Emma Yasumi & Oliver

From: United States & Italy

Account Type
Couple account
Travelling to
Albania, Macedonia
Travel dates
01/06/2021 - 30/11/2022
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Our status
Travelling
We are interested in learning about local food and music culture. If you know of any cheap bites or venues, we would love to join you!
Description
Hello! My name is Emma. I am half Japanese and half Polish, born in London. My husband Oliver is from Umbria, Italy, and we met five years ago in London. We have decided to leave behind city life and will be traveling all over the world to find our next home. I have previously worked in a number of fields ranging from PR/Marketing to event design, but my all time favourite job was working at a riding barn, caring for horses and teaching beginner riding lessons. Oliver is a professionally trained chef, and pre-Covid we had been running our own small restaurant at a music venue and organising events. During our stay we promise to cook you some delicious meals to thank you for your hospitality :D Our favourite cuisines to prepare are Italian (especially fresh pasta!), Asian and Latin American.
Interests
Beach
Nature
Sailing / Boating
Adventure sports
Water sports
Yoga / Wellness
Dancing
Charity work
Farming
Gardening
Carpentry
Sustainability
Animals
Pets
Languages
Art & design
Performing arts
Drawing & painting
DIY & crafts
Writing

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Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn
We're interested in:
Babysitting and creative play
Being an elderly companion
Some knowledge of:
Gardening
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Life at a Farmstay
Eco Projects
Helping around the house
Charity Work
Art Projects
Helping with Computers/ Internet
Teaching
Able to teach about:
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Animal Care
Hospitality/Tourism
Language practice
More details about your skills
- Livestock Management (8 years experience caring for horses and teaching students)
- Cooking (professionally trained with an emphasis on Italian cuisine and fine dining with 9 years restaurant & catering experience)
- Restaurant management (2 years experience running own restaurant in London)
- Event production (5 years experience working in various London music venues and organising own events)
- Public Relations and Marketing (3 years agency experience)
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
Spanish: Intermediate
Japanese: Intermediate
More details about my language interests
We would love to improve our Japanese and Spanish! We would be able to teach English and Italian.
Age
36 & 29
What else ...
Our passions are regional food and music, and we would like to explore the local scene of each country we visit over the next year.
Some more information
- Smoker
- Driver's licence
- Allergies
- Special dietary requirements

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31/08/2021

Left by Workawayer (Emma Yasumi & Oliver) for host for (Come and help with Children, ...)

We enjoyed our stay with Nana in the mountains of central Serbia! She has a beautiful home and guest house, and the surrounding nature is stunning. Nana was patient, kind and accommodating. We had lots of things in common, and I enjoyed chatting to her. I worked as a guide for horseback riding guests, and Oliver was mostly in the kitchen preparing… read more

(Excellent )

25/08/2021

Left by Workawayer (Emma Yasumi & Oliver) for host for (Join our small family on a ...)

We absolutely loved our stay with Vuk and Andrea! It was a very educational experience, and we learned loads about beekeeping, distilling, cheese making and traditional cuisine. The hours were more than fair, and some days we worked even less than the agreed amount. Even though he is a really busy guy (understatement of the year!) Vuk took time… read more

(Excellent )

25/08/2021

Left by host (Join our small family on a ...) for Workawayer (Emma Yasumi & Oliver)

Emma is a wonderful person. It was an honor to meet her. She was very helpful. And it was a pleasure to spend free time together. I hope she enjoyed it too. She is an excellent professional with horses ... she also gave us a lot about tidying up the house, the shed, the basement. It was really easy to agree ... With their husband, they cooked… read more

(Excellent )

24/07/2021

Left by host (Relax and help out surrounded ...) for Workawayer (Emma Yasumi & Oliver)

Ema and Oliver a very nice couple!we was very satisfy about everything what they do!All the work what Ema and Olive do by our house was Perfect!this people work real very good,,,Ema clean all and everything,,,she make my garden like park!Oliver also do all work in garden and in door or out door very seriously!we have too some fun together ,,, we… read more

(Excellent )

17/07/2021

Left by Workawayer (Emma Yasumi & Oliver) for host for (Relax and help out surrounded ...)

We absolutely loved our stay with Lily and Ivan! Our travel plans changed, and they accepted us on short notice for a week's stay, and we are so happy/grateful they did. Lily and Ivan are both lovely, warm people, and we truly felt as though we were part of the family. Their holiday home, where we worked, is in a tranquil and beautiful setting,… read more

(Excellent )

24/06/2021

Left by Workawayer (Emma Yasumi & Oliver) for host for (Help a family with natural ...)

We were very happy that our first workaway experience was with Zoran. He is very kind and accommodating - a great host for sure. His raw vegan recipes are amazing too - don’t knock it til you’ve tried it! We felt so much more energised after a week of eating clean with him. He is very knowledgeable about many things.

In terms of work we did… read more

(Excellent )

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