Andreas & Sandra

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Description

Our gallery shows Sandra and me in a village-school in rural Zambia, teaching english. It was our second job far away from home. I`ll never forget these kids: they were dirty, they were sweaty - but these wide-open eyes, this enthusiasm, the way they didn´t want to let us go! I had two of them on my arms, three others jumping at me...Pure bliss.
This describes best our prime motivation to travel and work in far-away places (well, from OUR point of view in Germany). Widen the horizon and get a closer insight into other peoples´way of living - there are so many ways to live a life and so many wonderful people along the way - wow. Makes one humble.
I´ve worked on expedition ships as a lecturer for 15 years and visited the remotest islands in the South Sea (Pitcairn, Mangareva, Palmerston Atoll). But I was only passing through. The real insight was my half year sabbatical I spent on some of the islands later on in my life. We are a little older than most here on workaway I guess, but still hungry to immerse in cultural diversity. And now we venture on Sandra´s sabbatical in southeast Asia. We are a well-travelled reliable couple with skills in art-work (kids and adults), creative writing, journalism, teaching, cultural events, literary performances.

Interests

Languages

Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
French: Beginner
Italian: Beginner

More details about my language interests
Andreas has majored in comparative linguistics, though that was a lifetime ago. But it is still part of the curiosity mentioned at the beginning - plus it´s the idiom that makes the difference in how one looks at the world.

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Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn

We're interested in:  

Babysitting and creative play

Being an elderly companion

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Some knowledge of:  

Helping around the house

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Able to teach about:  

Hospitality/Tourism

Languages

Art Projects

Teaching

More details about your skills

Teaching english/german all levels. Creative writing - diary, essay, paper-articles, short stories.
Music (singing and playing drums). Marketing concepts. Creating and hosting radio-programmes (after 30 years with german public radio). Entertaining audiences (both german and english), particularly literary readings (wait for my Winnie-the-Pooh).
I´ve worked in Namibia for the National Broadcast Company / in Zambia with school kids of all levels / on cruise ships as lecturer and expedition host (Caribbean, Mediterranian Sea, South Seas)

Age

69 & 55

What else ...

Backgammon, singing (also organising sing-alongs), writing poetry and travel-stories

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