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Hi! My name is Esra. I really love being in nature. I enjoy gardening, growing plants and produce some food on my own to a possible extent. I put great importance to sustainability. I love animals. I really enjoy spending time with and taking care of them, including both farm and home animals. I really like the countryside life. I am now living in Lausanne, newly graduated from engineering masters, and I want to be more with nature and animals and do some hand work. I am very interested in understanding the cycle of the nature. Within the Workaway experience I would like to experience different lifestyles including the countryside life and to contribute to people.
I am very keen on arts; these includes dance, music, painting, and literature. I have done ballet for twelve years and I am also a ballet teacher. I gave ballet lessons to the children aged between five and seven. I feel myself very happy and free while I express myself with dance. I also practice yoga and meditation. I do draw, oil painting, self-guided handcraft, DIY. I like outdoor activities like hiking, biking and camping.
I am a calm and open-minded person, but at the same time I also enjoy adventures like wild camping and traveling the countries with bike. I am from Turkey, but for study purposes I lived in Germany, Sweden and now in Switzerland. I like to travel and learn about new cultures.Interests
WritingWinter sportsYoga / WellnessSustainabilityPlant carePhotographyPetsPerforming artsOutdoor activitiesNatureMusicMountainLanguagesHikingGardeningFarmingDrawing & paintingDancingDIY & craftsCyclingCultureCooking & foodCharity workCampingBooksBloggingArt & designArchitectureAnimalsAdventure sportsLanguages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Turkish: Fluent
German: Intermediate
Spanish: Beginner
French: Beginner
Swedish: BeginnerMore details about my language interests
I like to develop my French and German abilities. At the same time, I can teach ,my mother tongue, Turkish and, my second fluent language, English.Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn
I'm interested in:
Eco Projects
Hospitality/Tourism
Some knowledge of:
Charity Work
Art Projects
Being an elderly companion
Gardening
Animal Care
Life at a Farmstay
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Helping around the house
General Maintenance
Able to teach about:
Languages
Teaching
DIY and building projects
Helping with Computers/ Internet
More details about your skills
As I like gardening, growing plants and agriculture, and have experience in them, I can help to take care of the farm, garden.
I am an animal lover and I like to develop good connection with the animals. I can take care of the animals. Throughout my life, I had several cats, a rabbit and a dog. Once, I also helped in a farm with the cows.
I enjoy cooking and baking, and I consider myself as a good cook. Therefore, I can cook (different kind of cuisines) and bake (bread, cakes, cookies etc.). I can help in the household and maintenance, repair mechanical and electrical machines, decorate the house (painting the walls, repairing the furniture, building furniture etc.).
I love teaching and conveying my knowledge to other people. I have experience in teaching ballet and yoga. I also gave lessons to school students about their lectures. I can teach ballet, yoga, pilates, cha cha cha if you are interested. I can also teach my mother tongue, which is Turkish, and I am fluent in English.
Since I studied electrical+biomedical engineering I can help in IT, computer and electronics related tasks.Age
29
What else ...
I take nature, landscape and still life photographs. I like to read books about archaeology, anthropology, psychology, psychology of architecture, philosophy of science, animals and nature, science fiction and climate fiction. I do read novels and short stories. I am interested in understanding the human behavior both in our modern society and throughout the history. Additionally, I have a desire to understand the cycle of the nature and animal behavior. I write essays on various topics, travel diaries and book&movie reviews.
Some more information
Smoker
Driver's licence
Allergies
Some pollens in springSpecial dietary requirements