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[At the moment looking for long-term host in South Europe roughly between 12/2025- 02/2026]
Hello future host!
We are Sauli (full Finn), Laura (Argentinian/Finn), Manuela (labrador retriever, 10 year-old nomad).
We are couple in our fourties travelling to Italy, France and/or Spain during this winter. During the summer we have a small permaculture-type farm in Finland, where we grow herbs and try to fix everything using recycled material. During the summer we are workaway hosts ourselves. For the winter we're escaping the cold and dark in our van.
Laura is biochemist/farmer, artisan in crafts and philosophies, Sauli is an engineer in safety and environment and has to work online 18 h/week, Manuela is extremely friendly, professional food beggar and an senior canine.
We are flexible in our dates. But once we agree on dates with someone, we will fix our own dates accordingly. We're grown-up and understand our commitment. We write only to hosts that we're seriously interested in. So, in return it would be great for the hosts to have the courtesy of answering at least a simple 'No, thank you'.
We're leaving from Finland in October 2025, and are heading to south. The aim is to be reaching the mediterranean sea around December. As Sauli will be working online, we're interested in housesitting or something where the workhours can be flexible, for example. We're open to discuss options and terms (for example less hours and only housing, or what ever would be good for both sides).
Our reviews are a bit old as we have been on a break from volunteering for a few years.
Interests
Van life
Farming
Sustainability
Pets
Languages
Nature
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Finnish: FluentMore 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.
Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn
Some knowledge of:
Gardening
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Life at a Farmstay
Eco Projects
Helping around the house
Animal Care
Hospitality/Tourism
Art Projects
Helping with Computers/ Internet
Able to teach about:
Languages
More details about your skills
Both: we are fast learners, versatile and can follow instructions. We speak three languages (ok, Sauli's Spanish is not great, but has been getting better). We're reliable and responsible.
Laura: I'm creative, but practical in making a plan into reality. I can invent a lot of solutions if I have the possibility. I can cook, sew and make hand-crafts. I am biochemist and know a bit about medical practice. For the last 5 years I've been running our herb farm growing different herbs and making infusions, spice mixes and skin balms.
Sauli: I'm an engineer in health & safety and environmental management. I've been helping at our farm, so I can use power tools (trimmers, chainsaws, power drills, etc you need at a farm). I'm really tall, so I come in handy when reaching for the top shelf! I have an international firewood chopping career!
We're both used to physical labour. Once we've been instructed we can take care of many tasks independently. Examples of tasks we've done: built a polytunnel + 4 greenhouses, sheep fencing, kitchen cabinets, a 50 sqm pool, gardening, weeding, strimming, cutting grass and planting, clearing land, painted lot of things, b&b housekeeping...
Age
45 & 47
What else ...
We would really like it if our dog could stay with us (inside during the night). She's part of the family.
Some more information
Smoker
Driver's licence
Allergies
Bees (Laura)Special dietary requirements
Sauli doesn't eat fish.
Feedback
We were very happy to have you here to help us in our place. You were really hard working and handy couple and Manu was hard working too. We have wonderful saunanlauteet - benches - thanks to you. Our greenhouse is almost ready, only tomatoes are missing. We were very pleased all the conversations… read more
We enjoyed our time with you, the varied tasks (are the tomatoes growing already, eh? ;), and the superb cooking.
We felt welcomed since our arrival, and cared for until our departure. Raija & Anka are very generous people (thanks for all the gifts!), and the archipelago is unique.… read more
It's like a humble giant and a gypsy soul come together in a perfect combination, offering they heart, mind, stories and dreams during the workaway experience! It's not easy to express the amplitude and the depth of our spiritual commutation, for sure they become our family, waiting for them next summer...
Cheers to Manuela :-)
An experience we're grateful for.
The food prepared by Vasilis' mom and aunt was superb… read more
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Feedback
We were very happy to have you here to help us in our place. You were really hard working and handy couple and Manu was hard working too. We have wonderful saunanlauteet - benches - thanks to you. Our greenhouse is almost ready, only tomatoes are missing. We were very pleased all the conversations… read more
We enjoyed our time with you, the varied tasks (are the tomatoes growing already, eh? ;), and the superb cooking.
We felt welcomed since our arrival, and cared for until our departure. Raija & Anka are very generous people (thanks for all the gifts!), and the archipelago is unique.… read more
It's like a humble giant and a gypsy soul come together in a perfect combination, offering they heart, mind, stories and dreams during the workaway experience! It's not easy to express the amplitude and the depth of our spiritual commutation, for sure they become our family, waiting for them next summer...
Cheers to Manuela :-)
An experience we're grateful for.
The food prepared by Vasilis' mom and aunt was superb… read more
Sauli and Laura are… read more
Sharon and Andrew are very friendly and relaxed people, easy going and easy to follow in their routines.… read more
We had a very nice week, filled with a lot of work done, great food… read more
They have a nice equilibrium between the… read more
Really nice easy going people, who got through a load of work independently.
They claimed to have little experience, but they did faultless work with minimal instruction.
They did a lot of weeding, erected the polytunnel, tidied the garden after winter, setup the sheep field (electric… read more
As we were visiting early in the season our tasks were turning ground, making firewood, stable cleaning and moving manure. The tasks were accompanied… read more
