Lucie & Goncalo

France & Portugal
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We are a couple coming from France (Lucie) and Portugal (Gonçalo). We are both social and open-minded persons. We met in Finland 2 years ago and since that we have travelled through Europe to meet new people and share experiences. We have learned a lot about ourselves and for our future project. We want to be self-sufficient in the future and are interested about everything that can help us to reach this objective.

We studied Forestry and Environment and are facinated by nature. We followed some courses about permaculture and agroforestry. Our workaways experiences have helped us to develop skills in : animal care (chickens, goats, bees...), gardening (weeding, pruning, planting...), building (with wood and stones). We are adaptable and willing to learn new skills !

Hopefully see you soon for new adventures ! :)
Interests
Vegetarian or vegan
Yoga / Wellness
Van life
Sailing / Boating
Self development
Sustainability
Plant care
Photography
Outdoor activities
Nature
Music
Mountain
Languages
Hitchhiking
Farming
Gardening
Hiking
Events & social
Drawing & painting
DIY & crafts

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Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
French: Fluent
Portuguese: Fluent
More details about my language interests
We can speak and help you with English, Spanish, French and Portuguese and are interested in learning other languages
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Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn
We're interested in:
Languages
Some knowledge of:
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Life at a Farmstay
Eco Projects
Animal Care
Charity Work
Art Projects
Teaching
More details about your skills
Gonçalo :
- forest and natural resources (bachelor)
- scouts (manage teams, camping skills, first aid...)
- permaculture in food production (1 course), agroforestry (2 courses)
- bioconstruction (beginner)
- sports (surf, swimming, volley-ball, gymnastics)

Lucie:
- managment of natural environment (master)
- gardening and animal care
- cheese and soap making
- children care
- botanic, ornithology
- sports (running, horse ridding, paragliding)
Age
25 & 22
Some more information
- Smoker
- Driver's licence
- Allergies
- Special dietary requirements
  Gonçalo is vegetarian

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19 Feb 2023

Left by Workawayer (Lucie & Goncalo) for host (Help out in a self-sufficient ...)

We can say for sure that, this week with Laura and Andrew was spent with ease and Joy
The work was done throught our preference, we took care of the garden (prune, plant and weed), took care of the goats and other animals and did some construction (solar oven)
We could also spend some time playing board games, watching films together or having… read more

(Very good )

1 Feb 2023

Left by host (Help out in a self-sufficient ...) for Workawayer (Lucie & Goncalo)

Lucie and Goncalo stayed about 5 days at our quinta, and we thoroughly enjoyed their company. They are thoughtful and hard-working youngsters who have a useful skill set and pleasant manner. Lucie helped build a new solar cooker and Goncalo mostly pruned fruit trees but they both were very good at feeding and pasturing our two goats. We wish them… read more

(Excellent )

7 Feb 2023

Left by Workawayer (Lucie & Goncalo) for host (Come and help reforest a ...)

First of all I want to thank Michiel for his welcoming and always caring attitude. He is someone who beside not having luxurious conditions always make sure that you are OK, and the most important is someone funny and nice to spend time with
The work was not the easiest but for sure really pleasant and we also had time to discover around, walking… read more

(Excellent )

6 Feb 2023

Left by host (Come and help reforest a ...) for Workawayer (Lucie & Goncalo)

Gonzalo and his friend were amazing to have on the farm. Hard workers, good company. They helped developing the ideas for this farm better. They were self-reliant and helped out a lot with the chores. Cannot recommend them enough!

Thanks for helping planting the forest, Gonzalo!

(Excellent )

12 Jul 2021

Left by Workawayer (Lucie & Goncalo) for host (Help set up a permaculture, ...)

David's finca is based on a life cycle in which living-beings are related to each others to produce a sustainable and comfortable way of life. Everything has a role and the whole system makes sense. David is an attentive and lovely person who wants to share his experience and knowledge. He is passionate about what he is doing. We learnt a lot… read more

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11 Jul 2021

Left by host (Help set up a permaculture, ...) for Workawayer (Lucie & Goncalo)

A lovely couple and two individual and valuable people as well.
They moved lots of stone and helped build drystone walls.
They cleared wood from terraces higher up the valley and learned the value of this resource.
They learned the full lifecycle of goats and chickens, the importance of self-sufficiency and moving away from mass produced,… read more

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19 Feb 2023

Left by Workawayer (Lucie & Goncalo) for host (Help out in a self-sufficient ...)

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1 Feb 2023

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7 Feb 2023

Left by Workawayer (Lucie & Goncalo) for host (Come and help reforest a ...)

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6 Feb 2023

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12 Jul 2021

Left by Workawayer (Lucie & Goncalo) for host (Help set up a permaculture, ...)

(Excellent )

11 Jul 2021

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12 Jul 2021

Left by Workawayer (Lucie & Goncalo) for host (Help with our ecological ...)

Where to start? Mark is a very interesting person and with him you will always learn something and the conversation goes easily.
The experience I leaved during the 2 weeks I had been there was something that I will keep as a good memory.
I hope this hard work project still continue to improve for a long time on the ways it is going.
Thank you for… read more

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7 Jul 2021

Left by host (Help with our ecological ...) for Workawayer (Lucie & Goncalo)

First if all i want to say thank you Gonçalo for allyour good help.
It was a pleasir getting to meet you. For the others: Gonçalo is a honest hard worker that canbe relyed to just get on and do the job, with others or by himself. I enjoys the little chats we had and he his so easygoing.!
Thank you again and do let us know if you are comming this… read more

(Excellent )

11 May 2021

Left by host for Workawayer (Lucie & Goncalo)

Lucie & Gonçalo had some time of from their studies and came to help me with daily tasks. They helped me with my seedlings and shoveled manure. They are a lovely young couple who I was happy to host.
I wish you safe new experienses.

(Excellent )

11 May 2021

Left by Workawayer (Lucie & Goncalo) for host (Off grid living and farming ...)

We have spent one week at Dennis' place. It was a nice experience to discover another way of life based on simplicity and self-suficiency. Dennis has a lot of knowledge to share about diet, well-being, yoga, gardening... The guests house is divided in flats for one or two persons (double bed) and located few meters from Dennis' house where we… read more

(Very good )

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