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Activities we are interested in:
Hiking, sharing life stories, yoga, dancing, pilates, reading, cultural exchange, exploring nature and cities/ sights, game nights (Dominoes Mexican train, wizzard etc.)
Our next destination:
Portugal - from Aug 2023 until May 2024 View allDescription
Hello dear future Workaway Hosts :)
We are Felix (32) & Claudia (29). Two joyful, openminded, respectful, clean and passionate travellers and experienced workawayers. Since 2015 (on and off) we backpacked through several countries (Canada, USA, Costa Rica, Panama, Ireland, Bulgaria, Italy, Switzerland, France, Spain and Portugal) and loved the spirit.
In daily life in Germany Felix works as a zookeeper and Claudia in a doctors office as an accountant (and is a former hospitality management employee). We enjoy our jobs, but also love to travel and miss the workaway community from time to time.
A new trip started at 01.08.2022 and we are so excited about it!
This time we travel by car (converted it ourselves to a camper).
UPDATE:
From 01.08.2023 Felix travels with our camper through Eastern Europe and Claudia travels through Portugal with her little Hyundai i10 (no camper).
We want to work and live with friendly and open minded hosts. We love meeting people and see new cultures and lifestyles. Currently Claudia would love to study Português as a new language and she looks forward to improve her language skills with you.
We both are fluent in German and English.
We love to be outside and see the nature with all its beauty.
Through this workaway exchange we could already learn a lot about farming and gardening, as well as painting and constructions (wood work, mix concrete, roofing etc.).
We also volunteered in a hostel in Costa Rica for 7 weeks and helped with the breakfast, cleaning, painting and with landscaping the big garden. If you need help in these areas we are prepared. Please read our references below.
In our freetime we like to explore nature during hikes, read books and do yoga. We also like watching documentaries about health, travel sights and food. Bowling, dancing and have some game nights with friends also bring pleasure to our lives. In July 2022, Claudia first experienced to boulder and really enjoyed it. If you are keen into this kind of climbing and can teach or show how it is done, Claudia would be really grateful.
Felix is very passionate into wild camping with professional gear and does it from time to time by himself or with friends.
Thank you in advance! We are so excited to meet you!
Best regards and have a beautiful day,
Felix & ClaudiaInterests
MountainNatureCampingFitnessYoga / WellnessDancingOutdoor activitiesHikingVan lifeCharity workFarmingGardeningSustainabilityAnimalsLanguagesPerforming artsDIY & craftsBooksMovies & TVMusic
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Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: FluentMore details about my language interests
Claudia would love to learn Português and improve by any chance. We can of course try to teach you German :)Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn
We're interested in:
Eco Projects
Charity Work
Languages
Art Projects
Some knowledge of:
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Helping with Computers/ Internet
Able to teach about:
Gardening
Life at a Farmstay
Helping around the house
Animal Care
Hospitality/Tourism
More details about your skills
Claudia worked in the hospitality management (4 yrs) - reception, service and housekeeping, accounting, HR and event management. Her latest job was in accounting and reception at a doctors office in Heidelberg (3 yrs).
Felix worked in the Zoo of Leipzig (3 yrs) & Heidelberg (3 yrs). He worked with many different types of animals - e.g. birds, camels, apes, cattle, fish, small preditors, hoofed animals. He knows a lot about house maintenance and wants to learn more about wood working. He has beginner skills with chain saws and construction machines and power tools.
Through the previous workaway experiences we earned skills in farmwork and know for example how to milk cows and goats and can care about gardens.
We learn really quick, so please let us show you how useful we can be.Age
29 & 32
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We are fully accountable and motivated to do a good job. :)
We are charachters with a lot of integrity and willingness to put a great effort to carry on any task given to us and like to learn new things, so almost all volunteering programs seem exciting to us!
While travelling, we relish exploring new cultures and ways of life.
We would describe ourselfs as open persons, curious, relaxed and we are looking forward very much to get to know you (:
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It is very important for us to recycle things and buy clothes for example from a second hand store.
Our mindset for food is:
- buy it with thought
- cook it with care
- buy local foods
- serve just enough
- use what is left
- DON'T WASTE ITSome more information
Smoker
Driver's licence
Allergies
Claudia: horses, golden retriever/ labradors, pollen in spring, some cats... Felix: NoneSpecial dietary requirements
We try to eat organic
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Thank you Ana & Lukas for this incredible two weeks we shared in May this year.
Don't know with which of all the different highlights to start with😊👌
We got warmly welcomed and felt appreciated from the very beginning.
The property is a delight for nature- and permaculture enthusiasts. A beautiful huge garden with… read more
They did different jobs outside and basically ran the kitchen for 2 weeks because that was needed, they did a great job at it.… read more
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Thank you Ana & Lukas for this incredible two weeks we shared in May this year.
Don't know with which of all the different highlights to start with😊👌
We got warmly welcomed and felt appreciated from the very beginning.
The property is a delight for nature- and permaculture enthusiasts. A beautiful huge garden with… read more
They did different jobs outside and basically ran the kitchen for 2 weeks because that was needed, they did a great job at it.… read more
Derek gave us a very special and wonderful workaway experience! He treated us like family members and showed so much appreciation💙 from day one we felt like at home (especially with that electric heating blanket on the comfy bed)🥰.
We loved to work independently with a wide variation of tasks. Those outstanding views and fresh oranges… read more
Their main task was to complete the construction of the road to the house and the planning and quality of the work… read more
Claudia also helped assemble the structure for a solar water system which she did with great… read more
We enjoyed feeding the animals, walking the goats on the finca and having nice chats with Robert about Kenya, the Netherlands, birds and all kind of… read more
The accommodation was pretty, quite and clean - very much appreciated!
Monique has brilliant cooking skills - all her meals were… read more
You made it very easy for us as you are easy going people and very respectfull. Super thanks for… read more
Fabienne is so sweet and always asked if we needed anything and if we felt comfortable. She cooks amazing organic vegan/vegetarian meals which are… read more
We really enjoyed the 2 weeks with you. Amazing what you accomplished in this short time. Claudia is a very courteous, lovely and hard-working woman with a love for details. She did amazing work on our wooden beams, and we are so thankful for that. Felix is very strong, motivated, resourceful and hard-working as well, and he… read more
They did all the expected tasks with ease. I've never seen anyone more happy than Claudia whilst doing the gardening work. She always had a radiant smile on the face. You could see she really loved that work. After showing them once what to do in the garden, they did weeding the whole garden and… read more
it was a real pleasure to spent three weeks with you! Thank you so very much for your hearty hospitality 🥰
Everyday was gorgeous! I don't know where to start: on our arrival was Swiss national day = August 1st :-) with delicous Raclette and fireworks - WOW! What a great opening to our… read more
They helped us with a variety of projects, such as cleaning the gardens and outside spaces, and supporting the logistics of a local biodiversity saving project, such as jar labelling, ceaning, and more.
They were a great help with their readiness to work, and thanks to their friendlyness, welcoming manner and… read more
We liked it so much that we stayed two times at their wonderful property. The first stay was two weeks in October 2018 and the second stay was in December :)
We had so much fun together, while working on the land and also while… read more
Our plan was to stay a whole month, but didn't feel safe and didn't like the unorganised lifestyle, so we left after two… read more
Claudia persona oozes her desire to help, understand and assist in any way possible. She is very considerate and will do anything asked of her with zeal, directness, efficiency and professionalism. Claudia is a naturally caring person with the ability to… read more
Manijeh and Jim are excellent hosts and cared so much about us from the first day on! They are very hardworking, smart, social and loving personalities and a strong couple! We spent one month with this amazing family and it never gets boring! You learn a lot about garlic and gardening. I don't have enough words to explain how great… read more
As I walk around on my property I gratefully remember them by the many projects that they made so much easier for me. I really wish that they could stay forever. You will be fortunate indeed if… read more
Going to the senior centre for lunch and WiFi was fun, too! Super delicious food and… read more
The work was tough sometimes but always fun and we enjoyed to help for fire prevention! We will miss the animals and… read more
All the staff still miss them here at out hostel, I wish I could have them back! Thank you!
Very nice atmosphere with the other volunteers and colleagues :) to speak Spanish is a huge plus, but we could… read more
Felix and me had an awesome time with you in Indian Rocks Beach!! The experience in your super clean and beautiful apartment as well as house will always be cherished from us!! We got super delicious and healthy food and meals and Mary always had a great advise for our free time, like visiting the Dali museum, the seabird… read more
Thank you so much for having us in your beautiful house and property! It was also fun to work for you, like repairing little things in the garden and house. Our main project was to build… read more
thank you so much for having us for two weeks in November this year!! We learned so much on your farm. Planting blueberry and persimmon trees as well as garlic. It's amazing how many vegetables and fruits growing in your gardens. I loved the salad until it began to freeze unfortunately.
Now we know how to make kombucha :) it's… read more
Felix and me stayed 6 weeks on their wonderful farm and we can not imagine a better place to volunteer. They have such big hearts and are always happy to show you new things and places of Canada. We are so lucky to had that pleasure to meet you!! The super organic food was… read more