Pol
& Lisandra

France & Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
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Travel information
We are currently
Travelling
Activities we are interested in:
Content creation (photography & video), design, languages, crafts
Our next destination:
South Africa - from May 2024 until Jul 2024
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Description
Leaving everything behind to go explore this world. Moving out of Paris, direction Cape Town, starting in Jordan. Looking forward to spontaneous adventures and making friends on the way :)

We're trying to capture this experience for our friends and family back home (and anyone interested really) and in so, are pretty active on social media with these handles :
Instagram : lisaandpol
Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/@LisaAndPol
Blog/Website : https://lisaandpol.com
Interests
Hiking
Pets
Winter sports
Photography
Videography
Sailing / Boating
Outdoor activities
Nature
Languages
Hitchhiking
DIY & crafts
Culture
Blogging
Art & design
Adventure sports
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Slovak: Fluent
German: Intermediate
Spanish: Intermediate
Arabic: Beginner
Swahili (Kiswahili): Beginner
More details about my language interests
We are both fluent in english and are happy to converse in it and teach others. We're native in slovak and french.We are currently learning swahili and excited to practise it with locals
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Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn
We're interested in:
Eco Projects
Art Projects
Some knowledge of:
DIY and building projects
Gardening
Able to teach about:
Languages
Hospitality/Tourism
Helping with Computers/ Internet
More details about your skills
Lisa is slovak but studied at an american business school, so she is fluent in english, and speaks pretty good french as she spent the last two years living in Paris with Pol.
Even though she studied business, she specialized in hospitality industry, especially in luxury hotels. She worked in the USA, Slovakia and France for different hotels for various departments from housekeeping , reception to restaurant manager.
She's an animal and nature lover, enjoys horse riding and lately her passion is in decoration; design and DIY projects.

Pol is half french half catalan, he has a passion for learning new languages and is looking forward to language exchanges. He studied computer science and worked in the field for 4 years, making apps and websites. He also loves adrenaline, he is a licensed skydiver (with over 100 jumps) and holds a pilot license.

We are on a journey to connect with people around the world, learn and share skills, languages and laughter :)
Age
27 & 29
What else ...
We play chess and get pretty competitive with each other !
We are interested in photography and video creation for social media.

We met through couchsurfing, we were both independently passionnate travellers even before we met. Now, we are fulfulling our dream of living on the road with no specific plan in mind, seeing where life takes us !

Also on couchsurfing : https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/lisa-and-pol-travel-the-world
Some more information
- Smoker
- Driver's licence
- Allergies
- Special dietary requirements

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24 Apr 2024

Left by host (Eco-project: Creating Media ...) for Workawayer (Pol & Lisandra)

It was amazing having Lisa & Pol stay for a few days. I was really sad to see them go. Their hands on experience with content creation was exactly what I needed and they provided useful insights that we will apply in our media project.
They also have relaxed personalities and can get along with a wide range of people. The social media workshop… read more

(Excellent )

23 Apr 2024

Left by Workawayer (Pol & Lisandra) for host (Eco-project: Creating Media ...)

We were Priscilla's first volunteers. Unfortunately we didn't have a chance to meet her husband Nick as we stayed only for a fews days and he was away.
We had an incredible time together, Priscilla is very driven and knowledgeable, and we had an amazing creative space where we shared skills and ideas.
On top of that, their house is beautiful (from… read more

(Excellent )

21 Jan 2024

Left by Workawayer (Pol & Lisandra) for host (Help with coffee tours and ...)

We have stayed with Peter and his family for 10 days and we regret not being able to stay longer! This was our 3rd and so far the best volunteering experience. We felt welcomed and included in the family. Ronald, the oldest son of Peter was taking us on beautiful walks around the farm. Isabela the wife of Peter is a great cook and she taught Lisa… read more

(Excellent )

24 Sep 2023

Left by Workawayer (Pol & Lisandra) for host (Help in our authentic Bedouin ...)

This stay in the Wadi Rum desert with Deifallah was our first time volunteering as a couple.
What an experience ! We stayed a week helping him and his brothers, we felt welcome and well taken care of.

The work consisted in :
- at his house in the village : working on the computer to improve the booking, airbnb, tripadvisor, etc.
- at the camp… read more

(Excellent )

24 Sep 2023

Left by host (Help in our authentic Bedouin ...) for Workawayer (Pol & Lisandra)

Lisa and Pol are a nice couple that stayed with us in Wadi Rum for one week, but I wished that could stay longer! They helped me a lot with my reservations, created Airbnb listing for me and improved a lot my Booking.com profile. Lisa takes great pictures and Pol is very good with computer. They are easy going people that fit into our camp easily… read more

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