Emmily

Luxembourg
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I am currently
At home
My next destination:
Tanzania
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Description
Hey :) I´m Emmily, 20 years old and originally from Luxemburg. After finishing high school, I decided that going to university right away was not for me. Having spent enough time sitting inside classrooms, I felt I would learn more from leaving my comfort zone and going out into the world.

I left Luxemburg in the middle of august 2022 and have been traveling and volunteering in different communities and farms ever since.
For the past 5 months, I have been helping with various tasks such as taking care of animals, construction, gardening, tree planting, up-cycling, cooking, and general maintenance.

Being in nature, connecting deeply with other people, and simply gaining as many new experiences as possible are some of the things that are very close to my heart right now. I also love doing yoga, cooking, reading, writing, going on hikes, and being around and working with animals. Besides, I would love to continue learning how to surf as I only recently took my first ever surfing lesson and I would really like to learn how to navigate a sailboat as well :)

I am especially interested in learning more about self-sufficiency, herbal medicine, and alternative lifestyles and I also want to acquire even more knowledge about permaculture/ gardening as one of my goals consists in living a low-impact lifestyle.

Thanks for reading my profile:) Looking forward to speaking with you, and if you would like to know more, please don’t hesitate to ask!
Interests
Hitchhiking
Books
Sustainability
Yoga / Wellness
Writing
Self development
Sailing / Boating
Van life
Music
Outdoor activities
Nature
Languages
Gardening
Hiking
Farming
Culture
Cooking & food
Animals
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Luxembourgish: Fluent
Italian: Beginner
More details about my language interests
This workawayer has indicated that they would be interested in sharing their language(s) or learning a new language. You can contact them directly to discuss this.
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Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn
I'm interested in:
Art Projects
Life at a Farmstay
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Eco Projects
Some knowledge of:
Animal Care
Hospitality/Tourism
Helping around the house
General Maintenance
Able to teach about:
Languages
More details about your skills
- I have experience in hospitality because I worked as a waitress/barista for a year
- Gardening & diys including simple carpentry and painting
- Caring for and training animals, especially horses.
- I am fluent in four different languages, which I could also teach if somebody would be interested
- and I am a quick learner:)
Age
21
Some more information
- Smoker
- Driver's licence
- Allergies
  no
- Special dietary requirements
  no

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29 Jan 2023

Left by host for Workawayer (Emmily)

It was a pleasure to have Emmily with us. shes frome Germany we learn a lot about her beautiful culture:) Always helpful, responsible and willing to learn and share experiences with everyone she made us very greatfull for her company. We hope to meet you again soon and wish you all the best in your adventures

Africaaaa 🐫🐫

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24 Jan 2023

Left by Workawayer (Emmily) for host (Backpacker berber vibes at ...)

Staying at Redouane’s place was definitely one of my favorite workaway experiences so far! He welcomes everyone with an open heart and makes sure everybody feels at home and has a great time. Redouane played amazing traditional Moroccon music, cooked super tasty food and showed us the village and the traditional berber lifestyle. We even visited a… read more

(Excellent )

13 Nov 2022

Left by host (Help our family with a forest ...) for Workawayer (Emmily)

Short version : A very likeable young lady who knows how to be useful and who has just the right amount of initiative. Cheerful and chatty. Afraid of spiders but not afraid of hard work.

Long version : I was a bit doubtful about Emmily, because she's very young. (And I can remember how useless I would have been at the age of 20!) However, her… read more profile photo shows her with a lovely smile, so I decided that she would probably be a positive personality to have around and that this, alone, would make her visit worthwhile. I also (dare I say it?) felt that we had something positive and worthwhile to offer to this young traveller.

In the event, Emmily was a wonderful addition to our small family - and, indeed, to the whole village. (Everyone missed you when you left, Emmily!)

From the minute that Emmily walked into the room, smiling beautifully, she brought sunshine into our lives. Moreover, I was absolutely wrong about her ability to work. Whether alone or in company with one of the family, Emmily worked very well. Specifically, she is a champion weeder - very fast and thourough - but we also spent time mulching trees and planting trees. We even planted one tree - a pomegranate - especially for Emmily.

Our way of working is always somewhat haphazard, but Emmily's visit coincided with a particularly crazy phase when we were simultaneously weeding all the weeds that had shot up as soon as it rained, hastily planting new trees to take advantage of the rain, and frantically trying to get ready to go away for a few weeks. Emmily coped brilliantly with the pandemonium. She worked long and irregular hours and never once complained. (Not even that time we found ourselves planting seedling trees on a steep, gorse-covered hillside as the night and the rain both fell down upon us.)

Emmily has a healthy disdain for the concept of settling into The System - (of qualifications, career, mortgage, and the usual consumer-orientated existence) - and we were delighted to welcome her into the world of dropping out. :) We had some interesting and worthwhile conversations, exchanging knowledge and ideas on such things as mindfulness meditation, sailing, and Donald Trump through to the care and feeding of donkeys and how to make cappuccino.
It was good to have you around, Emmily.

Please note that I've only given Emmily four-out-of-five for skills because we didn't really test her skills. We didn't ask her to operate the strimmer or to build furniture, or whatever, and she didn't cook - so I don't want to mislead anybody into thinking that she's a master carpenter or a chef . HOWEVER, she gets five stars for her weeding and ten out of five for her ability to spread happiness and laughter.

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5 Oct 2022

Left by Workawayer (Emmily) for host (Helping in a family/community ...)

I got to spend six weeks here as my first ever Workaway experience, and I am endlessly grateful for that opportunity.
They all welcomed me warm-heartedly when I arrived and made me feel like I was part of a big family right from the start. However, not only the people but also the place is extremely beautiful, with its abundant gardens surrounded… read more

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