1 / 15

See all photos

(3)

German speaker to join our family and help with painting or gardening in Normandy, France

Francia
Última actividad : 10 ene 2025

Información de perfil

Evaluación del anfitrión
80 %
Last replied
18 jun 2024
Comentarios
3
Facebook verified
Correo verificado

Medallas (3)

Regala Workaway

Busca al anfitrión perfecto

Francia

(14)

Join us for nature, gardening, and animal care in Beaulieu Sur Loire, France

Chile

(12)

Campo y construcción necesitan tu ayuda

Australia

(10)

Join our family on a remote island in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Francia

(2)

Help with delightful twin girls in the Rhone-Alpes countryside, France

Australia

Help us care for injured and orphaned Australian wildlife in East Trentham, VIC, Australia

Perú

(3)

Help at home and textile workshop in Chinchero, Peru

Tanzania

(7)

A real Maasai experience helping a small charity in a remote area of Loliondo, Tanzania

Bolivia

(8)

Help in my garden and with daily life in Cochabamba, Bolivia

La imagen muestra un vibrante pasillo con un mural de un caballo blanco en la pared derecha, con un colorido diseño a rayas y plantas en macetas.

Argentina

(21)

Get to know the Hostel in Còrdoba, Argentina

Italia

(2)

Stay and help with the house and garden in my farmhouse in the hills close to the medieval historic town of Rieti, Italy

Ver la lista de anfitriones completa

DISPONIBILIDAD

2025

Estancia mínima: 1 mes o más

Ene

Feb

Mar

Abr

May

Jun

Jul

Ago

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dic

¿Qué es esto?

Detalles

Descripción
We are a family with four children aged 11, 10, 7 and 3. My husband is a financial adviser and his office is at home. I used to work in publishing and now take care of the children.

We live in a small village in Normandy, in a 18th century chateau. The nearest city is Argentan which is 15km away. We are surrounded by green land, our own forest and lakes where we swim and fish. We have sheep and chicken as well as a big dog, an airdale. We try to do take care of a vegetable garden. We are a closely nit family and have all meals together, lunch and dinner. We are looking for somebody who is eager to become a family member.

We are restoring the second floor where there is lots of plastering and painting to be done. You will never be alone but do tasks alongside one of us. We employ professional help for anything that we can not do ourselves. Ideally you understand a little bit of french. Help asked:

- gardening
- painting
- plastering
- general building help under supervision

5 hrs per day

You can take French lessons from a lady in Argentan or have her come to the house to give you the lesson. Or you can simply learn from the children!

We look forward to hearing form you!
Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje
Práctica de idiomas
Enseñanza
Jardinería
Construcción y bricolaje
Cuidado de niños y juegos creativos
Cocinar para toda la familia
Ayuda doméstica
Mantenimiento general
Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje
you will experience french culture in a french home schooled family, learn about french history, take part if you would like in our catholic practice. During the hunting and fishing season you can join the hunts in our land. You can learn gardening and restoration skills. You can go for long walks and experience the countryside. There are riding farms close by where you can take lessons and other sport facilities tennis and swimming. You can visit major sites Mont Saint Michel, Bayeux, Caen and many châteaux in our neighbourhood (open from spring onwards)
Proyectos con niños
En este proyecto podría haber niños. Para obtener más información, consulta nuestras directrices y consejos aquí.
Ayuda
plastering, gardening and painting.
Idiomas
Idiomas hablados
Catalan: Fluido
Alemán: Fluido
Inglés: Fluido
Español: Fluido
Francés: Fluido
Italiano: Fluido
Chino (mandarín): Fluido
Este anfitrión ofrece intercambio de idiomas
You will be surrounded by us parents and four children speaking French. We would love to learn from you German language skills and any other skills you would like to share with us.
Alojamiento
Room in a chateau in Normandy
Algo más...
We are looking for somebody to start in January 2022

If you feel you are the right person let us know
Un poco más de información
- Acceso a Internet
- Acceso a Internet limitado
- Tenemos animales
- Somos fumadores
- Puede alojar familias
Puede acoger a nómadas digitales
WiFi is not super fast but enough to communicate (not to download)
Podría aceptar mascotas
Only male dogs as we have two female dogs
¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?
Dos

Número de referencia de anfitrión: 244965329853

Seguridad Web

Comentarios (3)

5 jul 2021

Dejado por el workawayer (Paul) para el anfitrión

I spent one month with this family in Ri and I can say it was wonderful.
Beginning with the dinner after my arrival, they made me feel as a part of them and welcomed me with a hospitality and kindness as I have seldom experienced before. From the day on, I was included in their daily routines, got a place on their dinner as well as their festive… read more tables and, in this way, got the chance to not only experience a traditional and normanic way of life, but also to see a family which despite all modern hindrances is able to keep their bonds tight and their cultural values up. And the fruitfulness of this comes best to light in their wonderful children, who are able to grow up in a surrounding without senseless restrictions and distractions. Filled with bondless energy and imagination, guided by a natural interest in things and persons, they are able to keep themselves busy all day long and if you want, you as well. And despite them having a very defined personality from early on, they are never hardening it behind some egoism, but instead care for another and also welcomed me, a stranger at beginning, without hesitation in their house, and with the same openheartedness as their parents.

In my opinion, getting to know this family is reason enough to do a 'workaway' in Ri, but since a reader of this is properly also expecting some information about what awaits him in his daily life, I will also write a little about this now.
Ri itself is a village consisting of not much more than the castle, a church and a handful houses spreaded around it. But despite its size it is the living place of a lot of great people, who will keep you busy and happy throughout your stay, so that your plans to visit the surrounding cities gets postponed and postponed (even with a car at hand) until you cancel them for good. There is Natalie, the great cook, housekeeper, driver and a thousand other things, Ben, the sympathic renter around the corner, who will show you what a café pomme is and of course, Philippe, your 'will be' "chef". They all accepted me, an austrian with close to none french language skills without hesitation in their home town, so they will definitly show the same openness towards you. Especially Philippe was a great companion, who showed a great deal of "patience" with me, not only regarding my lack in french vocabulary, but also regarding my way of fulfilling the given tasks, which reached from painting to plastering to masonry work and in which I had not much experience to beginn with. He guided and taught me, helped me if needed and gave me the freedom to choose the tasks I prefered. In summary, it was just a big pleasure to work with him.
The free time you can spend in the beautiful surroundings of the castle, made up of lakes, forest bits and fields, which are as well the fillings of the window frames in your sleeping room, which, attached with a private bathroom, lies in the first floor of the castle and gives you a silent space you can withdraw to.

Finally, I can only warmly recommend you to make this experience for your own and wish you the possibility to spend some time in Ri with y others. Thanks again for this month and hopefully see you again soon.
All the best wishes to Ri,
Paul

(Excelente )

2 abr 2021

Dejado por el workawayer (Lucia) para el anfitrión

I´m super glad to have had the opportunity to stay with this lovely family in Normandy!
Thanks for accepting me so spontaneously during these crazy COVID times.
Due to the strong restrictions in Northern Germany, I decided to visit a friend in Paris.
When I heard that the lockdown was extended, I knew that I didn’t want to return to Germany.
At… read more

(Excelente )

7 feb 2019

Dejado por el workawayer (Eva) para el anfitrión

I stayed with the family for about a month. It was my first workaway experience and I enjoyed it very much. The family is very hospitable. I had a private room and bathroom in the castle, where I had privacy when needed . We took the meals together with the whole family. Sylvia cooks fresh and healthy meals every day.
Philippe was a nice colleague… read more

(Excelente )

View all 3 feedbacks