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Would you like a host family experience close to a seaside resort? We are a family of 4 people, first of all Mathys 12 years old, Lena 9 years old, Jonathan 36 years old and myself 34 years old. We are passionate about travel and traveled a good ......
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I'm Isabelle, 63, a former home-based midwife, and I'm joining Workaway as a host in November 2023. I'm now enjoying my retirement with my friends by getting involved in community work. I live in a large, very old house with a large ......
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We are a happy family of 4. We live in the beautiful village of Villard-de-Lans (4000 inhabitants), 45 min bus ride from Grenoble. Villard-de-Lans is located in the Vercors mountains, the largest natural reserve in France. After spending 8 ......
Hello everyone! My name is Sandra and after 8 years of nomadism (in France in a van and in India), I live in a pretty and atypical log house in the Cévennes with 1300 m2 of terraced land. I live alone and I realize that there are always things to ......
Do you like the "Silence of Wild Nature"? You are welcome to "workaway" on my little former farm, in the midst of forests and hills, close to a natural lake in the mediterranean climate. Since 2019, I have been a certified life coach, counselling ......
Hi dear workawayers, For almost 20 years I live and work in France. I'm from Holland but live in France now. Together with my partner and with the help of friends we’ve built this old farmhouse into a nice place to live. Its a quiet place, in a ......
I have recently bought a second home by the sea so you will move with me in my car between the homes, the journey takes 2 hours each way. The map on my profile is for the Brittany home by the sea. For the countryside Normandy home put 50600 Lapenty, ......
We are a Dutch family with 2 kids and 2 dogs, living in the beautiful rolling hills of northern Dordogne.
We work and school from home.
It will be fun to have some nice helpers around to help us with things around the house and in the huge ......
We are a French couple and a cat living in the heart of French countryside, in the north of the Sarthe, 5 km from Mamers, 45 km from Le Mans. .We are retired , so we will be happy to have someone to accompagny us in our various activities . We love ......
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I am in the process of laying tiles on the floor (terracotta), you can see the start of the construction in the photo. I would be very happy to welcome you for this project the week of may 9 to 15 may :)
I live in a mountain village (Massif ......
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we are a small family living in a little village in Corsica. Corsica is a mountainous island in the Mediterranean, between Italy and France.
A corner of the mountains covered by a thick forest, and fresh rivers.
We are gradually creating a ......
We are a family settled in North of Brittany. We bought 9 years ago an old manor that we have nearly finished to restore. Still my husband would enjoy a little help from workawayers.
He used to be a teacher and I work as a headmaster'se assistant in ......
Tom (42) is English. In early 2019 he decided to move permanently from his home in England to a 2.7 hectare (6 acre) plot in the foothills of the French Pyrenees; by car roughly an hour South of Toulouse and an hour North of Andorra.
He is working ......
Hi, I’m Alyx married to Malcolm and we recently move to France from the Uk. We bought a large house in the Calvados region that we are in the process of renovating. It has a large garden which needs managing. Well a bit more than managing! We are ......
Welcome to my Farm. In the heart of the Cévennes national park in the south of France near Florac. I invite you with joy to come and share my alternative way of life on my property.
Born and raised in the surroundings, after having traveled well on ......
We are a family with 3 children (11, 8 and 5 years old). We live near Annecy and we can offer a place in our house for a helper who wants to share our family life.
We want to introduce our children to another langage than french. We also want to ......
Yoga and me (Melissa) moved here from Barcelona and Vizcaya (Spain) in the middle of the Covid, with little or no intention to settle. Fast forward 3 years and we are happily rooting here.
Largarde is a small village 10 minutes away from Mirepoix, a ......
We are a family living in a small village, located in the ‘Entre-Deux-Mers’ (Beteen two tides) region. We have two kids, full of energy and adorable, at the age of 2 years and 7 years, and we’re living in a new wood-built home with a large plot of ......
Hello, after having lived a rich experience during 3 months of work away with the family in the summer of 2018, we are happy to welcome travelers! In our family, you will be welcomed by Sébastien, Cerise, Mahé (2013), Nina (2015) and Ysée (October ......
SPRING 2024 UPDATE : We're currently building a small shed for the solar tractor, involving wood and concrete, and then setting up irrigation in the fields in april, so if you like this kind of things, contact us !
MISE A JOUR DE PRINTEMPS 2024 : ......
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