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Host rating
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Last replied
22 Apr 2024
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Description
Hello !
We are located in the woods in the north of the Umbria region, 8 km from the village of Pietralunga. The land includes 23 hectares of woods, fields and small streams, at an altitude of 650 m.
Nature is all around the house, many wild animals are easy to meet and there are wonderful walks to do.
My name is Antonella, I am 58 years old and have lived in this house since 1989. With my ex-husband we decided to raise our two children in a natural environment, growing part of our food in the garden and in the fields. I am a vegetarian and vegan cook with more than 30 years of experience, I am qualified as an educator, and passionate about sailing, handicraft, gardening and cultivating. All my interests and activities are linked by the common thread of education and pedagogy.
We have always hosted friends, travelers from all over the world and people in need for short and long periods, undertaking an exchange mechanism and helping each other.
My children are often traveling or living abroad, and always come back with friends and new connections.
Our home has always been open for welcoming people and new cultures.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Elderly Companionship
Creating/ Cooking family meals
General Maintenance
Farmstay help
Help with Eco Projects
Help around the house
Animal Care
Language practice
Art Projects
Help with Computers/ Internet
Teaching
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We can speak some English and some Spanish, and if you are interested we can teach you some Italian! We can teach how to: cultivate a vegetable garden, orient yourself in a forest, make preserves (jams, tomato sauce, etc), pizza, homemade pasta, desserts and the basics of vegan and vegetarian cuisine.
We can transmit you also the techniques of laughter yoga and conscious playfulness!
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
with housework, gardening, arts projects , electrical maintenance, rainwater collection and everything related to outdoor work, constructions,
Languages spoken
Spanish: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
English: Intermediate
Accommodation
Generally when we have guests who stay for a long time we arrange them in a small independent house and it is composed of an attic with a bedroom and a terrace and on the ground floor a small kitchen with a bathroom.
In the case that this small house is occupied we have rooms in the main house with a shared bathroom.
In the main house there is a pantry where we keep fresh food and preserves and to which guests have free access. We eat together in the main house and we don't eat meat.
A little more information
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.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (8)
She was very welcoming and kind from the first moment we met. We had a very lovely room in her wonderful orange house in the mountains which we always felt like home.… read more
Thank you
A big hug surrounding all four of you
Antonella
thank you Daniela and Johannes
The meals… read more
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She was very welcoming and kind from the first moment we met. We had a very lovely room in her wonderful orange house in the mountains which we always felt like home.… read more
Thank you
A big hug surrounding all four of you
Antonella
thank you Daniela and Johannes
The meals… read more
Grazie per aver aperto la porta del vostro cuore e di quello della vostra famiglia. Ricordo sempre la vostra casa come una seconda famiglia, sono stati solo tre mesi, sufficienti per scambiare momenti indimenticabili e per affezionarmi a voi.
Grazie per… read more
Grazie Estefany
GRAZIE RITA
It has been very nice to meet Rita. She is a very solar, positive,happy person, always ready to help and open to new experiences. I… read more
It has been very nice to have him around, he helpd us with lots of different jobs in the house and in the outdoor spaces. I hope we could have him with us again! Absolutely raccomended to evrybody
Ho riso davvero tanto alla sua lezione di yoga della risata, abbiamo trascorso diversi dopocena giocando a… read more
Grazie Greta!!
