Isabel

United Kingdom
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I am very passionate about being in the outdoors and enjoying nature - I am at my happiest when hiking in the mountains or watching the sunset. I love meeting new people, learning languages, teaching and working with children.

I have experience in teaching, carpentry, gardening, DIY, childcare, cooking and cleaning. I am always open to developing these skills or learning new things. :)
Interests
Sustainability
Carpentry
Gardening
Hiking
Adventure sports
Culture
Nature
Yoga / Wellness
Outdoor activities
Cycling
Books
Camping
Languages
DIY & crafts
Fitness
Self development
Videography
Water sports
Mountain
Dancing
Charity work
Photography
Team sports
Winter sports
Writing
Cooking & food
Beach
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Italian: Intermediate
Norwegian bokmål: Beginner
More details about my language interests
I am a huge language fanatic! My ideal Workaway placement would include the opportunity to practice a foreign language I already know (French, Italian) or develop one I have started learning (Norwegian).
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Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn
I'm interested in:
Charity Work
Helping around the house
Gardening
Some knowledge of:
Hospitality/Tourism
Able to teach about:
Languages
Teaching
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
More details about your skills
I can do basic carpentry and DIY. On previous Workaway placements I have built a fence, a gapahuk (wooden shelter for sleeping), a flower bed, a fire wood shelter and a hand rail for stairs. I am open to trying new projects and learning new DIY and carpentry skills.

I have gardening and vegetable harvesting experience. I can do weeding, maintaining a vegetable garden, harvesting fruits and vegetables and making products with them.

I have 4 years professional experience working in a school - 1 year teaching English as a foreign language in a French primary school, 2 years as a PE teacher in a secondary school and 1 year as a Special Educational Needs Assistant in a secondary school in the UK.

I have lots of experience of working with children - I have been a regular babysitter for 10 years as well as being an au pair in France for 6 months and 2 months of being a professional nanny.

I have experience in languages and translation - I achieved a degree in French and Italian at university and have experience tutoring in both languages. I have translated a children's book from French into English. I am also a self-taught learner of Norwegian.

I love outdoor adventures - I organised and went on a bikepacking trip around the Scottish highlands last summer and I spent a year living in the French Alps where I went on many long mountain hikes and cycle trips.

I enjoy cooking and am happy to cook lots of healthy, tasty meals (I love cooking with lots of vegetables!).
Age
26
What else ...
I love sports! My favourites are mountain hiking, cycling, swimming, skiing, dance and yoga!

I love games nights from Monopoly to Catan to a classic game of cards - deal me in!

I am very creative and enjoy sewing, knitting, writing poetry and painting.

I love music of lots of different genres and I am a self-taught beginner guitarist.
Some more information
- Smoker
- Driver's licence
- Allergies
  Cats, some pollens, dust mites
- Special dietary requirements
  I prefer not to eat dairy or soy when possible

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8 Feb 2024

Left by Workawayer () for host (Help our family with English ...)

I spent two weeks living with Narong and his wonderful family. I really enjoyed teaching his adorable children (4 and 7 years old). They are so playful and energetic and well behaved. They are really keen to learn and it was exciting to see them make progress especially in Maths and English in the lessons I did with them. Other highlights of the… read more

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21 Dec 2023

Left by host (Experience life at our ...) for Workawayer ()

Izzy stay with us for 12days and also with 5 other workawayers. Throughout the days at the campsite, she helps me a lot either cooking for the other workawayers, housekeeping, sweeping the campsite and also helps me clean the tent and the flysheet that was affected by the rescent flood. She also made me some nice bamboo furniture for the rooms… read more

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18 Dec 2023

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I have really enjoyed my 12 days helping . It was very cool to experience living in the jungle - so much wildlife to see and hear! I especially loved the daily sightings of the family of monkeys that came to the campsite.

MD let’s us come up with our own projects so I decided my main project would be making furniture for the bedrooms as they had… read more

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6 Nov 2023

Left by host (Help me create an organic ...) for Workawayer ()

Thank you Izzy for coming into my life!
It was three weeks of fun and laughter - and a lot of activities! You do exellent work - gardening, building, connecting with my students. I was totally impressed how fast you learned - carpenting skills, gardening and Norwegian! I can highly recommend you to other hosts! Jeg savner deg også! ❤️❤️❤️

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30 Oct 2023

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I have been so lucky to spend 3 weeks with Marit. She is a truly inspiring person with a very beautiful heart and so much love and positivity! Marit has a charming house on Kvaløya where we stayed and I enjoyed the beautiful view of Tromsø and the surrounding snowy mountains.
Marit gave me lots of different jobs, from carpentry work where I made… read more

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8 Feb 2024

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21 Dec 2023

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18 Dec 2023

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6 Nov 2023

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30 Oct 2023

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8 Oct 2023

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5 stars is not enough! It has been an exceptional pleasure to have Isabel (Izzy) stay with us for a month. She has done an excellent job with all the various things we have needed help with, be it gardening, food preservation, cleaning out our , weeding, putting up a fence, carpenting and so on and so on. This is by no means an exhaustive list.… read more

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4 Oct 2023

Left by Workawayer () for host (Share our family life while ...)

Merethe and Christian are incredibly kind and welcoming hosts and I cannot recommend this workaway placement enough! They treated me like a member of their family and my month with them has been full of fun times and happy memories. They gave me lots of tips about the best hikes in the local area and invited me to join their family plans at the… read more

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24 Sep 2023

Left by host (Help on our non-profit ...) for Workawayer ()

It has been a great pleasure to have Izzy with us. She is creative, adventurous and has good craftsmanship. She has been an important part of the social community and got along well with the other Workawayers.

We had a bit of trouble getting her into the country as England is outside the Schengen cooperation, but after a conversation with the… read more

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31 Aug 2023

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Working in Fredrik’s forest was the most amazing workaway experience! I stayed for 4 weeks in August and I wish I could have stayed longer. Fredrik was a brilliant host - friendly and welcoming, really good at communicating and gave us lots of independence with our projects which was great for fostering creativity. He gave me a tour of the area on… read more

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