Monika

Travel information

I am currently

Activities i am interested in:

love adventure.
laughing. Dancing in the rain
I love bees and nature in general and would love to learn more and more about these sweet creatures. Just wanna keep learning about anything really :)

Description

Passionate and positive atmosphere coordinator - at your service!!!

I haven't used workaway for a few years now but getting back here and looking for new missions and projects for 2026

2022
Since I left high school, I have been looking for my purpose in life and tell you what, it's been quite an adventure since.
I first moved to England, lived there for a year, studied English, worked. My biggest dream was to go to Cuba. I wanted to dance salsa, meet local people and learn about their culture. That has been the beginning and after that, I just wasn't able to stop. I went! And I did dance salsa!
Long story short, there was then a period in Canada and Greenland, and some traveling in Russia, solo traveling in India, surfing in Sri Lanka, eating spicy food there, doing yoga on top of mountains and volcanoes... but how about the rest I tell you over some tea or coffee at your terrace? :)

From my latest life changing experiences, that could also be of some use on your farm is that I studied and then worked in beekeeping and I just simply fell in love with the bees. I started being super interested in this back when Covid happenned and I kinda got stuck and couldn't travel, as everybody else. Working outdoors with these interesting creatures was what kept me sane!
But before my life as a bicycle guide - I went to 2years Beekeeping School in Poland, back at home it’s pretty big and I also found out that, my grandfather who I’ve unfortunately never met - was a big beekeeper and essentially built his house and life around bees… So it almost feels like destiny. I’ve worked with bees for 2 years in Poland, helped a beekeeper friend with his 150 hives and after that also volunteered in India, in Karnataka, learning about beekeeping there. What an incredible experience that was, enriching, hard, life changing.

Currently I am a travel guide and I take people on cycling trips around Europe - mostly Italy - Sardinia, Puglia, Dolomites and Piedmonte as well as Greece, Switzerland, France.

I am now on a 'vacation' from work which will start in April and looking for a place where I could be outside, work with minded people, learn from them and help out and get to know their stories and their reality.

While in Italy...
I spent a month close to Rome working with mentally disabled people, after which I lived in a tiny, unique and sweet village close to Lago d'Orta - there I did all different kinds of things - from gardening, building things to cooking, cleaning, teaching yoga.


2025
I am still working as a travel guide, since last time I wrote, it’s been the longest kept job I’ve had…4 years!

Always looking for new challenges, new things to learn, new inspirations and I know with workaway that is very possible to do. 
I am now in Spain, traveling a bit and taking time off but in December I will be back in Ecuador, work a trip in the Andes as well as the Galapagos and after that, I would like to give back a little bit, since I always move around all around the world, I would like to be somewhere for a while and help out with your projects, clean, garden, scrape the frames, clean the hives, peel potatoes - you name it!
I have been to Ecuador last year already, made some turtle and sealions aquitances, blue footted boobies in the Galapagos. Climbed some volcanoes in Ecuador and Colombia, run my first half marathon in the north of Italy...Just to give you an idea - I am not affraid of hard work, I love taking on new challenges and am always happy to work in the rain, in the sun, in the dark... Let me help you out, I promise I will give you the best of me!

Interests

Events & social

Pets

Movies & TV

Sustainability

Culture

Charity work

Music

Languages

Gardening

Team sports

Mountain

Dancing

Self development

Plant care

Yoga / Wellness

Water sports

Nature

Outdoor activities

Cycling

Hiking

Camping

Books

Adventure sports

Animals

Farming

Languages

Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
Polish: Fluent
Spanish: Intermediate

More 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.

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Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn

I'm interested in:  

Eco Projects

DIY and building projects

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Some knowledge of:  

Gardening

Being an elderly companion

Creating/ Cooking family meals

Life at a Farmstay

Animal Care

Charity Work

Art Projects

General Maintenance

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Able to teach about:  

Babysitting and creative play

Helping around the house

Hospitality/Tourism

Languages

Teaching

More details about your skills

Hardworking, eager to learn, to teach!

* yoga
* beekeeping
* languages, I absolutely love learning, teaching, exchanging languages.
* know how to make a pretty cup of coffee with aeropress - worked as a barista for many years. I bring the aeropress with me. And the grinder to grind the coffee fresh!
* cooking (never poisoned anybody:)
* making cookies
* bike maintenance
* gardening

I can learn ANYTHING. When we really want something - we can do it!

Age

31

What else ...

I won't dissapoint you.
My desire is to help, to learn, to make you laugh, to be inspired and inspire, to teach and be taught, to live fully and to make myself and others happy - that's what counts

Some more information

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  Smoker

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  Driver's licence

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  Allergies
  No

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  Special dietary requirements
  No