Help with renovated monastery in small mountain village in Agrampela, Greece

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  Description

  Hi, I am Spyros! Recently I took over this abandoned 17th century monastery on the mountain of Erymanthos, in Peloponnese, hoping to bring life back to it. My dream is to create a centre here, where people will be welcome to visit this monument and connect with nature and most importantly themselves.
  I speak fluently Greek and English and have some knowledge of Spanish, French and German.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  This is a unique opportunity to spend time in a monastery, and even though there are no monks here one still gets the feeling of living in a serene environment and following the local traditions, but also the rhythm the natural sunlight dictates. It is also a great opportunity to learn more about the history of the place, the customs and the mountainous way of living. Having lived and travelled in various countries, I would be happy to share personal experiences and learnings. I am also very interested in open source projects and personal development and would be happy to share more on those topics, as well.

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  Aide

  The place is massive, so there is plenty of general maintenance to be done (cleaning, painting, collecting wood, moving stuff, etc). If someone is familiar working with stones it would be awesome 😊 At the same time, support is also needed with the kitchen. From time to time, we organise workshops and feed around 20 people, so experience with cooking will definitaly be a plus! Slowly slowly, I would like to start making use of the land inside and around the monastery, growing one’s own food, planting trees, flowers and giving a form to the surroundings (which could also translate to planting, digging, weeding, watering, composting). Then more things might happen. Trails could be opened. Guests might be welcomed. Depending on one’s skills and interests more things could also be done (plumbing, decoration, art, cuisine, handcraft, interpersonal relations, personal practise, and more).

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Greek: Courant
  Anglais: Courant
  Allemand: Intermédiaire
  Espagnol: Intermédiaire
  Français: Débutant

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  It would be my pleasure to help you learn Greek or practise together one of the languages I know
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  Hébergement

  Workawayers will either share or have a room of their own inside the monastery, with private bathroom. Kitchen, common areas and laundry will be shared, so it is important to keep them clean and tidy. Since this is a monument, guests might be arriving any time. Food is vegetarian (typical Greek) and will be provided, co-decided and prepared in agreement. Smoking, meat consumption and animals are not allowed in the premises. There is Wi-Fi available.

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  Autres infos...

  It needs to be clarified that there is neither public transport in the area, nor a means of transport provided. This is not the typical landscape one might have in mind for Greece. It is a remote area in the mountains. The sea is 1.5h away. Closest shopping area is 10 km away. There are plenty of opportunities for hiking, mountain biking or going into the river, but many enjoyments of the city life are absent. I try to live a simple, quiet life close to nature, so there is no TV or parties, even though there might be workshops from time to time. Workawayers with their own means of transport will have a lot of opportunities to visit surrounding villages, or make day trips to ancient Olympia, Kalavrita, the Foloi oak forest, the cave of Kapsia and other sights in the area. There might also be short term rentals in the monastery to make its running sustainable, but workawayers are not asked to assist towards that - your help is needed towards the community part of the project! Due to these restrictions, workawayers are initially invited to apply and plan for shorter periods of stay, up to three weeks. If during this time, one feels more comfortable with the way of living here, the duration may of course be extended.
  
  May we all live in peace.

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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

  The Wi-Fi connection is not the fastest, but should be sufficient for most online jobs. Again this would be a great combination of working remotely and spending time in nature.

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  There is space outside of the monastery for a campervan to park. There are no facilities for grey, black water or electricity connection there.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Plus de 2

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  Nombre d'heures attendues

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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