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Hi, I'm Lieve from Belgium.
Since 2015 I've made several long trips, using Workaway as a way of getting to know a country or region a bit better. Workaway is for me a very interesting concept because you can experience a country or region in a more intense way by working in a local project or for a family business.
Since I'm 66 now and retired, I have some professional experience of course. I used to work as freelance trainer (IT) for about 10 years and I 've worked in and for several African countries as project coordinator, mainly in educational projects but also supporting small enterprises. After that, and till I retired, I was working in the administration of the local government, mainly in community projects.
In May 2019 I retired and started travelling immediately for 6 months with my campervan.
And my main goal for the coming years is to travel around with my campervan (from Europe to Canada and beyond...). I will still combine travelling and volunteering, since I had marvelous workaway-experiences in France, Spain, Norway Australia, Tasmania and Borneo, Denmark!!
I love to work with my hands! So I'm interested in gardening, harvesting, fruit processing, etc. But I'm also very handy in painting, general maintenance, etc. I also helped out in some guesthouses to clean rooms, maintaining environment, etc.
Reading books is one of my favorite pastimes, as well as travelling (which is my main goal for the coming years) and I spent a lot of time exercising my passion, which is sculpturing (stone)! In that sense it would be nice to find a (longterm) place where I can sculpture a bit, while helping out.
At this moment I'm staying in Denmark for 6 months (April till September), where I can sculpture and enjoy the country through some smaller trips.
In wintertime it is the intention to travel outside Europe for about 3 months (November till January).Intereses
Vida en autocaravanaYoga / bienestarVegetariano o veganoSostenibilidadCuidado de plantasNaturalezaJardineríaAgriculturaBricolaje y manualidadesCiclismoCulturaCocina y alimentaciónAcampadaLibrosArte y diseñoArquitecturaIdiomas
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Inglés: Fluido
Holandés: Fluido
Francés: IntermedioMás información sobre tus intereses idiomáticos
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Me interesa:
Proyectos ecológicosAyuda domésticaIdiomasProyectos artísticosCiertos conocimientos de:
JardineríaMantenimiento generalCocinar para toda la familiaHostelería/turismoQue habilidades tienes?
generalist, not specialist - very handy in gardening, painting, some small building works...general maintenance... also creative (sculpturing, ....) - management skills - organisational skills
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Mainly vegetarian
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Working on a creative project (the ceramic mandala) was very welcome during my 5-months travelling. Though I am not experienced in this type of claywork, we could easily cope with the challenges and managed to make a lot of progress. Unfortunately I could only stay one week and the… read more
One day I was even helping making cheese!
Tove and Knut are hard-working and on the other hand relaxed people with whom it is very easy to communicate and have a… read more
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Working on a creative project (the ceramic mandala) was very welcome during my 5-months travelling. Though I am not experienced in this type of claywork, we could easily cope with the challenges and managed to make a lot of progress. Unfortunately I could only stay one week and the… read more
One day I was even helping making cheese!
Tove and Knut are hard-working and on the other hand relaxed people with whom it is very easy to communicate and have a… read more
There is a lot of work to do in the nursery since they only started up 6 months ago. Joel is very… read more
It felt like we had an old family friend spending time with us - her presence was comfortable, relaxed and no stress at all. We would chat over dinner about our experiences, occasionally take walks together or at other times sometimes she would retire to her room or spend… read more
There is a lot of work to do in and around the house, but I was mainly working in the garden, and helping once in a while with cleaning up the garage, moving the woodlogs, ...
The accommodation is luxurious and Joni is a fantastic cook, so you don't… read more
Thanks,… read more
Work was varied and not too heavy, and I learned a few new skills such as working with a bushcutter (or whatever you call it)! We had interesting talks during our meals together and in the evenings, but had also enough privacy!
I can definitely… read more