Mika

Finland
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Travel information
I am currently
Travelling
Activities i am interested in:
Hiking, walks, culture, events, outdoors
My next destination:
Brazil - from Oct 2025 until Dec 2025
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Description
Recently taken early retirement after a long professional career in business. On my path to 'reinvent myself' and experience something different from office life. Willing to use my new freedom to be of help in interesting and meaningful projects, whether a farm house, business or simply 'homemaking'. I come with ordinary everyday skills, have looked well after my own house and garden. Look forward to meeting reliable, interesting and kind people. Keen on foreign cultures, way of life and learning new skills and languages. Love animals, travel, children, nature and outdoors. Also happy to use my skills from my professional field (Business, Marketing and Communications).
Interests
Events & social
Culture
Writing
Winter sports
Self development
Plant care
DIY & crafts
Cycling
Cooking & food
Art & design
Architecture
Animals
Yoga / Wellness
Sailing / Boating
Sustainability
Pets
Nature
Outdoor activities
Mountain
History
Hiking
Gardening
Charity work
Farming
Fitness
Languages
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Swedish: Fluent
German: Intermediate
French: Intermediate
Portuguese: Intermediate
Spanish: Beginner
Italian: Beginner
More details about my language interests
I wish to practice my now intermediate level Portuguese. And always willing to brush up my other Roman languages ( know basics from years back), Spanish and French.
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Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn
I'm interested in:
Art Projects
Eco Projects
Life at a Farmstay
Babysitting and creative play
Some knowledge of:
Charity Work
Being an elderly companion
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Helping around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
General Maintenance
Helping with Computers/ Internet
Able to teach about:
Languages
More details about your skills
Basic gardening, taking care of cats and dogs, childcare, doing general household tasks, simple repair work. Love cooking and entertaining. Driver's licence, full computer/IT literacy, fluent English and Swedish, intermediate German, basics to lower intermediate in Spanish, Italian, French.
Age
65
What else ...
Like cycling, yoga, rollerblade skating, aerobics, cross-country skiing, badminton, hiking.
Fully vaccinated.
Some more information
- Smoker
- Driver's licence
- Allergies
- Special dietary requirements

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7 Apr 2023

Left by host for Workawayer ()

Mika stayed for a whole month and it would seemed like flying, if it wasn't for all the work he accomplished! He is very pro-active and hard worker. Always helpful and considerate.
We also had wonderful conversations and I also started to watch out my diet a bit more because of him. He's got a few things to teach there!
Mika is quite a guy! Thank… read more

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29 Mar 2023

Left by Workawayer () for host (Help maintain a food garden ...)

José is the perfect host, very well organized, friendly, and considerate, and he will make sure that your stay is successful – he does his best for the Workawayer to feel comfortable and at ease. And I did, indeed one of my best Workaway experiences!

I spent over a month at José’s home, located on a hill with beautiful scenic views around Torres… read more

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8 Apr 2022

Left by host for Workawayer ()

We recently hosted Mika for 5 weeks, he is a lovely guy, polite and friendly and it was an absolute pleasure.
We were renovating our house and Mika helped with a number of tasks, he did a lot of work in the garden which he really enjoyed and did an excellent job of, this was not only planting but some heavy work of re laying of original paving.… read more

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16 Mar 2022

Left by Workawayer () for host (Help us around the house in ...)

I spent five weeks at Mike’s and Peter’s, and they are the most wonderful hosts in every respect. The work is always very well organized and managed, offers a lot of variation and you learn a lot from different maintenance and refurbishing tasks in the house and the beautiful garden. Helpful advice, best practices and useful instructions are… read more

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27 Mar 2022

Left by Workawayer () for host (Refreshing a country house ...)

I had a wonderful week at Khair’s new apartment right in the centre of Toulouse, painting ceilings and walls. I appreciated very much the freedom and trust he showed to me as to how to carry out my daily work, and he also worked very hard himself, performing a variety of necessary renovation tasks. Throughout the week we had a lot of interesting… read more

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25 Mar 2022

Left by host (Refreshing a country house ...) for Workawayer ()

Mika stayed at my place for a week. I would have liked to have him for a longer period but I had some family coming to stay.
He helped me painting and did a great job. He is patient, hardworking, serious and has an important experience in painting and house skills. He gave me precious advises and did more than i expected, far more. Mika is a… read more

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7 Apr 2023

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29 Mar 2023

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8 Apr 2022

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16 Mar 2022

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27 Mar 2022

Left by Workawayer () for host (Refreshing a country house ...)

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25 Mar 2022

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6 Feb 2022

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

I was lucky to be able to stay with Karoliina and her family for 5 weeks, and enjoyed every day of it. They are a lovely couple with two lively sons, who certainly know how to keep you busy with activities: games, outdoors, icehockey, snacks, you name it. Karoliina and her husband are great hosts who are very active and best of all, they took me… read more

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6 Feb 2022

Left by host for Workawayer ()

Mika stayed with our family for five weeks, helping us out with a number of things while we were away at work. He took our children to school and daycare in the morning and afternoon and prepared lunches for them. In addition he spent time playing with them, and helping the older son with his school homework. He was also a great help with our… read more

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23 Dec 2021

Left by host for Workawayer ()

Mika has been with us almost 3 months and he has been a real help. He is a hardworker and he was involved in a lot of different activities, such as gathering leaves (tons of leaves!), setting new lawns by moving stones (tons of stones!), painting and reassembling old agricultural machines, which required a lot of patience and care. He has always… read more

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