Til

From: Germany

Account Type
Individual account
Travelling to
Canada, Finland, Japan
Travel dates
07/08/2018 - 07/03/2021
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My status
Travelling
Description
Hei,
first thank you so much for reading my profile. My name is Til and I'm a 20 year old guy from a small city in the South of Germany close to the border to France. Some other Germans might call us the Gauls of Germany, related to Asterix's story, because of our strong dialect :) Now back to the facts: I finished school in June 2018 with my A-levels and started to travel. At the beginning, I was an AuPair in Tampere for 6,5 months with three boys and really enjoyed this time. After that, in February 2019, I travelled to the high North to work on Huskeyfarms in Inari and Ivalo. Again one of the best experiences I've ever made. I was heading back south again and worked in a summer theater and on an ecological farm in Juva. All through the help of workaway. I was working on a Husky Farm again till mid february. After that i headed towards Canada Beginning of march, just before the pandemic got worse! I was in a lovely hostfamily as an AuPair again, taking care of three kids aged 1,5 (f), 4 (m) and 5,5 (f). In the west I am currently staying in another amazing hostfamily in Calgary and just adore the mountains! Keep up your spirit! We‘re all in this together!
Interests
Sailing / Boating
Adventure sports
Winter sports
Fitness
Hiking
Van life
Farming
Gardening
Sustainability
Animals
Pets
Languages
Drawing & painting
DIY & crafts
Cooking & food
Vegetarian or vegan
LGBTQ
Politics / Social justice
Culture
Events & social

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Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn
I'm interested in:
General Maintenance
Life at a Farmstay
Eco Projects
Charity Work
Art Projects
Teaching
Some knowledge of:
Gardening
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Helping around the house
Animal Care
Hospitality/Tourism
Able to teach about:
Language practice
More details about your skills
I love to cook and bake. I also love to make handcrafts like knitting and crocheting. Through beeing an AuPair, I'm used to the work at home (vaccuuming, laundry, kitchen) and childcare of course. I am able to play the piano and the guitar. I jumped the trampolin professionally in a sports club in Germany.

I worked on two Huskeyfarms with all together around 260 Alaskan and Siberian Huskeys (dogsitting including feeding, putting harnesses on, joining huskey sleigh rides, pooppicking) and also their horses (Feeding, sleighing, a bit riding, brushing, pooppicking) as well as accompany the customers (showing the farm with a visit in lavuu and prepare them for sleigh tours). It was one of the greatest experiences of my time here in Finland!

People describe me as good to go and very social. It's hard to see me in a bad mood or not smiling :) I love interaction with all kind of people, especially from different ethnical and social background. I travelled already a lot through Finland with the use of Couchsurfing, which brings me even closer to the culture, and enjoyed it a lot. I soak new experinces like a sponge and I love the adventure :) Here in Canada I travelled through Québec and Ontario and ended up in Alberta as an AuPair again! I love the mountains and nature here!
Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Finnish: Intermediate
French: Intermediate
More details about my language interests
I did a TEFL Level 5 certificate for teaching the english language
Age
20
What else ...
I love working with people in all kind of places (as an Aupair in a hostfamily or in a hotel/hostel/B&B, on a farm) in Canada. After that, going to Japan would be a long fulfilled dream!
Some more information
- Smoker
- Driver's licence
- Allergies
- Special dietary requirements

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1 1/2 years in one of the most beautifull countries

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22/10/2019

Left by Workawayer (Til) for host for (Help us taking care of the ...)

I’ve been in the Inari farm for 3 weeks in March 2019 and I will go there now again for 4 months from November 2019 to February 2020. I can only say, how fantastic and magical this place is. If you like dogs and horses, the work with them, deep winter with lots of snow, meeting people from all over the world and nature, then this is the perfect… read more

(Excellent )

22/10/2019

Left by Workawayer (Til) for host for (Help me with my garden in ...)

Again, I can only relate to all the great feedback. This month has been one of my best stays! Titte is such a nice and openminded host and an absolutely gorgeous cook! Her garden is big, but really nice and colourful. The work consists of cutting down some bushes, cleaning the paths from little plants and preparing everything for the winter. I… read more

(Excellent )

07/09/2019

Left by Workawayer (Til) for host for (Help us in our garden and ...)

I was in the Theatre from the 1st till the 26th of June and I am so sorry for the late feedback! I could enjoy summer with more than 30 degrees Celsius, sun and amazing shades of green. I liked it there so much. The big garden, the theatre itself with it’s 360 degree rotation and the people around me, not to forget Pimu, the dog, are just… read more

(Excellent )

11/08/2019

Left by host (Enjoy beautiful nature and ...) for Workawayer (Til)

Til spent about three and a half weeks with us in July 2019. Mostly he took care of our one and three-year-old kids and they absolutely loved him! He already spoke Finnish since he had been an au pair for six months and our three-year-old accepted him straight away. Til is a very positive person with good vibes and I bet he would get along with… read more

(Excellent )

30/07/2019

Left by Workawayer (Til) for host for (Enjoy beautiful nature and ...)

I spended around three and a half weeks in the beautiful Sappion Luomotila. It was one of my best experiences so far in Finland. I cared mostly for the kids, while Alexandra and Frans were working. Sometimes I helped on the farm itself. Not only the nature with the lake and the forest and the cows is stunning, also the Sauna at the lake and the… read more

(Excellent )

26/05/2019

Left by Workawayer (Til) for host for (Help at a husky and horse ...)

I worked at this farm from the beginning of April till 22nd of May 2019. I can only relate to the other positive feedbacks. I had a great time in Ivalo and gained so much experience with dogs, rather say sleigh dogs. I mostly worked in the smaller farm in Törmanen (with smaller, I mean the 88 dogs there :)) and helped with some Tours in… read more Kakslauttanen. A bit about the farm from my side:
Törmanen farm is around 8 km outside of Ivalo’s city center, but easy reachable by bike or car (own car, or you can use the farmcar, when you have a driver’s licence). You will have an own room with a shared bathroom, kitchen and living room upstairs. Downstairs you will find a shower and a washingmachine, as well as a drying shelf and a second toilet next to the working kitchen, office and customer room. You will get the working clothes from the farm and you can buy your own food from the next Supermarket in Ivalo from the farm account there (you won’t pay for your food). The farm in Kakslautanen is about 30 min by car towards the South and as I said, there are way more dogs and horses as well. At the tours I helped with preparing the dogs with harnesses for the sleighs, release the sleighs and be there for customer questions and arrival of the sleighs. I could also drive with a snowmobile sometimes, which is way easier to get from A to B there. In both farms the dogs get feeded once daily and the puppies in Törmanen twice a day. In the winter time, they can eat snow, but in summer they get fresh water almost daily. Beginning with the spring, there are no sleightours anymore, so the dogs get a walk with us. Farmvisits are still in summer and there we show the customers all the dogs and invite them after that to have a drink and cookies in one of our “kotas” (the traditional Lappish houses). Furthermore the work consists of pooppicking, fencefixing, dogcaring (the best part of course) and keeping the yard and trails in good condition. The work is not too much, but still it’s work. You get a schedule for the next week always sundays, so you can plan your freetime (a trip to the Northcape and to Stockholm were the things I did). You can always pet especially the puppies whenever you want, if there are some. You will definitely fall in love with all the dogs and Suttunen, the house cat of Törmanen, and miss everyone of them. Also for me, as a amateur with dogs, you will master everything and learn even more about the right handling with these lovely dogs. I can only thank to all the people, who made my time in Ivalo so perfect including Oona, Sergii and Mika. I wish everybody a great time there and lots of good experiences.

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