Annemieke & Manfred

Netherlands
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Travel information
We are currently
At home
Description
We want to live life with less stress and to like meet other people in different countries with different cultures. We like to help other people with there dreams,, and in doing this, living our own dream.
Happiness for us, is traveling with our van and dog and living the free life in good health.
We love the countryside of live, we had a farmhouse of our own,but choose to stop our daily jobs and sold our home.
Annemieke her proffesion is nurse practisioner, Manfred is a mechanical engineer. We have both a hands-on mentality, and are no-nonsense dutch.
Interests
Mountain
Nature
Camping
Winter sports
Outdoor activities
Van life
Farming
Gardening
Carpentry
Sustainability
Animals
Pets
Books
Music
Technology
Culture
History
Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn
We're interested in:
Eco Projects
Art Projects
Charity Work
Helping with Computers/ Internet
Hospitality/Tourism
Animal Care
Language practice
Some knowledge of:
Gardening
Life at a Farmstay
Helping around the house
Able to teach about:
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
More details about your skills
We restored our own farm house, including: carpentry, general building, plumbing, electricity, heating, solar, painting.
We are familiar with gardening and general work around a farm house. We can do hard work and want to see progress. It gaves us energy.
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
More details about my language interests
We like to learn more about the spanish language. We hope one day to travel to south America with our van.
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Age
54 & 54
What else ...
We travel with an old fire truck and our dog “Max” . We can go long time off grid with our van, but a bathroom is very welcome! We love walking in nature with Max.
Some more information
- Smoker
- Driver's licence
- Allergies
- Special dietary requirements

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26/12/2021

Left by host (Help us with building a ...) for Workawayer (Annemieke & Manfred )

Manfred and Annemieke stayed with us for 7 weeks in total (with a 2 week break after 4 weeks).
They were our first work-awayers and they have set the bar very high. As work-awayers they are very knowledgable, capable of working independently, and they work very hard with a lot of positive energy.
As a couple they are fun, very competitive with… read more

(Excellent )

19/12/2021

Left by Workawayer (Annemieke & Manfred ) for host for (Help us with building a ...)

We stayed with Eric and Ingrid for 6 weeks and it was really fun and relaxed. They live in the most wonderfull part of Teruel/ Aragon on a very beautiful finca were they are creating there dream: building a strawbale house. We helped with building the concreet pillars, harvesting olives, cutting almondtrees and lots of other things. Ingrid and… read more

(Excellent )

07/11/2021

Left by Workawayer (Annemieke & Manfred ) for host for (Renovation, interior design ...)

We stayed for more than 2 weeks with Ruben, Renee and kids. From the first minute we arrived contact was very pleasant and relaxed. We didn’t know What To expect Because having our first workaway experience. To our surprise 3 other workawayers joined us which was more than great! Also many thanks to Rogerio, Renata and Alex. We had a great time… read more

(Excellent )

28/10/2021

Left by host (Renovation, interior design ...) for Workawayer (Annemieke & Manfred )

Annie & Manny may be new to WorkAway, but they come with a large amount of experience and many skills!
Having renovated an old farm and equiped their van, there are little or no renovation tasks they can't get their hands around. Manfred is also a skilled mechanic!
They came to our place with there own van and therefore didn't need any other… read more

(Excellent )

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