Hilbert & Titia

Netherlands
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We are currently
At home
Activities we are interested in:
From May to July 024 we will travel to the east of Germany working and or house-sitting
Our next destination:
Saxony, Germany - from May 2024 until Jul 2024
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Description
We are Titia and Hilbert. We are both self employed and work part time. Titia can also do some work while on the way. This allows us to make long trips. We are experienced house- and animal sitters and like to work with our hands. Regularly we travel around with our van in Europe, camping, walking, cycling, canoeing, making music. We also like to do work as volunteers, to get to know people in the country we are visiting. We love the countrysite and rural places and are not interested in luxuery or city life. We don't smoke and learn new things quickly.

We are looking forward to meet you!
Interests
Yoga / Wellness
LGBTQ
Languages
Sustainability
Plant care
Culture
Art & design
Charity work
Events & social
Water sports
Van life
Self development
Sailing / Boating
Pets
Outdoor activities
Nature
Music
Movies & TV
Mountain
Hiking

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Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
German: Intermediate
Spanish: Intermediate
French: Intermediate
More details about my language interests
Hilbert could teach some basic English. Titia wants to improve her French and Spanish.
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Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn
We're interested in:
Gardening
Eco Projects
Charity Work
Some knowledge of:
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Life at a Farmstay
Helping around the house
Animal Care
Teaching
More details about your skills
We have experience with a lot of animals: cows, horses, donkeys, goats, sheep, rabbits, chickens, dogs and cats.
We know a bit about making yoghurt, cheese, milking cows and goats.
Since 2019 we are housesitting and taking care of animals and doing all kinds of jobs around the house or farm. Since 2022 we joined Workaway.
Some years ago we helped building a big sheepshed in the far north of Norway.
In 2022 we made a workaway trip for 3 months in France, Italy and Germany.
We have been in England for 2 months in 2023. Milking, making yoghurt, cheese and working a lot in an organic garden.
In Spain and Portugal we went from novembre 2023 till february 2024. Here we have been painting, making a mosaic, cutting trees and yucca's, taking care of horses.
Titia can give massages and loves dancing. Hilbert loves to make music (melodeon, djembe, singing) and sailing.
Age
59 & 58
What else ...
We love to hike, cycle, sing and play games.
Hilbert likes to play the Melodeon and loves sailing and reading.
Titia loves to dance, swim, meditate and to give massages.
Some more information
- Smoker
- Driver's licence
- Allergies
- Special dietary requirements

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19 Feb 2024

Left by Workawayer (Hilbert & Titia) for host (Enjoy a unique cultural ...)

Andy, Tian and their dog Sanchez welcomed us with great warmth. We immediately felt at home, so we stayed for 4 weeks instead of the 2 which we had in mind. We had a great variety of tasks, like pruning, burning, painting, working with cement, weeding, planting, sometimes cooking. Andy always looked if the work fitted us. He is a very handy man,… read more

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11 Feb 2024

Left by host (Enjoy a unique cultural ...) for Workawayer (Hilbert & Titia)

Titia and Hilbert were always hard-working and interested in learning new things. This made them a great help to us and, after a short period of familiarization, they were able to lend a hand wherever they were needed. They worked independently most of the time. But Titia and Hilbert also enriched our everyday lives outside of work. We witnessed… read more

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28 Jan 2024

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Finally got around to leaving feedback for Hilbert and Titia, sorry it's taken so long 🙏🏻
Many thanks for all your help, whilst you were here. Watering the plants and tending to our struggling vegetable garden. Painting the veranda and back door, which was most appreciated along with taking me, Sandy out shopping in your vehicle as our own car was… read more

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18 Jan 2024

Left by Workawayer (Hilbert & Titia) for host (Off-grid wooden cabin near ...)

On a hill near an old village we found Steve and Sandy with their 2 lovely funny dogs in a house with a beautiful view. They have some land on terrasses. We painted the veranda, fixed a cellar hatch and took some processioncaterpillars out of the pines. They can be very harmfull especially for dogs! We watered some vegetables, but unfortunately it… read more

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18 Jan 2024

Left by Workawayer (Hilbert & Titia) for host (Gardening, stonework, sewing ...)

We found a beautiful oase in south of Spain with Zoë and Laurence. We had a warm welcome and we loved the very well organised help which we could do. Hilbert now is very experienced in cleaning yucca’s and Titia in cutting back rosemarin. We also painted some parts of the house. And we had some lovely conversations about living in Spain. We hope… read more

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19 Feb 2024

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11 Feb 2024

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28 Jan 2024

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18 Jan 2024

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18 Jan 2024

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18 Jan 2024

Left by Workawayer (Hilbert & Titia) for host (Experience peace and a deep ...)

In the hills of Alentejo is a small remote village where farmers used to live. There you can find a quiet place with Joana and Anna and their lovely animals. We loved to walk with the horses so that they had extra food to eat. We took care of their skinproblems and ticks. We cut a fence, repaired another, cleaned the field and did some laundry.… read more

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30 Jul 2023

Left by Workawayer (Hilbert & Titia) for host (Registered charity and ...)

Living for 3 weeks at CFC was an amazing experience! We had such a great welcome, lovely conversations, regularly shared meals and also learned how to make cheese, milk cows and goats. Often we worked with one person, but sometimes with 10 at a time, so the work was often done without feeling we were working! Great to exchange knowledge about… read more

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1 Jul 2023

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We can highly recommend Hilbert &Titia as excellent Workawayers and lovely people: keen to learn, hard-working and conscientious and absolutely lovely to have around!

They came initially for 2 weeks but we asked them to stay an extra week as they were such a great help to us - in fact we asked them to stay longer but their UK trip was nearly… read more

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21 Jul 2022

Left by Workawayer (Hilbert & Titia) for host (Cleaning, gardening and ...)

June 2022
What a little paradise we found in the south of Germany in Die Hammerschmiede.
Thank you Thesy, Thorn and Balti for the warm welcome, the high quality lovely (ayurvedic) food. And of course the gathering together with so many stories.
We loved to take care of your (baby)chickens and (baby)ducks, bunnies (watch out they don't escape… read more

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16 Jun 2022

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Our experience with Hilbert and Titia was great, are so lovely couple.They stay a week in our place and take care of everything.
They were always focus to everything and helpful,very good at country life,they know many things of animals and plants.We spend very nice evenings.Hilbert is a good accordion player,hi create so good atmosphere.
Highly… read more

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13 Jun 2022

Left by Workawayer (Hilbert & Titia) for host (Help care for our beloved ...)

Hi Eunice and Daniele, It was a pleasure to stay at Enjoy Sunset: we did see some beautiful sunsets!
For you it was the first work away experience, for us the second through this site.
We had a great time taking care of your lovely animals: 3 amazing goats, 11 newborn chicks which were happy with their egg every day, 4 cats, and some other… read more

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9 May 2022

Left by host (Help us with gardening and ...) for Workawayer (Hilbert & Titia)

When workawayers become frends and we are sorry to say good bye.....Hilbert & Titia are really a special couple of people...open minded, always positive and with good energy. They stayed with us for over two weeks, giving us a very great help, doing house sitting and animal sitting while we were away from home. Besides animal feeding and walking,… read more

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9 May 2022

Left by Workawayer (Hilbert & Titia) for host (Help us with gardening and ...)

Hi Antonio and Maria Gracia,
It was really a pleasure to stay with you! We were lucky to find such a friendly host which shared their live, culture, food and ideas with us. They invited friends so we had even more contact with Italians and people from abroad living in Italy. A real cultural exchange!
We had great meals, although Gracia was… read more

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