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Hello! We are a family of three and we live at a lovely quinta close to Tomar. The quinta is work in progress, we live here with our little boy of three years old, two dogs, chickens, two terrace cats and lots of visitors on the edge of a tiny village with very nice and sweet Portuguese neighbours.
We overlook a beautiful valley, and many hectares of forest and a terraced orange grove are part of the quinta.
More precisely, we are Laurens and Evelien, a Dutch couple who moved to Portugal five years ago. Our son is three years old and he is born Portuguese! We live in an old farm and former lagar, a local olive press, with a lot of land. By having people over through Workaway, but also many friends and family, we want to create a friendly, sustainable community.
We are working on many projects at the same time: the house needs some restoration work, there is a citrus orchard and a veg garden to maintain, we planted hundreds of trees so far, there is yearly work to be done to keep the property fire safe, ruins to be rebuild with natural, historical methods and many other tasks! But most of all we are spending a lot of time with our son as this stage of life is so precious and flies by so quickly.
We both have a background in arts (fine art and electronic music) and since 15 years we run an organic, handmade soap company. Currently from home, although it is still based in the Netherlands: our wonderful soap team didn't want to move ;-) As we have many beneficial soap plants growing on our land, and sheds waiting to be rebuild, we may set up a soap studio here one day too but only the future can tell.
We earned a PDC in permaculture with Geoff Lawton and try to improve our land by digging swales, planting support species, chop and drop, and our veg garden is no dig with a rotating chook dome on it.
We eat vegetarian and are happy accommodating vegans.
As our son loves playing with other kids we love to accommodate other families!
Last October we started a pre-school here in the village, based on Forest School principles, currently with four kids and one wonderful Portuguese teacher. Our dream is to not only revive our quinta to its former glory, but also bring our sweet little village back to life, where kids can run to each others houses to meet up and play.
We love to share our place and so guests are welcome to join in on the abundance on the land, that means endless lemons and oranges during ten months of the year, and plums, peaches and figs from early summer on. It also means guests are often welcome to join bbq and pizza dinners on our roof terrace.
Ongoing works at this moment we would love some help with:
- work in the veg garden
- building a large picknick table under the orange trees
- chopping and dropping the last bits of bushes and firewood before it gets too hot to use electric saws in the woods in summer
- restauration of traditional iron window frames
- cooking and making sour dough bread
As our Workaway season is starting up again we want to create a lovely campsite - for and with our Workawayers! We have a beautiful spot on our land, right next to a pond and a waving wall of reeds, with a magnificent view over the valley. Here we want to build a deck with a 'living room' area and outdoor kitchen. There is already an outdoor shower and compost toilet unit and we can set up a couple of family tents. If this sounds interesting to you, do come and join us! :-D
This summer we will be working on plastering the inside of a new part of the house with clay! If you are interested in natural building, be our guest!
Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje
Ayuda en proyectos ecológicos
Jardinería
Construcción y bricolaje
Ayuda en una granja
Cuidado de niños y juegos creativos
Cocinar para toda la familia
Ayuda doméstica
Mantenimiento general
Intereses
Sostenibilidad
Vegetariano o vegano
Agricultura
Fotografía
Historia
Libros
Jardinería
Cocina y alimentación
Carpintería
Arte y diseño
Arquitectura
Animales
Baile
Senderismo
Naturaleza
Yoga / bienestar
Objetivos de sostenibilidad de las NU que intenta conseguir este anfitrión
Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje
Please let us know what you're most interested in: gardening, construction, land restoration, permaculture, cooking, soap making - you name it! Besides the possibility to learn from and with us on any of these subjects, we're also very much interested in your experiences, skills and fascinations.
Ayuda
In September we will start early with the olive harvest, this lasts about ten days with about ten people. From aprox. 15th of Sept until the 25th.
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At this stage any help is welcome, really. If you have skills in carpentry, gardening, ecology, general maintenance - all very welcome. Also if you have no masses of experience yet: please feel welcome too, as we're sure we'll find ways to productively cooperate!
Depending on the season and the type of work, you can expect two ways of productivity here:
For more intensive help such as building and landscaping, we start early, around 7 or 8, we provide a hot lunch and you have the afternoon for yourself.
Or you more so 'join the family´ with cooking, some maintenance around the house, gardening or playing with the kids. This is more go with the flow type of work, with a few hours in the morning and a few in the afternoon. If you have your own preferences we are always open to that.
Idiomas
Idiomas hablados
Inglés: Fluido
Holandés: Fluido
Alemán: Principiante
Portugués: PrincipianteEste anfitrión ofrece intercambio de idiomas
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Alojamiento
We will offer you a room in the house or in a tent, depending on availability. In case you want something more adventurous and plan to spend a longer time here, we can focus (some of) the work on setting up a Workaway base camp!
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We are quite close to the city of Tomar and the Nabão river, generally quiet, rustic and beautiful countryside. Castelo do Bode,one of the largest lakes in Portugal with amazing clean water, lays just on the other side of Tomar. If you love a proper hike and a dip in cristal clear river water, this region has lots to offer. The turistic river beach of Agroal is only 5 minutes away (by car) if you crave a bit more action.
If you come by car Tomar is a 10 minutes drive. Most Workawayers we have hosted though travel with public transport and we always try to meet your needs then, combining rides to town with dropping you of at the station or somewhere else you want to visit. The trainstation of Fátima is only 5 minutes away by car and you can also walk there in an hour through beautiful countryside! And there are two cafés in walking distance.
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Acceso a Internet
Acceso a Internet limitado
Tenemos animales
Somos fumadores
Puede alojar familias
Puede acoger a nómadas digitales
Yes, we have glass fiber internet.
Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas
We have a couple of sweet spots on the land where you can put up camp.
Podría aceptar mascotas
Pets should be fine! We have three dogs currently, so one more wouldn't hurt. Just let us know what kind of pet you'll bring and how it should blend in with the animal family here.
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I honestly don’t know where to… read more
She came initially to our place to stay for a month, but we all decided soon enough that she could stay as long as she wanted. She became big friends with our son and ALL our animals, especially Pluis (and Shamba <3 ) and we all became very fond of her.
As… read more
Drée is a very good cook and there… read more
I love cooking; they gave me a fridge and a garden filled with beautiful produce to cook lunches and dinners with.… read more
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I honestly don’t know where to… read more
She came initially to our place to stay for a month, but we all decided soon enough that she could stay as long as she wanted. She became big friends with our son and ALL our animals, especially Pluis (and Shamba <3 ) and we all became very fond of her.
As… read more
Drée is a very good cook and there… read more
I love cooking; they gave me a fridge and a garden filled with beautiful produce to cook lunches and dinners with.… read more
She helped out wherever it was needed and made some delicious lunches and a big celebration lunch for lots of people at the table. Momoka you are… read more
I was mainly hanging out with Reza but also interacting neighborhood, helped gardens a bit, went to beautiful river and had Japanese food party! I also enjoyed interacting with other… read more
They came to stay for a few weeks but this turned into a few months and we are lucky to have them over. While they are living here, our children play together every day, and the place becomes more beautiful by the day. Odd jobs that had been neglected… read more
On workdays, we enjoy homemade meals together, taking turns preparing them. This not only results in… read more
They are great guests: joining in, meeting our neighbours, sharing dinner, watching football, and overall they bring a lot of joy.
Teun is a sweet boy who played a lot with our boy and the other children at site. All the kids playing… read more
We stayed for three weeks and worked with two other… read more
They helped us out with a heep of work: creating a ton of fire wood, repairing our lime washed ceiling, making a door post, gardening, tidying, moving countless tiles, and fixing the fence of the… read more
Everyday was unpredictable (i learned this is how it works when you live with a one and half year old) but calm and natural at the same time, just stay in the flow and do what you feel is necessary.
Thanks Evelien, Laurens and… read more
Sam,… read more
As they're looking for a place for themselves, they were eager to go around and see places, have some drinks in the local café and much of the remaining time was spent talking through the ins and outs of… read more
They have a large but amazing project, which offers workawayers many varied options to contribute and make a difference.
We enjoyed working closely with Rudolf, who also lives nearby with his wife Nina, and 3 son's.
During our time there we created a… read more
The… read more
After a couple of months of traveling in Portugal and visiting many different places to get an idea of what this new life would be like, we found the workaway of Laurens, Evelien and little Reza:)
At first we were planning on staying a month to experience living and working… read more
They are open to all sorts of chores and helped us out with a tremendous amount of work, from building a workshop to the garden irrigation system, from chopping… read more
They have bought a large piece of land there (around 30 ha, if i remember correct), with a few ruins, sheds and houses on it. It feels like they have big plans for it and they… read more
