zazaduarte

Travel information

We are currently

Activities we are interested in:

Animal sanctuary
Off grid living
Sustainability projects
Permaculture
Natural Building
Eco Tourism

Description

Hi there! We´re happy you're visiting our profile!

We are Francisco and Zaza.
Francisco(30) is Portuguese, he lived and worked in the Netherlands in hospitality for the last 5 years. I'm Zaza (37), Dutch (half Brazilian) and during the last 10 years I was working in hospitality and working as a hair stylist.

We met while we were both working in a veggie restaurant in Amsterdam. I was impressed by the love, care and skill he puts in the pizzas and dishes he prepares. He was very interested when he found out that I was guiding meditations in the spiritual centre in town. So I invited him to join one day and since that day we didn´t stop meeting up.

Soon we found out we both had simular desires; to leave that restaurant behind, leave the whole city life behind, there must be other ways than what the two of us have experienced so far... Some deep abstract feeling inside is pushing us in this direction to look for other ways of living.

So last summer we made a big step! We left the Netherlands behind, bought a little van, and now visiting different places and projects in Portugal and Spain to explore inside and outside what it is we really want.

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What we´d love to learn about:
How to grow food in sustainable ways,
How to build naturally,
How to live in community,
How to take care of animals...

To get more in tune with nature in and around us, to make inspiring connections with the people we meet along the way.

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What we do for fun:
hiking, reading, drawing, embroidery, journalling, silly dancing, cooking, philosophy, yoga, running...

Besides all that quite some time and energy goes to the inner world and inner work.
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Thank you for your interest in us and reading through our profile!

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Interests

Farming

Van life

Books

Drawing & painting

Politics / Social justice

Hiking

Camping

Sustainability

Art & design

Yoga / Wellness

Cooking & food

Plant care

Gardening

Self development

Animals

Vegetarian or vegan

Nature

Culture

Languages

Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
Portuguese: Fluent
Spanish: Intermediate

More details about my language interests
Francisco is a native Portuguese speaker and speaks English fluently. He can easily help you if you want to improve your Portuguese!

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Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn

We're interested in:  

Animal Care

Gardening

Life at a Farmstay

DIY and building projects

Eco Projects

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Some knowledge of:  

Helping around the house

Art Projects

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Able to teach about:  

Creating/ Cooking family meals

Hospitality/Tourism

Languages

More details about your skills

Zaza:
*Experience as a meditation guide
* I have a natural talent for adding structure and cleaning up
* 14 years of experience in the hospitality sector (bars, restaurants, hostel) in the Netherlands and Brazil
* Bachelor in Arts and experience as a hair dresser.

Francisco:
*Able to juggle between different projects and tasks at the same time
* 10 years of experience in Hospitality, for the last 5 years have specialised in Vegan/Vegetarian cuisine and Pizza Baking with Plant Based alternative options
* Professional Course in Photography

Age

37 & 30

What else ...

We have a van that we can sleep in, using it as our accomodation if necessary.

Some more information

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  Smoker

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  Driver's licence

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  Allergies
  Zaza is gluten intolerant

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  Special dietary requirements
  Vegan