Help me grow vegetables and help me with DIY projects, Stay all summer, live like a Local. in Buggio, a Hamlet in Italy.

  • Última actividad : 26 abr 2025

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  2025 

 Estancia mínima:  Al menos 2 semanas

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  • Descripción

    Descripción

    My village is a 1500-year-old historic Hamlet, car free, with four p-lots around it, located in the mountains at the end of the road a 20 minute drive from the Mediterranian and an hour from Nice, France.
    It is rural living, no stores, no cafes or else, but the bus arrives four times a day except for Sundays.
    5 km before us is Pigna, a larger village, that has all the basics (cafes, restaurants, atm, post office, alimentari etc). People who live here farm the land and grow their food.

    We back up to a huge national park, so there is plenty of hiking. We also have small holes in the river that offer a dip, some of them quite beautiful. In Buggio you hear the bees hum, the deer bark and occasionally Ivana calling the cats in (she lives by the entrance of the village, where the bus lands).

    If you have a car you are just an hour away from the busy jet-set of Monaco, Nice, San Remo etc, or you can leave by bus in the early morning (7am) and return early evening (5pm). From Ventimiglia there is a train.

    I grow a lot of vegetables all summer, enough to be self sustained. Farmers are welcome, and for the meat free, it is heaven.

    I am a 1960 born female and have my BA in nursing science from Denmark. I have retired and now work voluntary over the internet, promoting gender equality world wide.
    I live by myself, as my five grown kids are all out of university and now working. One of my sons is still working and living in California, where they were all born, and where I visit winters, and another son lives in Brooklyn NY. My three daughters currently live in Copenhagen.

    I have travelled extensively and seen the world. I still travel some. I love my home country Denmark, and sometimes I have people stay in Buggio to keep my chicks and work my garden when I am not here.
    I enjoy visitors and have made friends from around the world, but I also need time to myself, so you have to enjoy the same.
    People here are really friendly and warm, mainly older, and they always offer a conversation at every encounter. Pigna, 5 km before our village, is very lively in the summer.

    I spend a good part of my summers here.

  • Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    Jardinería
    Construcción y bricolaje
    Cocinar para toda la familia
    Ayuda doméstica
    Mantenimiento general
    Ayuda informática
  • Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    The village (valley) offers authentic italian living, in the summer every village in the valley takes turn in hosting their village festas with food and live music, and they are always fun.
    Although several foreign families own vacation houses in the village, we are not a typical tourist spot.
    There is no cafe, no stores, no other kind of entertainment here - we offer authentic mindful living and you must be prepared for that. If you need a more hectic life, do not chose Buggio for your destination.
    Pigna has it all, and is a 40 minute walk each way. But the bus drives four times a day except for Sundays, and that is only ten minutes.
    We have a small river run by, offering little ponds and waterfalls to dip into.
    The locals are rooted here, they have lived here for many generations, and the valley seems like one big family.
    In the summer we have about 10 foreign families who vacation in the their vacation homes here, many of them are from Denmark.

  • Ayuda

    Ayuda

    I would love help with some building projects. I have remodeled a home and have a ruin attached that my previous workawayers have cleaned up for remodeling as well. There is still stuff to break down and haul away, and after that the task will be plastering the walls with cement. Physically hard.

    It's time to update my website. It has recently been transferred to Wordpress.
    I have a lot I need to upload. So a WordPress professional is very welcome. Any Mac-nerd is welcome.

    I also grow my food, so daily gardening is required.
    For 2025, April/May will be a good time to wack the weed, turn the dirt, dig the trenches and plant the crops.

    I plan to build a garden house (3x4m), so someone skilled for that is welcome. I would like to install a small solar panel here.

    And then there is always general maintenance like sanding/repainting wood, scrubbing algae off the outdoor stairs, stacking firewood etc.

    Several of my workawayers have become returning regulars, some with up to four visits over the years. I’ve been blessed with so many good helpers, and several have become dear friends.

    I would love to host a couple who would enjoy nesting in the apartment the ENTIRE SUMMER, may through august, while working 15hrs/week each. Of course you would have to be the right match, but that would be your opportunity to live like a local.

  • Idiomas hablados

    Danish: Fluido
    Alemán: Fluido
    Inglés: Fluido
    Italiano: Intermedio

  • Alojamiento

    Alojamiento

    For my WorkAwayer(s) I have an independent 1b/1b really cute two-story apt with a bedroom (bed:140x200) on the first floor, where also the shower bathroom is located, and a single bed upstairs in the kitchenette/dining/living room (small fridge, two burners, small el oven, sink, table). I also have a fold out baby crib. The apt has been recently remodeled to superb condition. This apt is for you. If you come as a couple, you stay here together.
    The apt is equiped with all you need. Please KEEP it clean and neat at all times while living there, and LEAVE it clean and neat for the next. Fluff your comforter and make your bed every day, just to give it air.
    You can use my laundry machine for full loads when needed.

    I am very social but I also need to work in my office, so you must be a person who is independent and able to care for yourself and your time. This is why I prefer couples to singles, as they can better keep each other company.

    There is fast speed internet in the apt.

    Since you are getting a complete apt to yourself and hrs are less than asked, YOU BUY YOUR OWN FOOD.
    From July you can harvest in the garden; zucchini, eggplant, tomatoes, celery, salads, kale, rhubarb, fennel, cucumber etc. I have three chicken and can provide eggs, and I can bake you a rustic cia bread to slice, freeze and toast when needed. You are welcome to drive with me when I shop for food at the coast once a week.

    Each person works 15 hrs a week, and buys their own food.
    With special projects we can agree to 25 hrs/week/person and food included.

  • Algo más...

    Algo más...

    I can pick you up at the train in Ventimiglia upon arrival and bring you there upon your departure. Not too early, not too late ;)

    As mentioned, a couple who would stay 3-4 months over the summer would be great.

    Otherwise you have to commit to no less than two weeks.

  • Un poco más de información

    Un poco más de información

    • Acceso a Internet

    • Acceso a Internet limitado

      Acceso a Internet limitado

    • Tenemos animales

    • Somos fumadores

    • Puede alojar familias

  • Puede acoger a nómadas digitales

    Puede acoger a nómadas digitales

    Super good internet in your apt.

  • ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

    ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

    Dos

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La imagen representa un sereno paisaje montañoso desde un balcón, con exuberante vegetación, un río y edificios lejanos, sobre un cielo azul despejado.
La imagen muestra una encantadora casa de piedra con balcón y patio, rodeada de exuberante vegetación y vibrantes flores en un pintoresco entorno de montaña.
La imagen muestra una colección de tomates en rama, con hojas y tallos verdes, sobre un fondo neutro, probablemente para su uso en un catálogo u otro listado de productos.
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