the mountains. We usually go to the seaside once a week, we can offer two or three free spots in our car. However, if your main passion is the seaside and you would feel sad without having it more often, this is probably not the place for you.
There is no wi-fi here. Data signal can be poor here but there are spots which are good, even for videocalls. Recently we bought a small sim-router, so actually – some wi-fi exists :-) But not too fast.
You can use all our spaces like the member of our family :-)
If you contact us, please start your writing with „HOWGH!“ So we know that you have read our profile till the end.
Aaaaaand – please contact us if you would like to stay at least about one month.
Have nice days (and nights!).
See you around!
M+M+M+E+S
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Interests
Sustainability
Farming
Photography
Music
Languages
Gardening
Drawing & painting
DIY & crafts
Books
Art & design
Yoga / Wellness
Outdoor activities
Nature
Mountain
Beach
Hiking
Dancing
Cycling
Camping
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
Already mentioned in details. Gardeners, cooks and people with experience or active interest in children´s education very welcome!
Languages
Languages spoken
Czech: Fluent
English: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
Greek: Intermediate
German: 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
In a tent in a beautiful spot under the trees and close to the stream. We'll provide matraces/mats, pillows, linen, sleeping bags/blankets, towels.
What else ...
You can reach easily Akrata by bus or train from Athens or Patras. We will send you details about the itinerary.
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Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
Can possibly accept pets
This host has said they are willing to accept those travelling with a pet.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
My animals / pets
Isabelina
Pelich
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Expectations were set clearly, my tasks were well communicated each day. The work always felt manageable and flexible enough for me, mostly helping out in the kitchen and cleaning around the house. And I found my… read more
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Expectations were set clearly, my tasks were well communicated each day. The work always felt manageable and flexible enough for me, mostly helping out in the kitchen and cleaning around the house. And I found my… read more
The work was really easy, just some help in the house, like some cleaning, cooking or artistic workshop.
I felt like home the all time, surrounded by smiles and music. Michael is an amazing pianist,… read more
From the moment of our arrival we were greeted as friends. Their smiles were a riddle for us… Why are they still smiling? Where is the catch?! But after a short period of time it was obvios to us – they are those kind of people!
Every day we… read more
We somehow felt from the first second we met them at the railstation that it will be hard to let them go in the end. They spent at our place two too short yet… read more
