Badges (4)
Photos
Profile information
Description
Hi everyone!
I'm Juan (but everyone call me Colo), I was born and raised in Argentina, but I've been living in Europe since 2015 (between Italy and Spain).
Based in Spain, in 2021 I've been doing some workaway in Andalucia and working in a winery for the Vintage in Bordeaux, so now I start 2022 looking for new projects Spain.
In 2020, I worked and travelled around Australia (not too much travelling due to COVID), and there was where I had my first Workaway experiences, and I discovered is an amazing way to live.
In October 2020, once I came back from Australia and since I had some spare time, I made the Camino de Santiago, from Pamplona to Finisterre, amazing experience!
I've studied industrial engineering in Argentina, I used to work in the automotive industry, but I quit to stay away from the corporate world for a while.
I'm an easygoing and open-minded person, who loves all kinds of music and playing the Spanish guitar and singing.
I hope we can meet soon!
----
Hola a todos!
Me llamo Juan (pero todos me dicen Colo), nacido y criado en Argentina, pero viviendo en Europa desde 2015 (un poco en Italia, otro poco en España).
Resido en España, y en 20201 estuve haciendo un poco de workaway en Andalucía y luego trabajando en la vendimia en una bodega de Bordeaux.
Ahora me encuentro buscando nuevos proyectos para este 2022 en España.
En 2020 estuve trabajando y viajando por Australia (no tanto viaje por el COVID). Fue allí donde tuve mi primera experiencia con Workaway, y descubrí que es una manera maravillosa para complementar la manera de vivir.
En octubre 2020, cuando regresé de Australia y al tener tiempo libre me fui a hacer el Camino de Santiago desde Pamplona hasta Finistere, espectacular!!
He estudiado ingeniería industrial en Argentina, solía trabajar en la industria automotriz, pero dejé el trabajo para alejarme por un tiempo de la vida corporativa.
Soy de trato muy fácil y toda mis experiencias de vida me han ayudado a volverme una persona más abierta. Me gusta mucho cualquier tipo de música (actualmente le estoy dando mucho al flamenco) y toco un poco de guitarra española y canto.
Espero conocernos pronto!
Colo.
Interests
Self developmentMusicLanguagesHitchhikingHistoryEvents & socialHikingGardeningFarmingCultureCarpentryBooksArt & design
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
French: IntermediateMore details about my language interests
This workawayer has indicated that they would be interested in sharing their language(s) or learning a new language. You can contact them directly to discuss this.
Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn
Some knowledge of:
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Life at a Farmstay
Helping around the house
Animal Care
Hospitality/Tourism
Able to teach about:
Gardening
Languages
Teaching
More details about your skills
For the majority of my working life I've had offices jobs with some time spent in the factories as an operations consultant. However, I enjoy manual work, although I haven't had the opportunity to do it professionally, only ever helping out at home or for friends.
As a child I used to do the garden maintenance of our house in the countryside in Argentina, so that's something I'm good at and I enjoy, as well as home redecoration.
Lately I've been very interested in woodworking, but I've never worked on my own woodworking project so I'm really keen to learn a bit more about it!
I speak Spanish (my mother tongue), English (fluent), Italian (fluent) and French (conversational) so would be happy to work in multilingual environments.
Age
36
What else ...
I really enjoy going to the opera and classical music concerts, something we used to do as a family when I was younger.
I also used to study piano, but I stopped practising at university, so I'm quite rusty now.
Lately, I've been very interested in how spanish guitars are made and would love to build my own, so that's something that I'd love to learn, as it is such a fine art, and combines music and craft work, two things that I admire.
Some more information
Smoker
Driver's licence
Allergies
NoSpecial dietary requirements
No
Feedback
Moni's instructions for every task were very clear, and she is very patient to explain when you are not completely skill on one subject (our first job was to cover some walls with lime, so she taught… read more
We painted for her all the fences and a we prepare a small room that she wanted to use for storage, painting it and installing all the new shelves.
We still are in debt with… read more
I learn a looot about gardens: Rosa and Tania showed me how to prepare the beds for planting the vegetables, planting, taking care of them during their growing and harvest them.
Seth also thought me how to do the structures for the tomatoes, it was a really… read more
Friends
Feedback
Moni's instructions for every task were very clear, and she is very patient to explain when you are not completely skill on one subject (our first job was to cover some walls with lime, so she taught… read more
We painted for her all the fences and a we prepare a small room that she wanted to use for storage, painting it and installing all the new shelves.
We still are in debt with… read more
I learn a looot about gardens: Rosa and Tania showed me how to prepare the beds for planting the vegetables, planting, taking care of them during their growing and harvest them.
Seth also thought me how to do the structures for the tomatoes, it was a really… read more
During that time we went overseas for nearly a month and he looked after the property which is no mean feat. We had several large functions and his contribution was immeasurable. There is little Colo can't or won't do. He has a real 'can do' attitude and is eager to help way beyond expectation. He is… read more
Aleks, Derek and Jack will make you fell part of the family from the first moment. You will have to work seriously, but then you are totally… read more
We work in her garden with another workawayer and it was great... She was always waiting for us with the lunch everyday we finished work.
She and Ron took us to a couple places in the evenings and we even went to an open mic night with Maree where she… read more
