Enjoy peaceful rural life in our tiny homestead in Valchanovo, Bulgaria

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  Description

  We are a family of four with a tiny private homestead on half of a hectar of land. We raise goats, keep two horses, some veggie beds. Always something to do. Besides, we have kept our remote jobs which makes the farming part even more thrilling. For which reason we really would appreciate some help.
  My partner is local but I moved here some 3 years ago having spent prior to that quite a few years in London's corporate world. The place we are living in now is a very quiet small village in the Southeast of Bulgaria. We very much appreciate that quietness, lack of that constant city noise and the fact that we are surrounded by nature.
  Population of our place barely reaches 50 people on the weekends :D In other words there is not much going on here. So if you are someone who wants to enjoy some quiet atmosphere here is the right place for you.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Jardinage

  S’occuper des animaux

  Aide dans une ferme

  Baby-sitting et jeux créatifs

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général
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  Centres d’intérêt

  

  Dev. durable

  

  Politique/justice sociale

  

  Ferme

  

  Bénévolat

  

  Langues

  

  Jardinage

  

  Animaux

  

  Nature

  

  Montagne

  

  Randonnée

  

  Cyclisme
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  Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre

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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  Since we make cheese it would be a great opportunity for you to learn how to make white cheese the traditional way as well as blue cheese but you will not have to be involved in that, just if interested as is with everything else around our homestead. Traditionally made cheese is much different from all cheese that is made the commercial way nowadays in Bulgaria in regards to consumer's health. Anyone interested in healthy meals and cooking will be able to learn something from us and share their own experience.
  We could share any of the languages we speak as indicated in the other section.
  My partner could teach you Bulgarian folklore dances or have a joint music session if interested and have your instrument along. And I would love to speak with you about astrology, numerology or psychosomatics should you be interested in these.

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  Projets impliquant des enfants

  Ce projet peut impliquer des enfants. Pour en savoir plus, consultez nos directives et conseils ici.

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  Aide

  We'd very much match with individuals who are on the same wave as we are - selfsufficiency, animals, gardening and appreciating what we do - rather than people who are just searching for the next site based on other criteria. This will be vital as our working day begins as early as the sunrise - this is when we wake up, have breakfast and start moving around. We go out and try to accomplish all in one go - goats milking, taking the horses to the pasture, chickens, green house, some harvesting...This is the time along with the late afternoon when we are active in the summer. The heat does not allow for more. That is why we need someone who is willing to ease our day by helping us out with these activities.
  
  A second option would be a homestead sitting. We haven't been anywhere since we've started will the animals so we'd be very happy if you could stay on the homestead while we go out for a few days.
  
  The garden always requires some tasks to be done, we are afraid we won't be able to harvest and process the vegetables we've been growing. Processing of tomatoes, harvesting of raspberries is coming ahead and we'll need help for these as well.
  
  We've attempted some permaculture but due to climate restrictions it did not go smooth so we are now transitioning back to more conventional type of gardening excluding of course any use of chemicals. Our two horses still need training, one of them - initial training, so if you are skilled in that and willing to help we'd be happy to hear more.
  
  If you are interested in baby sitting, you can spend some time with our little girl (11 months in July 2025).

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Bulgarian: Courant
  Allemand: Courant
  Anglais: Courant
  Japonais: Courant
  Lithuanian: Courant
  Russe: Courant

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  We speak two main langauages at home-Russian and English. I would not say we are interested in learning more languages than the ones indicated but we are very happy to share our knowledge of languages with anyone who is interested.
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  Hébergement

  The house has two storeys, you will be occupying the lower one where there is all you need such as bath and toilet. Kitchen with fridges, stove etc will be shared with us on the second floor.
  We do eat meat too even though not very often.
  We take our breakfast after goat milking which is around 8 to 9 am but you are free to do so at any time or join us.
  Lunch is rarely earlier than 2 pm.
  Dinner is late too as we need to milk goats in the evening. At dinner we don't cook meat but make big salads out of cucumbers, tomatoes, onions etc from our garden with seeds instead. If you wish so you are free to have your meals separetely. We'd be happy to have them together though.

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  Autres infos...

  There is almost no public transport to our place. Bus reaches a place some 8 km away from us though, twice a day, from or to where we can take you by car. We travel to the nearby towns now a few times a week by car so we could deliver whatever you need or give you a lift if you need. We are an hour drive from the sea so we could drop you in the city (Burgas) when we have to go there for shopping so you can enjoy some time around the beach, dive into the salt-pans or have a bike ride /they got very nice municipal electrical bikes in Burgas/, we can suggest you some routes there.
  Hiking around is always an option even though there are no marked hiking paths. Yet, we will provide you a mountain bike and a GPS navigation to explore wherever you wish.

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  Informations complémentaires

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    Accès Internet

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    Accès Internet limité

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    Nous avons des animaux

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    Nous sommes fumeurs

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    Familles bienvenues

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  Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

  Internet reception here at the house isn't great. It could work out if you no require fast speeds (above 10 Mbps down and 1 Mbps up).

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  For campers there is a flat space covered with grass. We just pull a cable and plug you in. Current we can supply isn't strong though. Unfortunately, we can't offer sewer connection.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Deux

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  Mes animaux

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