Help a cultural festival in our small village near Lodève, South of France

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  Description

  Born in 1958 & 1955, we live, my wife and I, in a small village in South of France. My wife is a generalist doctor in our village and, for myself, after being a house-husband during 20 years with our 4 children (aged now 30, 27, 25, 23) I work as a volunteer cultural worker. Since 2010, I am involved in the organisation, in our village, of a cultural festival on the theme of "the praise of Slow travel". We like to meet people. We like nature, in particular birdwatching and we use to do cycling trips in several places of Europe. I am interested in languages and I can speak English, Occitan ( a local Romance language), Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Esperanto and a little bit Romanian.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Art Projects

  Language practice

  DIY and building projects
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  They could learn French. They could discover how a cultural festival is organised. They will meet many people interested in cultural events. They will discover how is the life in a small rural French village and the beautiful landscapes of our mountainous area.

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  Projects involving children

  This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

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  Help

  Welcome to Le Caylar.
  
  Whit a team of friends I organise a festival in a small village (450 inhab.), "The festival of Roc Castel" .
  The theme of this events is presenting different cultural spectacles and activities (musical concerts, tales, cultural or artistic works, outdoor activities, and so on...).
  
  BUT, we have also another theme : "Tribute to slow travellers". So, we are, as well, a festival of travel.
  
  You could help us participating to the preparation this event which requires us a lot of work (decoration, DIY, preparing material and places, advertisement, etc.) .
  You could, as well, discover our beautiful and wild region with its awesome landscapes and its interesting heritage.
  
  You would share our family life, since your accomodation and meals would be at home, and meet interesting people and travellers. And during the festival you should be volunteers to welcome the "festivaliers".
  
  I'am very interested in foreign languages, to speak them and to speak French to people who want learn or improve it.
  
  You can come right away. The festival will occurs at the end of July.
  Waiting for your reply.
  Best regards.
  Hubert

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent
  Spanish: Fluent
  Occitan: Fluent
  Catalan: Intermediate
  Esperanto: Intermediate
  Italian: Intermediate
  Portuguese: Intermediate
  Romanian: Beginner

  This 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.
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  Accommodation

  A room in our house. The volunteer can share all our common rooms.

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  What else ...

  There are many cultural events around our village and many sites (cultural and natural) worth to be seen. Many hiking trails and small roads for cycling in the surroundings. Volunteers can use cheap buses or carsharing to go easily to the next cities : Lodève, Millau and Montpellier

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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  Hours expected

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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