AlmostGoldno1

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My main goal is to make my dream, my amazing interior design project, a reality and use the expected income to help animals in need.. ❤️🐶🐈🐾

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Hi Everyone..🧡💛💚💙💜🌷🌞🎵🎶
This is a "little novel"... about my adventurous journey, which has been going on for more than 1850 days.. more than 5 years.. 🧡💛💚💙💜🌷🌞🎵🎶 ...
This "little novel" contains all the stops where I have helped so far during my journey, or where I have "just spent time"... so not all stops were at the "workaways hosts".
That's why it's good to follow my "little novel", because in this I record every step of my journey...
I know that this "novel-like" form here is not everyday / not ordinary / not average / not usual .. but I'm not average either .. (in fact! .. I could say, special / unique .. because I was only made in 1 copy.. while my zodiac sign is Gemini.... Trallala .. Trallalaaaaa.. ) ..😉😃 😁😜 😎🌷 🌞 🎵 🎶🎵🎶 ...
I'm Gigi, extremely creative, helpful, cheerful, playful, child-, nature- and animal-friendly.🧡
I've been working on my own interior design project for many years, which has reached the threshold of implementation, but this damn threshold is a bit difficult to cross.
Since I planned to implement the project with a Dutch company, I left Sweden for a long time and as a first step I spent 108 days in an airbnb accommodation near the company, in North Rhine-Westphalia (Nettetal). 🧡
However, the Covid epidemic made this intention completely impossible..
That's when I decided to travel continuously, from country to country, and implement my project in Spain, while stopping here and there.. helping as a worker / volunteer.. wherever my versatile knowledge / experience is needed..
In exchange for accommodation, meals and / or pocket money, I offer several hours of useful work primarily in Europe, so that I can use my daily renewable energy for good purposes.😉
This way we can make each other's lives happier, easier and smiler with mutually beneficial solutions.😀🌷🌞
My native language is Hungarian.. I lived in Sweden for 10 years with my Swedish partner and our 2 wonderful four-legged friends... so I speak a little and badly Swedish also..
I speak a little and badly, but I understand more English..
I have a few words of French.. and Spanish.. and I express myself well with my hands and feet also.. and I have Google my very god friend also..😉😃 😁😎 ..
And there is another language: music and dance.. which connects everyone.. wherever we live in the world ..🧡 💛 💚💙💜 🌷🌞🎶 🎶
I am vegan and use environmentally friendly solutions .. I don't smoke .. I rarely drink alcohol .. but when we celebrate, I happily raise my glass with something delicious drink ... 😉😀🌷🌞
I am not the type to like specifically cooking.. (I spent 43 years in marriage/long relationship .. so: I have had 3 husbands for this job so far .. hahahahaha) .. but don't worry, we will not starve .. never ..) 😃😁 😉😎 🧡💚 💙 🌷 🌞🌷🌞
From December 5, 2020, I was in Axel, a wonderful Dutch town, where I helped Chris work around the house.
For example, as a first test, we renovated the bathroom, repainted the tiles and windows.
I made the various storage rooms of the 250 sqm house practical and easy to use.
I dug a garden, planted plants, pruned ..
I cleaned the beautiful stone paving of the yard with high pressure water.
We rearranged the spaces, carried and carried this and that ...
The furniture has been polished, painted and refurbished.
I cleaned a lot of doors and windows.
I repainted the stairs leading upstairs and the extremely meticulously decorated railings.
I painted wall surfaces of many shapes and sizes.
I completely repainted the little house in the garden from the outside.
I also repainted the wooden structure of the 2 terraces of the main building and cleaned the roof of the terrace of shoots overgrown with wild grapes.
I cleaned the top of the hen house from the leaves and branches that had accumulated over the years ...
I cut hedges and bamboo regularly.
We constantly beautified our environment and admired the results of my work, the many kinds of flowering plants, the fruit trees that bring a lot of fruit.
Every day we walked a big one with the host’s tiny chivava dog, who at first sight became a big love .. ❤️
We did a minimum of 1000 km with the little Princess Pip ...Trallaaalaaaa´... Trallalallalaaaaaaa´...❤️❤️❤️❤️🐶🐾🐾
So it was a big challenge, I did a lot of spectacular and useful work, so after more than 7 months (222 days) I continued my journey with satisfaction and a pure heart .... 🧡💚💙🌺 🌻🌷🌞
The next stop on my way is Ghent, Belgium, from July 14 ...
At Thomas, a young clothing designer in a wheelchair, my work began in the garden ...
The approx. I cut nettles, weeds and other weeds grown to a minimum height of 1 meter in a 50 sqm garden.
My work continued by weeding the joint joints in the outdoor tiles and then cleaning them with a high-pressure water jet.
Then I conjured up brilliant cleanliness for every square foot of the apartment.
I cleaned huge glass surfaces, doors and windows.
I cleaned the tiles, furniture, floor.
I took it off, washed it and put the curtains on.
After daily work we went downtown a few times and admired the sights of Ghent.
Thomas his nervously extremely unstable therefore the work ended unexpectedly on July 24 .....🤔😉🙃😳😱🥶🙄😰
Then I spent some time in a hostel, which was necessary to relax and recharge after the events in Ghent..🌷🌞
From there I moved to a good friend in the port of Oostende, where we lived on his small boat.
In the meantime, I spent a week in hospital due to an unexpected event (surgery), then I returned to my boating friend to gather strength to move on, while I cleaned everything inside the boat and helped my friend Marci renovate the outside of the boat.
After more than 1 month, my fantastic adventure with Marci and his adorable cat, Lilla, came to an end, and I said a sensitive goodbye to them.. 🚤 🐾 🐾🧡💛💚💙💜🌷🌞
I arrived in Tienen on September 10th. And I helped a young family with tasks related to their one and a half year old daughter and 2 fantastic dogs..❤️ 🐶🐾🐾🐾 🐾 🌷🌞
Every day I helped with the housework and brought the little girl home from daycare, with whom we played a lot and loved each other very much.❤️😘🌷🌞🎵🎵
We walked 5-10-20 km a day with the 2 dogs, depending on the weather.
We explored huge areas.. it was a fantastic experience.. we played, ran, played ball happily.. ❤️❤️🐶🐾🐾🐾 🐾
The family planned the cooperation for the long term, but unfortunately due to family problems this wonderful adventure ended after 3 months.
So my fantastic adventure in Belgium lasted a total of 5 months..🧡💛💚💙💜❤️🌷🌞🍀🎵🎵
I arrived in France on December 12 ... 🧡💛💚💙💜❤️
I spent 1 week at an Airbnb accommodation in medieval Saint-Broing-les-Moines, which was almost completely depopulated .. (about 100 people live there ..) ..
I walked huge every day, touring every corner of the small town.
This place was a very special feeling I had never experienced before.
No shop .. no restaurant .. no community life .. it was a terribly exciting, strange adventure .. ..🤔😉🙃😳😱🥶🙄😰😀❤️🧡💛💚💙🌷🌞
I arrived in Semur-en-Auxios on December 19th to a very nice Hungarian family, where I help with tasks related to 3 children... (8 and 6 year old girls and a 15 month old boy)
And I help with various house renovations and maintenance, garden work... 🧡💛💚💙🌷🌞
We renovated a bedroom, an 11 meter long hallway and a laundry room..
In all three places there were several layers of very old wallpaper, which we removed/scraped off the walls with great effort.
This was followed by plastering the walls.. sanding the walls.. finally painting the walls in several layers..
Despite careful preparation, this work was accompanied by terrible dust and dirt...
My task after the renovation work was cleaning...
It was hard work to remove a lot of paint and dust from the stone floor of the hallway... (11 meters.. I rubbed, polished the stone.. I worked on my knees twice along the 11 meters until the stone floor was finally completely clean..
In the hallway.. ! 12 doors! .. which I treated with wood preservative.
With great suffering ... but I did it all.. Trallaaaaa´... Trallalaaaa´ ... 😉😃 😁😜 😎🌷 🌞 🎵 🎶. .
I often supervise 3 children.. we play.. we have fun.. and I also help with other work.
In the huge big house there is a lot of work on 3 levels..
But there is also a garden that requires regular maintenance ...
Cleaning the 40 m long fence from the inside and outside.. this is also a huge challenge.. similar to the shutters.. (here 358 plastic fence slats + support structure ... + posts.. 1 car gate + 1 personal entrance.. ). . soul-crushing - boring work.. without the right tools ...
Then I clean the many meters of gravel driveway leading to the garage from the plants growing between the pebbles..
And here is Mula, the cat, who is love at first sight..
I feed and take care of him most often... 🧡💛💚💙💜
We first agreed that my work here would last until the end of March... but they asked me to stay until the end of April... or at least until the family returns home from Hungary from the Easter break...
This is the period is happening now...
In the meantime, in the wonderful sunny (but cold) weather, I'm washing.. drying.. folding clothes...
Before the family comes home, I'm doing a thorough cleaning on the ground floor, where next to the renovated 3... rooms there are 2 children's rooms, a huge living room with a dining room.. the kitchen.. the bathroom.. the hallway.. the toilet.. + a beautiful staircase to the upper floor..
And in the meantime, I'm organizing my own "wardrobe", now I'm packing the winter stuff at the bottom of the suitcases...
A lot of useful work.. there were many challenges during the 5 months spent here.. but every moment was a fantastic experience...
..and soon it's time to say goodbye... and continue my adventurous journey... Trallalaaaaa´... Trallalaaaaaa´... 🧡💛💚💙💜🌷🌞🌷🌞🎵🎶🎵🎶
And on May 20th I arrived at my next accommodation in Aizanville.. where I spent 28 days helping to renovate and garden a castle that is over 250 years old... the place was both stunning and depressing...
It felt almost like paradise.. but the state of the once magnificent castle is depressing...
The pace of renovation is a race against time.
As much as you renovate one side today, the condition of the other side deteriorates by the same amount. There are only 30 people living in the small village.. there are no shops, restaurants, community life.. the church is also closed.. the bells never ring.. a shocking experience..
Once a week we went shopping to another village by car..
For example, during my work I also cured very sick cassette window frames, almost perfectly.. but unfortunately, despite all my efforts, one of the work phases went very badly..
It proved that perfect puttying of small glass panes requires a lot of practice in addition to enthusiasm.. that's why I gave up this struggle. ..this was the only challenge on my way that ended in failure..
The renovation of the shutters for the door went very well..
In addition, I also had successful actions in the garden... for example, I made the garden fountain usable again, which was once considered the ornament of the garden, but was in an extremely neglected state...
Cleaning the garden plantings and the area in front of the castle from weeds was also a tough challenge...
Every day I picked up a large amount of weeds in the garden (with 2-3 wheelbarrows...) and took them to the composter...
Then I spread a layer of gravel in the area in front of the main entrance of the castle...
Meanwhile, I cleaned the windows and doors from the dirt that had accumulated over the years.. so it was quite a challenge.. and I also had a sense of success..
I was lucky to be able to live in this environment for almost 1 month... Trallalaaaaa´ ... Trallalalalalaaaaaa´...🧡💛💚💙💜🌷🌞🎵🎶
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On June 16, I will arrive in the Auvergne - Rhône - Alpes region, at my accommodation in Larajasse, about 50 km from Lyon, which lies between mountains and valleys, at an altitude of 750 m...
Fantastic experience from the first moment... ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🎵🎶
😉😃 🌺🌻🌷🌞🌷🌞🧡💚💙
The place is amazing.. the huge complex of 3 houses was converted from an old water mill...
One building is a residential building.. the other building is an Airbnb accommodation.. the third building is a concert hall.
A small river runs through the big garden... and at the other end of the small bridge over the river is a lake...
Ideal place for people and animals...❤️ ❤️
Upon my arrival, the animals:
2 cats.. 2 chickens.. 1 duck boy + 2 duck girls..❤️ ❤️❤️
To our great surprise, on a wonderful summer morning, one of the duck girls appeared in our little river with 7 little yellow pom-pom babies.
We just stood on the terrace and marveled...we couldn't believe our eyes...❤️ ❤️
In the meantime, the ducklings grew... many wonderful events happened during that time... with many, many funny situations... with many, many laughs... ❤️❤️
All around us are vast pastures... where herds of cattle live and roam freely from one place to another... (of course they also have a master... who controls the migration on the pastures...)
In the meantime, loves are woven and babies are born...❤️ ❤️❤️
Since I have been here, 12 baby cows have been born and are growing before our eyes.. ❤️❤️❤️
A wonderful experience every day...❤️ ❤️❤️
Since the distance between us is sometimes only 1-2 meters, I often talk to them... (also) and of course also to our animals...
This is how they know my voice and come to me when I speak... sometimes they even answer... so we "discuss" the big things in life with each other.. hahaha...❤️ ❤️❤️ I love and love this wonderful place... 😉😃 ❤️ ❤️ ❤️❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🌺🌻🌷🌞🌷🌞🎵
In the meantime, there is a lot of work going on...which we sometimes do together, but most of the time alone...
My host is a fantastic creative lady.. visual artist .. painter .. and art school teacher ..
3 of his 4 exceptionally talented children are already living their own lives.. the youngest is a high school student..❤️ ❤️❤️
It is an extremely good feeling and extremely inspiring to live in the environment of a real.. experienced creative artist and help with the necessary work in the house or around the house.. or with the work related to the airbnb apartment.. or. participate in the creator's work for a longer period of time (e.g. illustrative materials.. preparatory models for art students..) ..❤️ ❤️❤️
But it was also a fantastic experience to participate in the project when we renovated an old war memorial in the center of the village 4 km from the house...❤️ ❤️ ❤️
The work lasted for 1 week.. and every day we biked 4 km back and forth on the mountain roads...❤️ ❤️ ❤️
The work was done by three of us.. we walked up and down the three-story scaffolding while painting.. and repainted it.. we brought to life a beautiful public work.. which over the years turned into a monotonous gray.. this is an experience of a lifetime for me .. a wonderful memory.. .❤️ ❤️ ❤️
It would be a huge list to list the work done in the last 17 months.
The daily routine tasks differ according to the season.. e.g. in summer, the most important thing is watering and taking care of the plants in the greenhouse and in the garden.. .
Workshops... concerts...
The harvest .. the processing of the fruits later...❤️ ❤️❤️
In the meantime, preparing for the winter season...: chopping lots of wood for heating with a tractor saw.. ❤️ ❤️❤️
These are accompanied by challenges such as furniture renovation.. wall painting.. sewing with a sewing machine.. etc etc...❤️ ❤️❤️
It's all very fitting work for me... I love it and I love it.. and it's always so much fun.. with lots of laughs.. ❤️ ❤️❤️
And between friends/family meetings... parties.. trips .. exhibitions.. many, many wonderful experiences.. ❤️ ❤️❤️
Our most outstanding joint work is a huge "mandala" project.. we worked on it for several months.. we collected leaves and flowers of various plants and dried them, pressed them.. and made more and more fantastic models based on the artist's ideas..
We held workshops in 12 settlements of the region, at different locations (kindergartens.. schools.. libraries.. homes for the disabled.. homes for the elderly.. etc.), which were a fantastic success among the participants.. (from 3 years old to 96 years old...)
We also carried out huge works on the outside.. we painted wonderful mandalas on the road on several kilometers of paths.. meanwhile we also renovated the rest benches and the surrounding area..
We ended several months of work with a wonderful exhibition that attracted more than 1,000 visitors.. ❤️ 😉😃🌷🌞🎵🎶
The challenge/work here is continuous...
But after 17 months I left this wonderful place and continued my journey..
I arrived in Spain on November 24th to finally make my dream come true.. (that's why I left Sweden more than 3.5 years ago.. to create something wonderful based on my own idea...)
While I am happy to help my first hosts in Spain, the Catalan-Nepalese family (Sandra, Chandra and their little girl..) with various tasks in St. Miquel de Gonteres, to cheerfully make each other's lives simpler and easier.. and do huge walks and crazy games with my favorite friend.. Him Dharma the dog.. with whom it was love at first sight.. and I love it.. and I love it.. forever.. ❤️ ❤️❤️🐶🐾🐾 🙏🌷🌞🎵🎶 🎵🎶
After the fantastic adventure in Catalonia, I moved on to Valencia in March 2024..
I spent 2 weeks in Mislata at an airbnb accommodation during Easter time .. the place is wonderful.. lots of walks.. nice people.. fantastic evenings/nights.. lots of photos.. ❤️ 🧡💚💙 🌺🌻🌷 🌞🎵🎵
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After the adventure in Mislata, I arrived at my next accommodation in the mountains around Valencia, in Mullo de Crusa, to a 3-member French-Spanish family, where 2 small shaggy and 1 short-haired four-legged miracles enchanted me, and we walk 4-5 km together every day..
and there are also hens and 1 rooster.. and of course we discuss the big things in life with these wonderful creatures.. .. hahahahaaaaa ... I LOVE ... and I LOVE THEM .. and THEY
return the LOVE.. ❤️❤️ in the meantime I help in the garden .. in the house .. in cooking .. and in various tasks .. every day 🌷 🌞🎵🎵..
But!.. After 17 monts, it's time to move on from here... because new and new ADVENTURES... and MIRACLES await me...❤️.. and in the meantime maybe there will be a chance... that my own project can finally take place to achieve it.. which is the MIRACLE OF MIRACLES... ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Languages spoken

Hungarian: Fluent
Swedish: Intermediate

Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn

I'm interested in:  

DIY and building projects

Being an elderly companion

Eco Projects

Charity Work

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Some knowledge of:  

Gardening

Life at a Farmstay

Helping around the house

Animal Care

Art Projects

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Able to teach about:  

Babysitting and creative play

General Maintenance

More details about your skills

I worked for more than 20 years in various positions: administrator, secretary, accountant, exhibition organizer, ice cream seller, restaurant server, my husband's kitchen helper in a 300-person Balaton children's camp all summer long... .
Then I worked in my own business for 22 years: boutique owner, real estate agent.
My creative work: ..glass painting .. exhibitions.. home-design project ..
There were marriages, husbands, children, good friends .. vacation .. travel .. parties .. extra delicious food and drinks ..
And there were adorable four-legged friends with whom we roamed thousands of kilometers and everyday miracles happened.. that live in us forever..
For 56 years, I always lived in a family house with its own garden, where pets were always our good friends...
My father is a master and lover of woodworking.. he made furniture.. barrels of all sizes.. he worked in the construction and renovation of public buildings, hotels.. theaters.. he built his own houses.. he made children's toys and many other things. . ..
My mother was a seamstress..she designed and sewed wonderful clothes for the village women and girls..she kept order and cleanliness at all levels..
Through them, I was able to gain experience in many activities together with my brother.
All this behind me..
My goal is to realize the idea of my dreams and use it for charity in many ways.
First of all, I will use it to help and support endangered, exploited, abused, sick, bored, discarded animals, and to make their conditions dignified.
I lived in Hungary for 56 years.. but the wind of love flew me to Sweden and I lived there for 10 wonderful years..
I have been sailing alone on the "sea of my life" for more than 1,650 days.
I spent 108 days in North Rhine-Westphalia (Nettetal).
222 days in Holland (Axel)
152 days in Belgium... (at 4 stations...)
I lived in France between December 12, 2021 and November 24, 2023:
151 days Semur-en-Auxios..
28 days Aizanville..
I was in Larajasse in the mountains around Lyonnais for over 17 months.
I arrived in Spain on November 24, 2023.
My first Spanish adventure lasted 4 months in St. Muquel de Gonteres near Barcelona.
To be continued: from March 24, 2024, Valencia...
Main goal: the realization of my project.. While I continue to collect and accumulate fantastic treasures.. which I keep deep inside.. and carry with me forever.. 😀🌷🌞🎵

Age

71

What else ...

Nature is a wonder of wonders..I love it and love it ..❤️🌷🌞
My hobby and love is art .. the nature and animals.. long walks.. exciting roaming.. exploring with four-legged pets .. and photographing everyday wonders..❤️
Cycling and regular exercise are part of my life.
I am a defender of human and animal rights..❤️🐶🐾🐾 🐈🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾
I am looking for the opportunity to create as much human value as possible.. and protect vulnerable lives.. and beautify.. and let there be joy.. let there be smili.. laughter and happiness in my environment and beyond... ❤️ ..
My main characteristic is friendship, goodwill.. helpfulness.. cheerful playfulness.. laughter..
I love music and dance, which connects us, wherever we live in the world.. 🧡💛💚💙💜😉😀🌷🌞🎵🎶

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  Special dietary requirements
  I am a vegan