From: France
Couple account
Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, New Zealand, Panama, Peru
15/10/2016 - 22/05/2020
410
Travelling
Greetings !
Thanks for reading our profile. As we are experienced Workawayers, we pay very much attention to everyone's profile. So we are grateful if you do the same with us.
About us : We are Solveig and Loïc, two backpackers from Normandy travelling as a couple around the World since November 2016. Loïc is 31 and Solveig is 28.
Since October 2018, we are back on the road wishing to complete our world trip started on 2016. After 5 months travelling through Japan, Hong Kong, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, we are currently exploring, living and working in New Zealand since last February 2019. Our amazing journey in Aoteraoa is now coming to its end as we are flying away to South America for a 5 months trip in Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Columbia and Costa Rica before heading back to our Normandy shores.
We are respectful and outgoing people and are very easy to get along with. We both speak english and spanish and developed different skills thanks to Workaway. From farm works in Iceland, receptionist in a few hostels in Costa Rica or even dogsitters and house keepers with an adorable Canadian Family, we are friendly, knowledgeable and enthusiastic folks always up for some good talks.
We focus our trip on meeting people and discovering unknown locations with a local eye. There is no better way to travel !
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Babysitting and creative play
General Maintenance
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Life at a Farmstay
Eco Projects
Helping around the house
Animal Care
Hospitality/Tourism
Charity Work
Language practice
Art Projects
Helping with Computers/ Internet
Teaching
We both are good cooks as we are very fond of homemade cooking. We love to prepare healthy and local products that we found weekly on the market. Loïc used to work for 3 years in a Spanish restaurant as a cook. We shall give you a good hand regarding cooking. I also love to prepare yummy pastries and bakeries on my sparetime.
We both have grandparents living in the french countryside, back there we gave our help several time working in small farms owned by friends of our family during summertime (wheat harvest, vegetables seeding, planting & gardening, milking cows and goats, cleaning chicken and goose hutches, feeding animals ....)
Regarding building skills, Loïc used to work for 3 months for a local city in Normandy where he realized several tasks to maintain local premises and equipment (painting, sanding, varnishing, and several small frameworks ...). Regarding me, my dad is a high skilled builder as a freelance. He nearly builded our home from nothing. I gave him my help several times and I learned a lot from him and should be able to help you out as well.
We both have several experiences regarding babysitting skills. Loïc used to be a basket-ball coach during 3 years for children aged 6 to 12 in his former club. He passed a french national basket-ball association diploma in Sports training and coaching for the youth. Regarding me, I used to babysit children aged 1 to 14 during 6 years several nights per month. I am also the eldest within my family so I had to take care of my twin little sisters while my parents were away from home.
We had the chance to volunteer as receptionnist in two hostels in Costa Rica. We loved it and handled it very good and payed very much attention and care to all the guests we had the chance to meet. We also runned for a few months an Airbnb in our hometown in our former large flat in the city center. We loved it as much as our guest were delighted to spend some time with us.
Anyway, we would love to experience that kind of volunteering mission again in another part of the World.
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
French: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
29 & 32
Française
We both love pets and all kind of animals, we both grew up with them during our childhood.
We are very concerned about ecology, more than ever today. It is a topic which should not be forgotten these days and it would be a great honor to work with people who share the same value. We would be very pleased to learn a lot about sustainable farming techniques, apply them and share this knowledge with other people during our worldtrip.
Here is the link of our travel blog, http://frenchie-travel.com/ , feel free to visit to learn more about our journey and our persons !
Smoker
Driver's licence
Allergies
No known allergies
Special dietary requirements
None
