Alberto

Spain
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I am currently
At home
Description
I'm passionate about learning new things, cultures, persons, growing as a person and finding out what I want to dedicate my life for. I love listening other people stories, reflections, their way of seeing life and connecting with others. I came up to realize, what makes me happy is connecting with people, rather than materalistic stuff, a career, or anything else. Living in sync with nature and with a positive, ego-less attitude.
Interests
Camping
Books
Art & design
Events & social
Politics / Social justice
Winter sports
Water sports
Yoga / Wellness
Vegetarian or vegan
Team sports
Self development
Sustainability
Sailing / Boating
Plant care
Pets
Outdoor activities
Nature
Music
Mountain
Farming

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Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
German: Intermediate
More details about my language interests
Always down to practice some german and teaching others spanish or english!
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Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn
I'm interested in:
Eco Projects
Art Projects
Animal Care
Life at a Farmstay
Teaching
Charity Work
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Some knowledge of:
General Maintenance
DIY and building projects
Gardening
Able to teach about:
Languages
Helping with Computers/ Internet
More details about your skills
I work in IT as a software engineer for the past 5 years. I also know music as a hobby, playing piano and a bit of guitar. I just did a marathon this year so I consider I'm also fit for physical tasks! I know how to talk with people and get integrated in a community.
Last year I made a DIY camping mini-van with which I travelled around Europe. I like to learn to do things by myself, and learning from people that has more experience.
I can speak spanish (native), english (C1), and german (B1).
Age
27
What else ...
I've been living abroad for the past 4 years, which made me grow a lot and reflect a lot about life. I'm very interested about sharing this experience with others and having deep conversations.
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- Smoker
- Driver's licence
- Allergies
- Special dietary requirements

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2 Nov 2023

Left by host (Share our passion for animal ...) for Workawayer (Alberto)

Alberto was a great volunteer.
He seemed always in a good mood, you could hear him laughing a lot (a shelter is most often not the happiest place, for us it's a bit like working in a hospital, so to have happy faces around you really means a lot. 🙂)
He was hardworking, reliable, punctual and respectful, and we would definitely host him… read more

(Excellent )

23 Oct 2023

Left by Workawayer (Alberto) for host (Share our passion for animal ...)

Just came back home from 3 amazing weeks here and I'm missing so much the dogs, the people, our routines... What a great place to be. This was also my first Workaway and what a perfect choice!

The shelter is located in Istria close to Pula, where you can sightsee a lot of history and beautiful nature and beaches. We slept in really cozy mobile… read more homes where we had our own private room and space, but the place to be is in the community kitchen where you can socialize with others and play around with Sheela, the kitchen dog :) I love her!

I would say the work is not really easy specially if there were many special cases to be taken care of that day, you have a lot of responsibility taking care of the animals and have to remember what to do, which can be a bit overwhelming (specially the evening shift). The work is mostly cleaning cages, scooping a lot of poop, giving medications, feed the dogs and walk them. 4-5 hours a day with 2 free days every week.

But the best thing of this Workaway is the company you are surrounded with, workawayers, local volunteers and all the animals! It's incredible how fast you can get to know all the different dogs in the shelter with their own personalities and how meaningful it feels the work you do towards these creatures. Most of them are super friendly and lovable, I miss them so much... Gizmo, Cindy, Clarissa, Topaz, Medo, Dona, Chapi, Lando, Maya, Chaplin, Roki, Mira, Hombre, Leron, Bigi, Sheela, Fargo & Percival and all the puppies, I can't name them all! And that without including all the kittens and cats. It was such a nice experience to take care of them and feeling that the work you do matters. I got lucky enough to see how many of them were adopted, it was sad to see them leave but also super happy to see them with their new families.

But also with all the local volunteers, it was really inspiring to see how people can devote their free time to make the life better for these animals, they take well care of the Workawayers and it feels like a family. Sure sometimes when theres a lot of stuff going on in the shelter can be hard to socialize with them, but it's totally understandable. I got super lucky to be together with the most awesome Workawayers with whom I spent the evenings together talking, laughing and sharing our experiences of the day, Kara, Michelle, Miranda and Benno! I think it says about how well they choose the Workawayers.

People mention a lot in the reviews about the rats. There are, but in 3 weeks I saw like five or so... It's not so dramatic. There are some spiders though and scorpions! But nothing to be worried about.

Overall, I definitely recommend this workaway, it was one of the best things (if not the best) I've done in this year, don't hesitate to apply!!! Skip if you can't handle dirty work, a looot of poop, and if you don't like animals.

(Excellent )