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We are both gratefully enjoying the fruits of 40+ years of work (Andrea language teacher, Frans IT specialist). He repairs bicycles for workers in our resort. He is good with It BUT we both lost track of the fast IT developments and need help there. Also it was a necessity to invest in property in Oman if you want to live in the country. Living in a resort is great, but sometimes a challenge. Once in the comfort trap, I need motivation and support from honest, down-to-earth people to get going. I find it also difficult to keep up with fast changing digital life and would appreciate help there. You can expect to meet with us interesting people of many nationalities, beliefs, social status
we cook together mainly things from the sea (we fish together ) and from the garden.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Elderly Companionship
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Great nature, Sport facilities, Kickbiking/footbiking, language, healthy life style, preparing honest food, Qigong, Yoga, Golf, cold - heat exposure (Wim Hof ) Fishing, bike repairs, fixing things, insight into local life in Oman both expats and Omanis. We have lived in Oman for 25 years, ....
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healthy combination of digital and physical tasks: outside in nature and inside in our big villa you can expect a luxurious life but we are not serving you
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
Finnish: Intermediate
French: Intermediate
Arabic: Beginner
Russian: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
I am a language teacher for English and German. ALL LANGUAGES ARE INTERESTING FOR ME.
Accommodation
guest room, own bath room
What else ...
Oman is a great place to learn new skills, meet most friendly people and have a good vitamin D-supply over winter.
SMOKING IS NOT GOOD for you and us - we accept only non-smokers, We prefer to read a good feedback for applicants.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We are both used to using internet, but recently being retired from our work environment, we find it difficult to keep up with developments. And young people do the job so much faster. We have good, stable WIFI and computer equipment.
Space for parking camper vans
there is plenty of empty space where we live
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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By the way, I participated in different duties such as trimming of lemon grass, basilicum plant, tulsi plant,… read more
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I had a great time there. They have a very beautiful garden. I went to the pool every day. We went to Muscat several times for fun. We also went to the sea and mountain several times.
They are very kind. They are very literate. You can learn a lot from them in different fields.
You can learn how to… read more
I am running out of words to praise Sasan, but I would be more than happy to have him visit us again. Not… read more
We had a great time together and I do hope to meet them again!
I can highly recommend Ellen and Gilbert, not only for people who want to get a well-balanced impression of the… read more
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By the way, I participated in different duties such as trimming of lemon grass, basilicum plant, tulsi plant,… read more
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I had a great time there. They have a very beautiful garden. I went to the pool every day. We went to Muscat several times for fun. We also went to the sea and mountain several times.
They are very kind. They are very literate. You can learn a lot from them in different fields.
You can learn how to… read more
I am running out of words to praise Sasan, but I would be more than happy to have him visit us again. Not… read more
We had a great time together and I do hope to meet them again!
I can highly recommend Ellen and Gilbert, not only for people who want to get a well-balanced impression of the… read more
She is very pleasant, well-mannered and helpful.
I can highly recommend her to other hosts.
Here in Oman, she did so much for me: planting new vegetables - most of which even survive the harsh sun and irregular watering in my absence.
We cooked together and she taughed me a new form of Qigong.… read more
Frans and Andra live in a very beautiful resort 100 km from Muscat.
They have a beautiful villa with a garden of various types of plants.
This couple has a very healthy lifestyle and we learned a lot about different plants during our… read more
I… read more
The house and the area is just amazing, peacefull and with great views and fresh air. Also the surrondings are very interesting, we could visit a beach, a view point and differents bays in a bot trip! Andrea was very active… read more
We helped them with tasks around the house and garden and prepared lots of fresh and healthy meals. We could also be creative: building a wall with old glass bottles in their garden and creating a flyer for an event was fun!
They showed us a lot of Oman and took us on many… read more
He did the tasks he was expected to help with and even… read more
Thank you a… read more
I was truly impressed with Frans´s professionalism, his knowledge on different engineering topics, experience… read more
PS The sunflowers smile on us now. Good job, Mirjam!
What we helped:
- gardening
- cementing the… read more
