TIMOTHY

Spain
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I am currently
At home
My next destination:
Spain
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Description
My name is Tim, and this year I want to savour my last summer here in Galicia before returning home to Australia after a few years of living in Spain.

I am a very relaxed and sociable person, and in my free time I like to get out into the mountains or to the coast, or if at home I'll pass the time with a good novel. I'm very easy to get along with, and I always like to learn new things, get to know knew people.

I've worked in all kinds of jobs - in pizzerias, bars, restaurants, vineyards, teaching English, working in museums, all kinds of work. I'm very keen to get into it and earn my keep, and I can help our with any kind of activity: physical labour, customer service, teaching, writing, photography, cooking, cleaning, whatever job there is I will learn it and complete it without complaining or dragging my feet.

One employer (not through workaway) on a vineyard wrote of me¨Tim worked on my vineyard and property for a month in 2018 and brought with him a great appetite for diverse work tasks. He applied himself to each job with accuracy and a positive attitude. I would recommend Tim to any employer who wanted the job done well, with or without supervision and in a set time frame."

If you'd like someone who is keen to work, keen to get to know the local area, and keen to get to know his workmates and hosts, then please get in touch with me and we can arrange a meeting or phonecall.
Un saludo,
Tim.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn
I'm interested in:
Gardening
General Maintenance
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Life at a Farmstay
Eco Projects
Helping around the house
Some knowledge of:
Charity Work
Able to teach about:
Languages
Teaching
More details about your skills
Manual labour, teaching English, cooking, writing, photography
Age
31
Some more information
- Smoker
- Driver's licence
- Allergies
- Special dietary requirements

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20/12/2018

Left by host for Workawayer ()

Tim es una persona fantástica: responsable, con gran sentido del humor y sobretodo muy buena persona.
Ha trabajado en mi bar en la playa durante todo el verano y ha tenido desde el principio hasta el final una actitud impecable. Resalta especialmente su buena actitud y don de gentes, que ha sido una pieza clave en el servicio del bar, siempre con… read more una sonrisa en la cara, con muy buen humor y atención cercana con los clientes (quienes muchos se convirtieron en grandes amigos suyos).

A pesar de la intensidad de algunos días de trabajo en verano, nunca lo he visto enfadarse, y siempre ha estado dispuesto a colaborar. Tim es de Australiana, pero su nivel de Español es espectacular, simplemente perfecto, y como además es profesor tuvo mucha paciencia también para corregir el inglés de alguno de mis empleados (que quería mejorar su inglés).
Ha tenido además especial interés en entender la cultura local, conocer bien a la gente local.... ha aprovechado muy bien su experiencia.

Es una persona noble y de toda confianza a la que se le puede encomendar cualquier de responsabilidad, lo recomiendo para cualquier equipo o proyecto, tiene una gran capacidad de trabajo en equipo.
Entró como un empleado y se convirtió en un amigo de muchos clientes y mío también, lo echaremos de mucho de menos.
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Tim is a fantastic person: responsible, with a great sense of humor and above all a very good person.
He has worked in my bar on the beach all summer and has had an impeccable attitude from the beginning to the end. Especially highlights his good attitude and people skills, which has been a key part of the bar service, always with a smile on his face, with good humor and close attention with customers (who many became great friends of his) .

Despite the intensity of some days of work in summer, I have never seen him get angry, and he has always been willing to collaborate. Tim is from Australia, but his level of Spanish is spectacular, just perfect, and since he is also a teacher he also had a lot of patience to correct the English of one of my employees (who wanted to improve his English).
He has also had special interest in understanding the local culture, getting to know the local people well ... he has taken advantage of his experience very well.

He is a noble and trustworthy person who can be entrusted with any responsibility, I recommend him for any team or project, he has a great capacity for teamwork. He entered as an employee and became a friend of many clients and mine too, we will miss him a lot.

(Excellent )

27/10/2018

(Come and help us on the beach ...)

The two months I spent working for Germán was one of the most enjoyable summers I have had. Working on the beach bar, you will spend your days meeting new people, walking about the hills, getting to know locals, kayaking across the harbour, enjoying mojitos at sunset, listening to live music, trying delicious seafood in town....

The work varies… read more depending on the day and the month. Sometimes you will be working intensely, other times the work is more relaxed, and always the work is enjoyable: you're working with some really nice people and getting to know the local customers and meeting travellers from the rest of Galicia, Madrid, Portugal, and all of Europe.
You will be serving drinks, preparing food, cleaning the bar, opening and closing the bar, replacing beer barrels etc: all the work of a normal bar. There is no table service at the chiringuito, which means you have more time to chat with the customers, and it means you’re not really working as a waiter/waitress, you just serve the drinks and food at the bar itself and let the customers come to you.

The customers are almost never in a bad mood, because they’re coming directly from the beach, often on holidays, and they always have a smile on their face. There is all kinds of people in the chiringuito: older and younger, travellers and locals.. The main languages spoken at the chiringuito are Spanish and Galician, so if you're looking to improve you're language skills you have hundreds of opportunities every day with the customers.

The food of the chiringuito is basic, but fresh. It is not a restaurant, doesn't have a kitchen, so it cant produce the most elaborate dishes, but there are always healthy options. You can cook in your campsite kitchen (and there is also a barbecue at the campsite; great for for cooking sardines), and you will receive a weekly stipend for your groceries.

The accommodation is a five minute walk away, in a very green camp site which has clean and new facilities. The camp site is like a forest it has so many trees. You get your own tent, and share a kitchen tent with your workmates. Living in a tent might sound uncomfortable, but you quickly get used to it and you even begin to enjoy it; you wake up, have a dip in the sea, go to work, never in a rush...

Germán is a good boss. He is upfront and honest about the working conditions, and you will never have to do more than the standard Workaway agreement if you don’t want to. He is flexible and will take into account to your preferences about the timetable, but he is fair in how the work is shared between the staff. He is a manager who is willing to talk and to listen.

I would absolutely recommend Germán’s beach bar as a Workaway. It is a great opportunity to get to know a stunningly beautiful part of Galicia’s coastline, and a wonderful way of meeting new people. ¡Anímate!

(Excellent )

30/09/2017

Left by host (Help in the Penedès Wine ...) for Workawayer ()

If you are lucky enough to have Tim interested in your workaway offer then don't think twice! Fully committed, reliable, gets on with it and putting in 100%. Great person to have around. Sociable and enjoys getting out and about on the mountain bike in his free time.

All the best for the future Tim!

Anthony

(Excellent )

27/08/2017

(Help in the Penedès Wine ...)

Definitely a great introduction into the Workaway world. On Anthony´s place there was plenty of good work to be done, and there was plenty of reward at the end of the day: fine Cavas, good food.. The best reward was being in a privileged location in the upper Penedés wine region, where you can immerse yourself in nature by going on bike rides and… read more

(Excellent )

29/09/2017

(Looking for different help in ...)

Paradise. Gorgeous beaches, spectacular views, nature all around you... If you like being close to nature, to the sea, then this would be a good place to spend some time working. I spent a couple of weeks with Austin, he's chill and helpful. Quality person. The work can be different kinds: physical work, house work, web work, and camp work in… read more

(Excellent )

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