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** MARCH / APRIL 2025 - Help needed transforming a garage into an amateur theatre rehearsal space **
Hello, I'm Lola.
I'm a Canadian/ Irish/ British theatre actor and have been living and working in France for 25 years. In 2022 I bought a 100 year old stone house in a town in Ariege in order to look after my mum during her senior years. Two other members of the household are my dogs: Jalia, who is very friendly and affectionate and Sami who is a recent rescue - timid but very sweet.
With the help of wonderful Workawayers, from all over the world, I have been restoring the house over the last two years and there are still some projects left to do so would be grateful for some help from time to time this year too.
MARCH / APRIL PROJECT
I'm really excited to transform my double garage into a little rehearsal room. I gave up my job in theatre to look after my mum full time but I do miss theatre so I'd like to have a little space where I can rehearse just for myself, in an amateur capacity.
We'll be opening up the two small garages into one space, changing the two garage doors, doing some insulation, painting, putting some flooring down, and then, finally, putting up some old stage curtains and lights I have from my previous life.
I have two friends coming to visit in the second half of April and we would love to rehearse a little amateur play so that's why I'm doing this project now. I would love to have the help of one or two people (at a time) who are enthusiastic and practical. Minimum stay: a week.
ELDERLY COMPANIONSHIP
From time to time I would really appreciate a companion for my mum. Just to enable me to have a little time for myself to go out and do other things. I would still do the personal care, morning and evening (and I also have a lovely team of nurses who come in whenever needed) so it would be just be keeping an eye on Mum in the day, making her tea, putting dvds on for her and making her meals. My mum has dementia but is still her lovely, jolly self. It would be necessary to speak fluent English as Mum only speaks English.
GENERAL INFORMATION
It would be nice to share cooking. I like learning recipes from different cultures and sharing mine.
We have bicycles available and there is a train station in our town so on days off you would be able to get around easily. There are frequent trains to the city of Toulouse and, in the other direction, to Foix and into the Pyrenees mountains. The town we live in has some shops, a few restaurants and cafés. There is a food market on Saturday mornings and a flea market on Sunday mornings.
We're friendly people and enjoy meeting new people, exchanging culture, sharing good food... Of course you will also have your own space.
I speak fluent French so can teach English, French or anything to do with theatre.
I would really appreciate a helping hand.
Best regards,
Lola
(Mary Lynn, Lola is my nickname)Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje
Compañía para ancianos
Jardinería
Construcción y bricolaje
Cocinar para toda la familia
Ayuda doméstica
Mantenimiento general
Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje
- learning French or English and about different cultures
- learning about theatre
- surrounding sites: historical / natural
- hiking, water sports...Ayuda
DIY
- painting, helping me with different projects
Gardening
elderly companionship
- serving tea and meals
- putting on DVDs
Helping out with the houseIdiomas
Idiomas hablados
Inglés: Fluido
Francés: FluidoEste anfitrión ofrece intercambio de idiomas
I'd quite like to learn some Spanish or Italian.Alojamiento
- unlimited wi-fi
- guest bedroom
- bicycles available
- train station close byAlgo más...
Activities and places of interest nearby:
• The Pyrenees Mountains for hiking
• Prehistoric caves
• A big prehistoric open-air park/museum
• Medieval towns such as Foix, Mirepoix and Carcassonne are beautiful to visit
• Montbel Lake with beaches, sailing and fishing
• Ziplining, tree climbing
• Canoeing on the Ariege river
• Parachute jumping
• The lovely city of Toulouse, rich in culture
• Roman Spa at Ax-les-ThermesUn poco más de información
Acceso a Internet
Acceso a Internet limitado
Tenemos animales
Somos fumadores
Puede alojar familias
Puede acoger a nómadas digitales
Fiber internet connection.
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I basically had a whole house and villas to myself. To compensate for the rural set up, I had a car at my disposal for the… read more
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I basically had a whole house and villas to myself. To compensate for the rural set up, I had a car at my disposal for the… read more
Lola is super friendly and her mum is an absolute poppet.
I'm full of admiration for Lola tackling so many jobs in her house restoration. I loved doing soft furnishings for her and would be really excited to see her finished… read more
...I stayed at Lola's place for almost 4 weeks and I enjoyed it so much! She is a very lovely, caring and easy-going person and even offered me her own bedroom when she went on vacation. Moreover, she always made sure we are fine with the work and we never had to work too much;) Her mom Betty is a very cheerfull person as well… read more
Unfortunately we couldn't communicate as much as I would have liked because of the language barrier but with a translation app there was no problem for her to understand what help was needed.
I would thoroughly recommend hosting… read more
The work was very much fun and we did achieve much while renovating all together Lola’s kitchen. Some of my tasks were for example cooking, smoothing walls and painting them.
Lola is a perfect host because she is a very caring,… read more
Pamiers is a really nice city to stay and you have everything you need there but can also go to different cities easily.
I enjoyed all of the different work tasks. Which were painting cupboards, building… read more
Alicia was a great help! She is a hard and efficient worker, always cheery and willing to do the variety of jobs I needed doing. She worked very well with the other Workawayer and together I was surprised at how much they got… read more
My room was really cozy and I slept so well in my comfortable bed.
The work was a good combination of different tasks like painting, gardening and building lots of Ikea furniture ;)
I… read more
It was a great experience for me. Lola, Betty and Jalia are all lovely and helped me to be comfortable during my stay.
In my free time I went to the sea, Sidmouth is nice, and really close, and Exeter too. We also went out all together a few times for some great pub lunches… read more
Best wishes for the future!
MaryLynn, once again, thank you so much for everything. ^^
Mary Lynn
Thank you Jarred
And thank you… read more