Petr & Alena

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Description

Hello! A warm greeting from Petr (and Alena)! 😊

It's been 1.5 years since our last Workaway experience, which was in the beautiful Algarve region of Portugal.

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This time, it's just me, Petr, seeking a volunteering opportunity in Switzerland this January 2025.

I have a few free weeks and would love to spend them connecting with new people and places, as well as disconnecting a bit from computers world (I worked as a Software Engineer in the past 6 years).
I already experienced six workaway/helpx places across Europe (UK, Iceland, Austria, Portugal) where I helped with:
- Maintenance and manual work around house and farm
- Housekeeping
- Animal care (dogs, cats, horses, sheep)
- I can also help with computer things as I'm a bit of an IT geek (and no worries, even IT guys can work manually! :-)

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About us (Petr & Alena):
We are friendly couple from Czech Republic. We used to live in an old house with big field and small vegetable garden in the middle. Recently we moved to an appartment in the city of Ostrava which gave us more flexibility in traveling. We still prefer countryside stay, as we enjoy connection with nature and taking care of the garden and animals. We are definitely not shy of manual work :-)

We both can cook.
We also don't smoke and drink alcohol at all.

In our free time, we enjoy gardening, hiking, badminton, gym, and other outdoor activities.

Interests

Water sports

Technology

Self development

Nature

Outdoor activities

Pets

Plant care

Mountain

Languages

Farming

Fitness

Gardening

Hiking

Culture

Cooking & food

Beach

Animals

Adventure sports

Languages

Languages spoken
Czech: Fluent
English: Fluent
German: Beginner

More 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.

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Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn

Some knowledge of:  

Gardening

DIY and building projects

General Maintenance

Creating/ Cooking family meals

Life at a Farmstay

Helping around the house

Animal Care

Helping with Computers/ Internet

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Able to teach about:  

Languages

More details about your skills

- Maintenance and manual work around the house
- Housekeeping
- Gardening, growing
- Taking care of animals

- Petr has degree in Computer Science and works as Software Engineer (can help with computers) and has finished Secondary school of Civil Engineering (can help with building projects)
My personal page: https://petrmatej.azurewebsites.net/

- Alena has degree in Marketing and works as Business Analyst

Age

30 & 27

What else ...

Petr: Because of my "gut" issues, I've been experimenting with various diets over the past few years. So far, what works best for me is a partially carnivore diet, which I currently follow - that means, most of my food is animal-based with some added fruits. As crazy as it might sound at first, it's actually very simple, and I stick to this routine:
- Morning - 4-5 eggs with half an avocado and butter
- Lunch - 300-400g of meat (usually beef, with butter), ocasionally beef broth
- Snack - an orange, some lactose-free dairy (youghurt, cream, or cottage cheese) with a bit of honey
- Dinner - 200g of meat.

That being said, I'm not expecting the host to take care of my meat plan. I just wanted to give you an idea of my routine and reasons and that cooking for myself is perfectly fine :-)

Some more information

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  Smoker

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  Driver's licence

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  Allergies
  Lactose Intolerance

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  Special dietary requirements
  Described in "What else ..." section below