Tanja & Michael

Switzerland
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We are currently
At home
Activities we are interested in:
Ranching, Animal Care, Horsemanship, Construction Work, Tourism projects
Description
Hi, we are a married couple from Switzerland, 49 and 53 years old. We travel the world in our VW T3 Syncro van since August 2019. We meanwhile became semiprofessional writers and photographers. We are open minded and interested in (almost) any kind of work, if you are willing to show us how it's done. Please check our website www.wild-goose.ch for impressions and further information.
Interests
Adventure sports
Yoga / Wellness
Politics / Social justice
Pets
Gardening
Writing
Winter sports
Water sports
Van life
Sustainability
Sailing / Boating
Photography
Outdoor activities
Nature
Music
Mountain
Languages
History
Hiking
Farming

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Languages
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
French: Intermediate
Spanish: Beginner
Italian: Beginner
Russian: Beginner
More details about my language interests
Interested in inproving our English, French and Spanish
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Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn
We're interested in:
DIY and building projects
Eco Projects
Art Projects
Some knowledge of:
Gardening
General Maintenance
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Life at a Farmstay
Helping around the house
Animal Care
Hospitality/Tourism
Able to teach about:
Languages
Helping with Computers/ Internet
Teaching
More details about your skills
Tanja has 19 years of experience in teaching students in the age between 16 and 20 years. She was teaching sports, generell knowledge, German and English for beginners. She also used to work with children during her time as a Girl Scout instructor and in her holidays she gave a helping hand to her friends who managed a Swiss Alpine Hut.

Michael used to work as a consultant and as a trainer for entrepreneurs in the fields of General Management, Marketing and Human Resources.

We both have some base skills in animal care (pets as well as horses, cows, sheep and chicken), in horsemanship and in various farm and ranch chores. We can prepare meals (meat and vegan) and have some experience in gastronomy. We are open minded and keen to learn new things and we like to get to know and be part of new cultures and customes.
Age
50 & 54
What else ...
We live to travel, sing and play guitar, play chess, are reading a lot, write blogs on our website and love to learn about new cultures and ways of living.
Some more information
- Smoker
- Driver's licence
- Allergies
- Special dietary requirements
  we try to avoid gluten

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6 Oct 2023

Left by host (Stay with us in an 1830's ...) for Workawayer (Tanja & Michael)

A wonderful couple to have for a stay. I hope you two return to this area to explore more of our culture.
Take care.
yvonne

(Excellent )

29 Sep 2023

Left by Workawayer (Tanja & Michael) for host (Stay with us in an 1830's ...)

We had wonderful 10 days at Yvonne's place. The cottage is very neat and offers all one can wish for. We did many different types of work from cleaning the yard from branches to weeding with machetes, painting and harvesting cotton.
Yvonne spoiled us with delicious cajun food (crawfish etouffé, cracklings, boutine) and helped us organise the time… read more

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11 Jul 2023

Left by host (Helping out on a family ...) for Workawayer (Tanja & Michael)

Tanja and Michael are wonderful people and terrific guests. We had a very good time with them and got SO much work done! They really became part of our household and lifestyle while they were here and were very keen to join in on all of our strange and wonderful activities. Tanja and Michael know how to be a guest in someones home and were always… read more

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3 Jul 2023

Left by Workawayer (Tanja & Michael) for host (Helping out on a family ...)

We want to express our gratitude for the wonderful two weeks we spent working in Zenovias and Tylers home and garden. It was an enriching experience for us, and we truly enjoyed every moment of it.
During our time we focused on various tasks such as weeding, planting new flowers and plants, mowing the lawn, and pruning shrubs and trees. It was… read more

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27 Apr 2023

Left by host (Come and help with eleven ...) for Workawayer (Tanja & Michael)

Good worker, good workingmoral. Sensitive to sounds, maybe not so good if you live in a family and share everything. Tanjas way is not always the right way. Works good alone, drove atv big distanses and packed trails very good. Very good with animals, supergood when we ran dogs she was very fast seeing what needed to be done. Very good cooker,… read more

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17 Apr 2023

Left by Workawayer (Tanja & Michael) for host (Come and help with eleven ...)

I had a great ten week stay with Håkan and Lotta and of course the dogs. The day started at 9 am in January and February and slightly earlier in March with our "Tresure Hunt" (picking up poop from the yard), regularly followed by some snow shoveling - sometimes only half an hour, somtimes up to six hours. Another major work was to pack the 10+ km… read more

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6 Oct 2023

Left by host (Stay with us in an 1830's ...) for Workawayer (Tanja & Michael)

A wonderful couple to have for a stay. I hope you two return to this area to explore more of our culture.
Take care.
yvonne

(Excellent )

29 Sep 2023

Left by Workawayer (Tanja & Michael) for host (Stay with us in an 1830's ...)

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11 Jul 2023

Left by host (Helping out on a family ...) for Workawayer (Tanja & Michael)

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3 Jul 2023

Left by Workawayer (Tanja & Michael) for host (Helping out on a family ...)

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27 Apr 2023

Left by host (Come and help with eleven ...) for Workawayer (Tanja & Michael)

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17 Apr 2023

Left by Workawayer (Tanja & Michael) for host (Come and help with eleven ...)

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26 Nov 2022

Left by host (Come enjoy riding, ...) for Workawayer (Tanja & Michael)

Thank you, Michael and Tanja for all the help you provided. The two of you have been exemplary in assisting with every sort of chore from feeding animals, to repair and maintenance of infrastructure, to photography of the daily life here on the ranch. Your contributions in the kitchen have been most praiseworthy as well. Mmm!
I can highly… read more

(Excellent )

11 Nov 2022

Left by Workawayer (Tanja & Michael) for host (Come enjoy riding, ...)

We had an intense eight weeks at Kelly's with countless amazing experiences like chasing bulls and cows on horseback, beautiful trailrides, sorting / marking and vaccinating calfs and lambs, we did a lot of fencing and helped with the daily tasks such as feeding the animals (cats, dogs, pig, chicken, lambs, ponys, mules, horses, a rabbit and Buffy… read more

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29 Jul 2020

Left by host (We love to host and meet new ...) for Workawayer (Tanja & Michael)

It was lovely to have such a down-to-earth and interested couple on our farm. Tanja and Michael helped us conscientious and very motivated, they asked in-depth questions and thought the tasks through before starting. They loved to work self-dependent and were willing to do all kind of work such as harvesting, weeding, mowing, but also construction… read more

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29 Jul 2020

Left by Workawayer (Tanja & Michael) for host (We love to host and meet new ...)

We came to Anna and Markus in our very first Workaway and felt very welcomed. Although we have met the two in a challenging situation, we learned a lot and enjoyed the meals together. In the evening, we talked about the tasks for the following day so we could work self-dependent and according to the weather conditions. Some tasks were physically… read more

(Excellent )

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