Emilia

Finland
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I am currently
Travelling
Activities i am interested in:
On a roadtrip through Portugal-Spain-France during April.
My next destination:
Portugal - from Mar 2024 until Apr 2024
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Hello!

My name is Emilia, and I'm 31 years old young Finnish woman with a desire to see the world, meet people and find important things to work for.

At the moment I'm interested in working in animal welfare, in hostels and customer service, as well as with NGO and community projects.

I have lived quite a simple and normal life, studying and working the way it’s expected. More and more I've realised it's the people and working with meaningful things that matter more, rather than pursuing a top career and higher income. For this reason I started my journey as a Workawayer.

During the first two months of my travel I've worked in a vineyard harvesting grapes, and at a olive farm learning about olive oil and it's processing as well as taking part in a reforestation project.

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At my background I’m a biologist, or to be precise, a cell and molecular biologist. I'm interested in ecology and environmental matters; I value sustainable lifestyle and try to live that way. Nature and environmental aspects have always been close to my heart and I love animals. I’d be more than happy to work with and for them.

I enjoy doing sports and I’m an active person. I enjoy exploring surroundings walking, running, hiking, with bike or kayak… in many different ways that don’t need four tires and gasoline. I also love food, cooking and baking, talking about it and trying different recipes.

People would describe me friendly, reasonable and reliable. I value equality and respecting others. Somehow, I have a need of taking care of others and making sure everyone feels good. In that way I'm a mother-like person although I don't have any children.

I'm hard working and quite practical in many ways. I'm not afraid of getting my hands dirty or feeling tired after a day's work. I like doing things with my own hands and I like having diy-projects, small or bigger ones. I'm ready to do many kinds of work, animal-care and working in a farm, building and renovation, customer service and working in a hostel or at other accomodation...

As a Workawayer I wish I get to know new things, meet new people, see places they live in and hear their stories. I wish that during this journey I can help people on their tasks and mission, and find meaningful things to work for.
Interests
DIY & crafts
Events & social
Sustainability
Self development
Pets
Outdoor activities
Nature
Languages
Hiking
Fitness
Farming
Adventure sports
Culture
Charity work
Cooking & food
Animals
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Finnish: Fluent
German: Beginner
Spanish: Beginner
Swedish: Beginner
More details about my language interests
I'm a native Finnish speaker, and quite fluent with English. Interested in learning Spanish and Italian, and improve German skills.
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Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn
I'm interested in:
Charity Work
Eco Projects
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Life at a Farmstay
Hospitality/Tourism
Able to teach about:
Languages
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Helping with Computers/ Internet
More details about your skills
I have a master's degree in science, with major of cell and molecular biology and minors basics in chemistry, pharmacy and nutritional sciences.
I worked for 4.5 years in a Finnish pharmaceutical company, first as an assistant then as a research scientist in oncology research. Now I'm looking for new experiences and the possibility to work with new interesting things.

In addition to work I've done on my field, I have worked in cafes and a book store so I have experience in customer service. In fact I’d be interested to try working in hostel or other lodging which I haven’t done yet.

I learn quickly and I’m eager to learn more things. I'm quite good with computers and softwares and I'm also able to teach these IT skills to others.

I like having diy-projects, small or big ones. I enjoy cooking, baking and doing crafts.

I'm active and I enjoy doing physical work. I don't mind getting my hands dirty.
Age
32
Some more information
- Smoker
- Driver's licence
- Allergies
  no
- Special dietary requirements
  no

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20 Apr 2024

Left by Workawayer (Emilia) for host (Pet care and help in the ...)

I stayed at Tobi's place in Portugal for a week and also a couple of days at his grandma's place in Germany. In addition I joined him and his dogs on the roadtrip to Germany through Spain and France.
We came well along with Tobi, he's a cool guy. The work at his land and at his granny's place was really easy. I had a lot of own time and space to… read more

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27 Mar 2024

Left by host (Pet care and help in the ...) for Workawayer (Emilia)

Emilia joined me for a week on my land in Portugal, she is tidy, respectful and a very supportive person. Judging her personality I think, she´s fitting in, in every situation quite easily, she adapts to a variety of different locations too. She was great with my dogs and a big help in the garden. Her English is great and she has some basic German… read more

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20 Apr 2024

Left by Workawayer (Emilia) for host (Join us on our heavenly farm ...)

I stayed at Edd and Annika's place for two weeks, and from the start it was such and interesting experience. The place is amazing, surrounded by hills and forests and with amazing views. A bit off-grid but that's part of the experience I felt myself welcome from the start. My work was mainly helping at the new building, doing plastering mostly.… read more

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22 Mar 2024

Left by host (Join us on our heavenly farm ...) for Workawayer (Emilia)

Emilia is a fantastic person to come help you on your project! She fitted into our family and the tasks here on farm straight away. She is a willing worker and can turn her hand to all types of hard work set. Emilia is very easy to get on with and is polite friendly and hardworking - it was a pleasure to have her company.
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15 Feb 2024

Left by Workawayer (Emilia) for host (Lovely place with lots of ...)

I really enjoyed working at Naduah and Martijn's place. I stayed at their place for four weeks, and during this time I worked with the horses and at the stables, feeding the animals and helped around at the new building.
This was my first time to work with horses and at the stables and I learned a lot. And being surrounded by animals it really… read more

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Finnish summer evenings and nights are one of my favorite ones. It's so calm. Setting sun and all the shadows reveal things and shapes that you wouldn't maybe notice in bright day light. Nocturnal animals wake up and you can see bats flying between trees and small fishes jumping in water. You can here the silence and lonely voices such as nocturnal birds calling from the water or forest.

Some seashells from the beach in Portugal. I love this kind of small details, small details in nature that have a story. These are remnants of some creature that was alive some time ago, and the sea carried them to the beach. For me they are small miracles and they remind me how diverse nature and evolution are. We should appreciate these kind of things more.

Views in Douro Valley in Portugal were breath taking!

Douro Valley, Portugal

Lisbon is on one of my favorite places. I fell in love with it from the first time I visited there.

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I enjoy good food and even more if having good company! This picture is from Rome where I visited last year October with my dear friend. I could say that was a life changing trip for me. Since we stayed at a hostel, I met new people from many different places. It was an eye-opening trip and made me want to travel more, see places, meat people and hear their life stories.

This picture is taken in a brewery-restaurant in Turku, the city I currently live in and work. I appreciate the art and effort behind these products just like any other food or craft, and I'm interested in the process, biology and chemistry behind them.

In Barcelona, I met Salvador Dali. I've always been fascinated by his work and the themes of his paintings that are like from a dream.

Douro Valley, Portugal. This place and the views were like a heaven on Earth.

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20 Apr 2024

Left by Workawayer (Emilia) for host (Pet care and help in the ...)

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27 Mar 2024

Left by host (Pet care and help in the ...) for Workawayer (Emilia)

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20 Apr 2024

Left by Workawayer (Emilia) for host (Join us on our heavenly farm ...)

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22 Mar 2024

Left by host (Join us on our heavenly farm ...) for Workawayer (Emilia)

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15 Feb 2024

Left by Workawayer (Emilia) for host (Lovely place with lots of ...)

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15 Feb 2024

Left by Workawayer (Emilia) for host (Come and help me with a ...)

Staying at Alessandro's place was really nice and chill (although the weather was hot and super windy sometimes). Like he was emphasizing, for him workaway is rather a cultural exchange than a work camp. I stayed two weeks at Alessandro's, and during this time learned a lot about olives, permaculture, olive oil production and history of soap. It… read more

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14 Dec 2023

Left by host (Come and help me with a ...) for Workawayer (Emilia)

I hosted Emilia at the end of October, beginning of November for a couple of weeks and even if I had already finished the olive harvest, she was happy to help me with the last things to be done before my winter closure. Emilia did a great help by pruining the pomegranate trees and finishing the tasks at the olives. We were able as well to plant a… read more

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