Gisela

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Currently doing my first workaway stop in the hills north of Barcelona. Getting a permaculture garden spring-ready.
I have worked in desk-jobs for most of my life and straight for the last 10 years. Now I decided to take a little break after my last contract managing a small humanitarian NGO ended in February 2026. I need to clear my head and see and do something different for a while an hope to get new inspirations. A couple of years back I had an amazing time wwoofing in Australia for 3 months, ripping overgrown gardens apart, making bush land fire-safe etc. This inspired me to try something similar again now.
My base has been Berlin for over 20 years but I lived for some time in Ireland, Indonesia and 2 years in Malawi. I am not a professional in anything useful or handy in real life but I can hold a screw driver, shovel sheep shit and drive a medium sized truck on both sides of the road. I am happy to try new things and will be able to sufficiently manage most of it. Up to now I have hardly any experience with animals (except mice and bugs), it's not that I don't like them, it's more a live and let live situation on both sides. But who knows what life brings around the corner.
Since winter in Berlin is bleak, I'm looking forward to going to more southern places in March and April and possibly May. I decided to not yet plan everything out to the last dot.

Intereses

Eventos y sociedad

Cuidado de plantas

Senderismo

Bricolaje y manualidades

Jardinería

Sostenibilidad

Política / justicia social

Autodesarrollo

Películas y televisión

Historia

Idiomas

Cocina y alimentación

Montaña

Naturaleza

Playa

Ciclismo

Idiomas

Idiomas hablados
Alemán: Fluido
Inglés: Fluido
Holandés: Intermedio
Español: Principiante

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I would like to brush up on the languages that are a bit lost because I havenˋt used them in a while: Dutch and Spanish. I don't know if I am a good teacher but willing to try - for German, my native language. My English is rather good but I'm not sure about teaching it.

Buscar un colega de idioma

Habilidades y conocimientos que quiero compartir o aprender

Me interesa:  

Proyectos ecológicos

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Ciertos conocimientos de:  

Jardinería

Proyectos de construcción y bricolaje

Cocinar para toda la familia

Ayuda doméstica

Mantenimiento general

Ayuda con ordenadores/Internet

Idiomas

Que habilidades tienes?

I have worked around politics, transport, adult education and human rights for the last couple of years. This will probably not be very helpful in the real world.
But I had an allotment where I build a high bed for plants, tried my way around upcycling things and since my well was dry most of the summer, I tried some gardening without water - semi successful, I have to admit. The shed/bungalow was very run down when I took over and I had to rip out a lot of carpet, walls and other disgusting stuff. The rebuilding was mostly done by some professional builder, but around a garden there's always something to hammer, screw, saw, dig. And of course weed, plant and harvest.
I have a driver's licence for cars, trucks up to 7.5t, motorbikes and are not afraid to drive them.
I speak German and English fluently, Dutch I might be able to speak after 2 beers, I once were able to communicate in Spanish, learned French and Indonesian - not much left of these 2 languages though. If necessary I can do a couple of things with a computer.

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I look forward to broaden my horizont. I have been stationary in Berlin for 12 years, The longer I stay in one place and do mostly the same things, the narrower my world feels. So: let's see what is out there in the world where I could be a little helpful and open my mind to new thoughts and possibilities.

Más información

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  Fumador

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  Permiso de conducir

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  Alergia
  a little hay fever (mostly grass) and a tiny little bit against cats - they shouldn't sleep on my pillow.

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  Dieta especial
  I am not a strict vegetarian but it would be nice to be able to not eat much meat.