A two woman farm welcomes a helping hand hand in the beautiful Gers countryside, France

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08/12/2022
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2022

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My name is Christina, i'm an 55 years old vidow and living with my daughter in the beautiful Gers countryside.
Anna is a 25 years old singing and piano teacher.
We would welcome help to painting, cutting wood (no no, not with the hand (we have machines) in thé garden, in the house and tools cleaning up..
We live 5 km from the next village Marciac .Our home is on the road Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle
Help 5 hours/day for 5 days per week. In return we offer you your own room and bathroom. All meals are provided .

There is a bike available so that you can explore the countryside and near towns in your free time.
This is _not_ a nosmoking house !!

We speak German, French and English.

We have animals, some also inside...3 gentle dogs, 2 cats, 3 horses, 3 donkeys, some turtles and tortois.
Happy to see you soon
Thank you Anna and Christina
Types of help and learning opportunities
Elderly Companionship
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainablity goals this host is trying to achieve
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What's this?
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We can speak French and German and English together
Help
We need a helping hand for Wood cutting, help with animals,
In and outdoor cleaning and ranging
5 h/5 days flexible, weekend free
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
French: Fluent
English: Intermediate
Accommodation
Nice accomodations, fullboard, lodging; 3 meals a day together , green pasture, orchard and the Pyrenees.
; washing facilities; bicycle ;own bedroom,and bathroom.
_No free WiFi_!
A minimum of two weeks is preferable
What else ...
I am speaking basic English,
It's the best way to learning French for you.
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?
One
Hours expected
Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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Accuracy of profile:
(4.5)

Cultural exchange:
(4.8)

Communication:
(4.9)

03/11/2022

Left by Workawayer (Carla Melisa) for host

my experience with christina was incredible! It is my first experience with workaway and it really was three weeks of pure love, Christina is a person with whom it is nice to meet, I was able to enjoy incredible talks, incredible meals, laughter and moments. when I left I couldn't help but have tears in my eyes as I knew I was going to miss her a… read more

(Excellent )

02/11/2022

Left by host for Workawayer (Carla Melisa)

Carla stay 2 weeks by us. She help us a lot for cleaning in and outsid, feeding animals and in the garden.
Also she's reparing the washingmachin and the weelbarrow. Fantastic !
Carla was a Big Help and we missing a lot the good conversations with her. Hope to see her again. She has her place in ouer house and ouer heart for ever.

(Excellent )

06/05/2022

Left by Workawayer (Maryam) for host

A small farm with a beautiful view and open family. Above all, I was able to enjoy the coexistence and the opportunities to go for a walk to see the area. I never felt overwhelmed or uncomfortable, everything worked out. The work was also adapted and after that I had enough time to see the incredibly beautiful scenery. I enjoyed every precious… read more

(Excellent )

19/04/2022

Left by host for Workawayer (Maryam)

Maryam stay 2 weeks with us and we are verry happy for the helping hand.
She cleand in and outside, bring the wood in, cutting gras, clean windows and the kitchen. We speek and playing cards in the evening. Verry nice girl ! Hope she Can coming back this summer. Good luck 🍀 for your Travel and studies.

(Excellent )

12/04/2022

Left by host for Workawayer (Christophe )

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(Neutral )

28/02/2022

Left by Workawayer (Christophe ) for host

I spent 2 weeks with Christina and Eric, another man staying and working there. With Eric, we worked mainly on the roof of the house to change tiles and put new ones. Heavy work since about 2000 tiles have been removed and new ones have been carried up to the roof by hand.
Thanks to Eric, I learnt a lot about carpentry, thanks a lot to him 🙏.… read more

(Good )

05/02/2022

Left by Workawayer (Hadim) for host

Staying with Christina was superb! She is an experienced host after having hosted for many years. She helped me getting vaccine and taking me to bus stations for my personal needs.

She has so many pets and if you love animals you’re going to like staying with her. The place is really peaceful all the time since it is far away from any urban… read more

(Very good )

07/11/2021

Left by host for Workawayer (Miklós)

Miklos was a big help for us. He 's cleaning inside, outside, gardening, woodcutting put fences for the horses..Whatever the work he was happy to help. We whish him good luck for his travel and hope to see him again. Merci Miklos !

(Excellent )

06/11/2021

Left by Workawayer (Miklós) for host

I really enjoyed to spend my time time with Christina and Anna. There is a very wonderfull family with a lot of animals. The work is correct, no special requirements. You don’t need to speak french, but, if You would like to learn how to speak french, this is the best place for you! If You would like to learn how to enjoy Your live, this place is… read more

(Excellent )

14/07/2021

Left by host for Workawayer (Shlomo)

Shlomo stay with us for good three weeks. He's helping cutting thé gras all around, putt fences for the chickens, garden work, cleaning inside, dishes ...and also he's climping on the top of thé tree, verry, verry high ( ~ 25 m ) with the chainsaw... We are happy with all of the help he's given. Good worker and a nice company. Whish him a good… read more

(Excellent )

14/07/2021

Left by Workawayer (Shlomo) for host

If only we had 500* to rate.
Cristina is a wonderful friendly and funny person,
Goes without saying she is the best workaway host I had so far.
The work is not too hard 4-hpd 5-dpw,
Great food every day, And the marmalade Anna and Cristina makes is the absolutBest.
Definitely a waypoint if you are in France.
Thank you or an awesome 3 weeks, in a… read more

(Excellent )

06/06/2021

Left by host for Workawayer (Abraham)

Bram stay with us for three weeks and we have a verry nice time toghether.
Il travaillait beaucoup dans notre grand jardin, ramener du fumier, désherbage, faire des trous, nettoyer sous les clôtures, parfois avec des conditions météo difficiles comme la pluie et le chaud et il a aussi aider à bouger des meubles, réparer des trucs, décharger la… read more

(Excellent )

06/06/2021

Left by Workawayer (Abraham) for host

I have had an amazing time at Christina's (and Anna's) place. It was my first work away and I did not know what to expect, but I have enjoyed it a lot. It is exactly how it is written in the profile, although the amount of animals might vary a little. Most of the animals are in their own place/field so if you are not comfortable with any of those,… read more

(Excellent )

13/02/2021

Left by Workawayer (Eduard) for host

I stayed for about 6 weeks with Christina to help maintaining her farm.
She is a very fair , open minded and smart person. I liked it a lot to give her my hand and live
there.
If you´re looking for a peaceful, welcoming and a fair host, Christina is definitely the one!!
I very enjoyed my time there, wish her all my best and hope to see her one… read more

(Excellent )

13/02/2021

Left by host for Workawayer (Eduard)

On a passer de bon moment avec Edie.
Malgré son petit handicap il est physiquement très fort et serviable. Il a couper et transporter avec la brouette beaucoup de bois de chauffage et aussi toujours prêt d'aider pour les imprévues .
J'espère de le revoir un jour..
Bonne chance

(Excellent )

13/02/2021

Left by host for Workawayer (Daniel)

We had a very nice time with Daniel.
He stay 6 weeks and help us in many
différent skills. Cutting firewood, preparing thé garden, building, cleaning, washing up...and always with an smile on his face. Also thé animales are missing Daniel.We thank him very much for all thé help and Hope to see him again. My house stay Always open for Daniel.

(Excellent )

12/02/2021

Left by Workawayer (Daniel) for host

I had a wonderful time at Christina's. One of my best workaway experiences. My two weeks planned stay turned out to be a month and a half and I enjoyed every day if it. Christina and Ana are truly kind hearted and caring. We spent alot of quality time together sharing life stories or playing cards after dinner. Christina has a good humour and she… read more

(Excellent )

10/11/2020

Left by Workawayer (Mauro) for host

Christina was a super kind host. The work is easy and flexible. She took a lot of time explaining me how to speak french properly.the room is very Big and conforrable. She pick me up and drop me off When I left ver house. There is no WIFI. This is the only aspecto to Improve. Merci beaucoup pour tout. À bientôt

(Excellent )

22/10/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Sofie)

We had an very good time with Sofie.
She help us for cleaning inside and also for the hard work in the garden. 💪
We wish her good luck for the futur and a lot of nice travels.🍀
Hope to see her again.
We miss you

(Excellent )

21/10/2020

Left by Workawayer (Sofie) for host

I had a lovely time staying at Christina’s place. The work was totally fine to do and Christina was very careful with everything and offering breaks. She really tried to make me have a good time and she succeeded. Great food and fun trips to the surrounding towns, sitting in a bar, singing with the local choir on Fridays. The animals are really… read more

(Excellent )

29/09/2020

Left by Workawayer (Johnny) for host

I spent two weeks with Christina in September 2020 and I enjoyed my time there very much. It's an old farmhouse full of animals in the middle of nowhere, so if that's your thing you're in luck. The surrounding countryside is beautiful and incredibly peaceful, and the towns and houses are all very cute. Though the farm is remote and isolated we… read more

(Very good )

08/09/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Ana)

We are very happy from the stay of Ana. She help us alot for cleaning inside and that always with a big smile and a good conversation.
I hope to see her again, my house stay always open for Ana. Thank you very much for your coming, Best wishes and good luck 🍀😘

(Excellent )

04/09/2020

Left by Workawayer (Ana) for host

It was a wonderful and beautiful experience at Chistina's. My situation was abnormal due to the pandemia and I was in need of a place to stay in my way to the north of France. Chistina understood my needs and welcomed me at her place even if the stay was meant to be shorter than requested and a last minute. Also, she took care of the situation… read more helping me a lot to devise my journey, buy my train tickets and everything else.
Along with it, Christina REALLY taught me french (I'm in my learning journey) and thanks to her I got a complete boost on my learning, we only spoke french! She's native german though, but had lived in France for most of her life, so she's proficient in both languages and corrects you if you really want to improve! We laught a lot making fun of the language and habits in france as foreigners but also of our own as natives, it really was a amazing and fun cultural exchange if you're looking for that.

They're all a lovely familly (indeed I include the fur and reptilian ones!) and particulary the dogs and cats call for a lot of attention if you're fond of furry friends. Avoid it if you suffer any allergy or fear because the house is theirs and they'll want to meet you and spent time with you. I really got tons of love, I'm gonna miss them. The dogs are all well-behaved but spend all day long over you if you let them. The goats are pretty independant, you'll rarely see them, meanwhile I helped a bit with the pony and the donkey. There are baby turtles at the moment in the house that are curious and lively, and very, very, very cute!!! CHristina knows a lot about the animals she takes care of, you can learn from her if you're curious.

There's not much work to do at the moment; the anexo is almost finished but also I stayed too short for a great participation... au contraire, I could help to clean the house, by accessing difficult areas and saving Christina to do the dishes what she hates jajaja that felt good. However my helping day was short and easy - I would have love to do more. I don't know if for a longer (and more normal situation) stay there would be more to do, but I had an easy going very very light work stay. However Christina is adaptative if you want to go for a trek or change the schedule, we didn't stick to a timetable though I found it nice that everyday she "waited" for me at 8-9 in the kitchen to have a coffee and start the day. Also, her old father (who only speaks german) was with her for the moment and she might prefer you to stay or go along with her for some chores a day for this reason, not to leave him alone.
The acommodation was neat ad very, very good. The room is private and I could even do yoga in it.. The bed is big and Christina gives you anything you need for a goos rest. There's also a wardrobe, shelves, chairs and a little desk. Also the bathroom is very spacious and likely it will also be just for you.

Regarding for Ana, the daughter, she lives appart in an anexo, so the meals are taken with Christina, that's a very interested speaker and have a interesting a nice background, you won't get bored of talking with her! She's cheerful and sweet, very easygoing and always open to have another coffee. By the time I stayed, Ana was healthy and active, had many things to do and needed just a little help at her place with cleaning and doing the dishes, that normally she does herself. You really cannot tell she could have mobility problems at all!

Merci Christina pour m'avoir aidé et pour tout que tu as fait por moi. J'èspere que moi aussi j'ai été de l'aidée pour toi a la maison, et que tu aies pu te reposer un petit peu et t'amuser de ma companie! ^^ Je vais jamais oublier mon petite séjour chez toi (mon dieu et les petits tortues...!!) et peut-être que quelque jour je vais retourner en parlant l'allemand jaja
Allez bien, gros bisous et à bientôt! :))))

(Excellent )

27/08/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Pablo)

Pablo stay with us for 2 weeks and we thank him very much for the helping hand.
Wish him a good time
Thank you Pablo

(Very good )

16/08/2020

Left by Workawayer (Pablo) for host

I spend 3 weeks with Christina, Anna and Billy.
Billy is Christina's father.. Very funny person!
The stay was really good, we talk a lot and have some beers together with nice conversation and playing cards! The accommodation is great.. I had my own room and bathroom.
The house don't have internet but Christine very gentil offers me shared… read more

(Very good )

26/08/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Edu)

Edu stay with us for 2 weeks and we was verry happy with him.
He was a Big Big help for us and also in the evening if we play cartes ( mau- mau ) we laugh a lot together. Merci pour tout Eduard ! We hope to see you again, my house stay always open for you. Wish you good luck in your live

(Excellent )

26/08/2020

Left by Workawayer (Edu) for host

I had a really good a time at Christina’s place (spent almost two weeks). She is open-handed, funny and a great cook. The work was easy and mostly at the garden, where there are a bunch of animals. The spot is located in the countryside, perfect to relax. I got to discover that part of the country because I had lots of free time and a motorbike to… read more

(Excellent )

25/01/2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Jennifer)

Jennifer est restée un bon mois avec nous et on est ravis. Elle nous a aidé à donner un bon coup de ménage dans et dehors la maison. Elle n'a pas peur de se salir. Et toujours avec le sourire. Elle adore les animaux. Elle faisait des promenades avec nos chiens et était aussi super gentil avec notre Papi. Elle est hyper doué en cuture et ma cousue… read more

(Excellent )

28/10/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Thomas)

Thomas stayed 2 weeks with us and giving a Big helping hand to prépare wildnes in a roses garden.Thank you very much for your hardworking always with a smile on your face.
We wish you good luck for your travel 🍀 and hope to see again.

(Excellent )

27/10/2019

Left by Workawayer (Thomas) for host

I stayed for 2 weeks at Christinas and Annas place. It was my first volunteering experience and it was a great one. They were very nice to me and there was a lot of exchanging stories and experiences. The work was very physically but bearable and Anna has in the result now her rosengarden and her happiness about that makes all the blisters I got… read more

(Excellent )

19/09/2019

Left by Workawayer (Meadow) for host

I had a very odd experience staying with Christina.
I was supposed to stay with her for 10days but after the 1st day decided that it was better for me to leave.
Her house is truly in the middle of nowhere. I went on a 1h30min walk and only saw one tractor. It's very nice for people that enjoy their own company. So it wasn't really for me.

My one… read more

(Very good )

21/05/2019

Left by Workawayer (Cristina) for host

Christina's house is in the middle of nowhere; however, my month there went very fast, due to the lovely time I had there.
The work was doable. I did some cleaning and gardening and then some more cleaning.
Christina has the same type of humor as me, so we had some good laughs.
If you like to hike, you can walk on the Camino to town; it is only 5… read more

(Very good )

09/01/2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Andreas)

Andreas nous a beaucoup aidé. Il a couper du bois, ranger et réorganiser l'atelier et réparer différents trucs. Il travaille bien et on a passé des bons moments ensemble.Il est toujours le bienvenu chez nous. Encore merci pour son passage chez nous. Bon voyage Andreas

(Excellent )

08/01/2018

Left by Workawayer (Andreas) for host

I spent a bit more than 2 weeks at christinas place which is situated in the rolling hills of the Gers Dep., pilgrims on their way to to compostelle passing by the house.
Cnristine is a wonderful host, caring, open minded and generous with a sense of humor.
Anna is a charming young lady, a talented musician and horse rider.
Both gave me the… read more

(Excellent )

06/01/2018

Left by Workawayer (Sofiane) for host

merci vraiment c'est une belle aventure chez Christina et sa fills anna j'étais comme si je suis a ma maison au plus avec le chaleur de la accueille et la vie familiale et je suis heureux d'être chez Christina je tu souhaite toute le bonheur toi et Anna :cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry: merci pour toute et bonne année.

(Excellent )

05/01/2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Sofiane)

Sofiane stay with us for 4 weeks.
He's painting 2 rooms, cupping alot of firewood,help to cleaning the house, cooking and he's repairing alot of things..and Always with a smile on his face and verry interesting Conversations.
We wish him all the best for his travel.
My Door stay Always open for him.
Have a good trip, thank you for your helping… read more

(Excellent )

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