Kathrin & Jens

From: Germany

Account Type
Couple account
Travelling to
Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Norway, Spain ... more
Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom
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Our status
Travelling
Description
Hello, we are Kathrin and Jens, a middle aged- couple from Germany. We leave our home and our dayly live for driving around Europe. We want to meet different people and their daily life. We travel with our bus. There is a lot of music, spirit, fantasy and couriosity inside. At the back there are our bikes because saving the nature is important for us. We would be greateful if you message to us.

Hallo
Wir sind Kathrin (50) und Jens (50) aus Deutschland.
Wir verlassen für ein Jahr Haus, Hof und Alltag um die Menschen und Kulturen in Europa kennenzulernen.
Unterwegs sind wir mit unserem Bus mit jeder Menge Neugier und Abenteuerlust im Gepäck.
Wichtig sind uns unsere Fahrräder um abgasfrei mobil zu sein.
Wir lieben es, Musik zu hören oder selbst zu machen.
Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn
We're interested in:
Eco Projects
Hospitality/Tourism
Language practice
Art Projects
Some knowledge of:
Gardening
Life at a Farmstay
Animal Care
Charity Work
Helping with Computers/ Internet
Teaching
Able to teach about:
DIY and building projects
Babysitting and creative play
General Maintenance
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Helping around the house
More details about your skills
I, Kathrin, have knowledge in working with children with special needs. Also I like to make handworks with wool and textilmaterial. And my husband Jens has a master of bricklayer and he like to build something with his one hands. As we live in village we know the the agriculture with animals, vegetables and fruits, including cooking, cleaning, working in the garden and breaking wood.
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Intermediate
Russian: 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.
Age
51 & 51
Some more information
- Smoker
- Driver's licence
- Allergies
- Special dietary requirements

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18/10/2021

Left by host (Come and experience life in ...) for Workawayer (Kathrin & Jens)

Kathrin and Jens arrival was perfect timing as I had a number of pre winter tasks to complete and they were such a great help in getting them done. Jens fixing of a leaking chimney and pointing a stone wall exceeded my expectations and both look great as well as now functioning as they should. The three of us worked through the moving, cutting,… read more

(Excellent )

18/10/2021

Left by Workawayer (Kathrin & Jens) for host for (Come and experience life in ...)

If you want to explore a part of traditional life in Bulgaria in a fantastic quiet countryside you are on the perfect place here by Carol. We felt very blessed to stay 10 days here in this historical place. Carol is a very friendly and well informated person. We did a lot of very interesting trips around cherven,in the valley to the fortess and… read more

(Excellent )

11/09/2021

Left by Workawayer (Kathrin & Jens) for host for (Help a family build a wooden ...)

The last ten days were a very blessed time for us. From the first moment we felt very welcome by really lovely people, Kai, Jaanus and their two boys. We did a lot of great jobs together, created a wonderful Saunapool and also some good jobs in the garden. The work was allways fair and a good teamwork at all. Every day we had various good meals… read more

(Excellent )

11/09/2021

Left by host (Help a family build a wooden ...) for Workawayer (Kathrin & Jens)

Jens and Kathrin are just sweet people, full of good ideas, positive attitude and love for music! They are very good workers and good friends too :) It was a pleasure to host and spend time with them! Only - the time was flying too fast … Thank you, Jens, for your labor! We will soon be able to jump in to our little pool! And thank you Kathrin for… read more

(Excellent )

23/08/2021

Left by Workawayer (Kathrin & Jens) for host for (Family life, house renovation ...)

The two weeks we spent by Vibeke,Reynaldo and their two boys has been a good time for us. They had built and ofcurse they do it further a wonderful place for the quite family. And there are a lot of interesting and inspiring projects to do. We enjoyed them to help and the work was every time varios and fair. Vibeke has a lot of skills about… read more

(Excellent )

23/08/2021

Left by host (Family life, house renovation ...) for Workawayer (Kathrin & Jens)

We have been so blessed to have gotten the help of Kathrin and Jens here during two weeks. After years of hosting workawayers, this was one of the best experiences yet. They are such a lovely nice couple, and we were so sad to see them leave. They shared lots of stories, played all their different instruments, and we had tremendous help in the… read more

(Excellent )

28/07/2021

Left by host (Sat with our family in ...) for Workawayer (Kathrin & Jens)

Kathrin and Jens are wonderful people, their visite was a real blessing for us. They came at a stressful moment of the building project (and of life in general;) and they helped us a lot, with a very positive energy. They are very skillful and hard workers both of them, and also very independent and easy going. We enjoyed getting to know them,… read more

(Excellent )

26/07/2021

Left by Workawayer (Kathrin & Jens) for host for (Sat with our family in ...)

The last two weeks were really a wonderful time for us. Sara and Johann are living together with their son in a little part of a paradise in middle of a forest. They want to build their own island with very creativ inspiriences. We helped them to realise their dreams. We also had a lot of very nice trips with our bikes around the countryside there… read more

(Excellent )

29/06/2021

Left by Workawayer (Kathrin & Jens) for host for (Help a British couple ...)

We just spent two good weeks together with Helen and Moyed. At the first moment we felt very welcome. They are two wonderful friendly and multicultural people. We had a lot of very interesting conversations about their life during the diferent years. We enjoyed to hear the interesting sturies. Also the meals, they prepared for us every evening,… read more

(Excellent )

29/06/2021

Left by host (Help a British couple ...) for Workawayer (Kathrin & Jens)

Kathrin & Jens were absolutely wonderful! They are lovely friendly kind souls and we felt at home with them as soon as they arrived. They are also super hard workers: absolutely full of energy unbelievble! Jens professionally cleaned and pointed a huge wall in our 1000 year old Fort and we learned alot from him as he is very skilled. Kathrin… read more

(Excellent )

02/05/2021

Left by Workawayer (Kathrin & Jens) for host for (Help with the garden of our ...)

If you want to have some experiences with naturaly and basically way of life in absolutely silence it's the perfect place for you. We just stayed by Veronique only for a few days and we wished to stay longer. Veronique is a very friendly woman with a lot of knowledge in traveling and searching right places. She also has a lot of ideas to prepare… read more

(Very good )

22/04/2021

Left by Workawayer (Kathrin & Jens) for host for (Help with home and garden ...)

We just spent two good weeks together with Miriam, Eduardo and their colored young companie. We made some good jobs and had a lot of interstesting and exciting experiences outside and sure inside her homely hostel. They both are very friendly and we had a lot of fun together.The work was always fair and varied. We wish them all the best for the… read more

(Excellent )

21/04/2021

Left by host for Workawayer (Kathrin & Jens)

Jens and Kathrin are very active and still young in mind couple, so they fit in perfectly with our quite young group in the two weeks they stayed and we had such a nice time together! We are very, very thankful for the amazing job Jens did on tiling our future bathroom really professional :-) and we thank Kathrin for doing thousands of small… read more

(Excellent )

28/03/2021

Left by Workawayer (Kathrin & Jens) for host for (Help with garden landscaping ...)

We just spent the last 3weeks together with Gina in her homely place in thus wonderful countryside. Gina ist a cosmopolitican, friendly woman. She welcommed us with friendship and openess. We enjoyed a lot of wonderful meals with unknown flavours,tasted wine and had a lot of interstesting and funny conversations. There is one bedroom with ensuite… read more

(Excellent )

04/03/2021

Left by Workawayer (Kathrin & Jens) for host for (An endless variety of tasks ...)

We just spent three wonderful weeks together with Jenny and Elizabeth, three lucky dogs and one mule. The area is fantastic created with love and a good feeling for art and gardening. Jenny and Elizabeth are two wonderful imaginative women. The work was always fair and varied in this wonderful area situated in a beautiful countryside. We had some… read more

(Excellent )

04/03/2021

Left by host (An endless variety of tasks ...) for Workawayer (Kathrin & Jens)

Kathrin and Jens have just spent three weeks with us and it has been a very rewarding visit. They are a lovely gentle, intelligent and competent couple who are willing to tackle anything that is asked of them. Because of the time of year Katherin spent much of her time tackling the weeds shooting up so fast in the garden/vegetable garden but she… read more

(Excellent )

29/01/2021

Left by Workawayer (Kathrin & Jens) for host for (Join us living off-grid in ...)

Lori and Mark are very kind and friendly hosts. We enjoyed to stay in their Off-Grid Finca for 3weeks. IT was an amazing time for us in this beautiful countryside with every day lunch and dinner.It tasked delicious, every day was a different meal. We had very interesting and funny conversations and of course a lot of music on our guitares and also… read more

(Excellent )

28/01/2021

Left by host for Workawayer (Kathrin & Jens)

Kathrin and Jens volunteered with us at our Finca in Southern Spain for three weeks. They were our first ever “Workaway” volunteers and they really made us glad we signed up as hosts. They were a pleasure to have stay with us. They are hard workers, great fun and really nice people. Jens is very skilled in a number of areas relating to building… read more

(Excellent )

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