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Description
We are Ando and Ana. We are freelancers and we are starting a new life in the hills of San Donnino Abbey.
Ando is an anthropologist and I'm a translator and Spanish teacher. We are also musicians, we play together folk and traditional music (Local, Balkan, irish French... and so on) :)
Ando is an outside smoker.
We don't have animals yet.
If you speak Italian, as we are in Italy, it's a plus.
The house is located in the middle of a little forest at 10 minutes by car from the nearest town and 30 minutes by walk following trekking paths. It is better if you have a way to move, otherwise you could feel a bit isolated, unless this is what you are looking for. We can borrow you a normal mountain bike.
In the house we like to organize events, like concerts, readings, trekking, etc..
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You can improve your Spanish or Italian as Ando is Italian and I'm Spanish. There is a nice room to sleep, a warm friendly house, good Italian food, musical instruments that you can use (guitar, electric bass, piano, ukelele, tuba and trombone, accordion, violin, flute), a mtb bike to go around, a lot of paths to walk and if you come over summer the river in Rocca San Casciano is a nice place to see.
Help
We are looking for people able to give a hand actively with the house chores, as cleaning and cooking (we all can do that by turns) and keeping the house in order.
If you enjoy gardening you can cut and prepare wood, take care of the garden cutting the grass, wild plants and cleaning the little forest around us.
A lot of cleaning. We have a pantry to clean and adapt to store food and objects, and also a garage, in total is 60 square meters to put some order in.
We also need to sand some chairs, do some little repairs, build a compost toilet outside, create an area for camping with a shower and a place to wash, painting.walls... depending on when you come if you know how to do this things having this kind of skills could be a plus!
Languages
Languages spoken
Catalan: Fluent
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
French: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
German: Beginner
Portuguese: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
We are interested in practice French, Portuguese and German. In the house we usually speak Italian and Spanish.
Accommodation
The house is and old stone house restored.
You will have your own room.
You can also sleep in a tent outside if you prefer.
What else ...
The house is located in San Donnino, the nearest town is Rocca San Casciano.
There is a lot of nature to walk and we can borrow you a mountain bike. In Rocca San Casciano they have also e-bikes.
You can also pick flowers and chestnuts in the area.
In Rocca San Casciano, mainly by summer there are little parties and events, readings...
You can also have a bath in the river in the area.
We have plenty of books in different languages so you can also relax and reed.
Of course you can use all our instruments and also try them.
We usually go to party's and visit friends, you can of course come over with us!
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have an studio where we work with printer, good internet and it's a quiet space. Also, the room for the workaways is very cozy and it has a normal desk to work.
Space for parking camper vans
The garden has a good space to park and have some privacy.
Can possibly accept pets
Pets are welcome, but we prefer not to have big dogs in the house, but it can stay outside no problem.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (2)
They have been very clear about their trip, time-trains and all the information about when they were arriving and leaving.
They are also very organized with the work to do in the house, they where afraid of nothing: cleaning, dusting, sanding and painting. After some basic explanations about how the house… read more
From the first video call we could envision that we were compatible to share this experience, and when I arrived at their home all this was instantly confirmed. At the beginning we agreed on daily working… read more
She made me feel like at home since the first moment. She's a very nice and good person, full of energy and passionate about her job.
We exchange experiences travel, we talked and laughed a lot too. And the tasks were very manageable, I had lots of time to explore the city wish si… read more
She was very positive and flexible.
I'm used to work very fast… read more
Feedback
They have been very clear about their trip, time-trains and all the information about when they were arriving and leaving.
They are also very organized with the work to do in the house, they where afraid of nothing: cleaning, dusting, sanding and painting. After some basic explanations about how the house… read more
From the first video call we could envision that we were compatible to share this experience, and when I arrived at their home all this was instantly confirmed. At the beginning we agreed on daily working… read more
She made me feel like at home since the first moment. She's a very nice and good person, full of energy and passionate about her job.
We exchange experiences travel, we talked and laughed a lot too. And the tasks were very manageable, I had lots of time to explore the city wish si… read more
She was very positive and flexible.
I'm used to work very fast… read more
Great company, good listener and very interesting life.
Easy going, helpful and very independent.
Have a nice trip Eugenio!
