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We are m65 and f62, we have part time jobs to earn money and a hobby to spend it. We have 4 draft horses, 1 mule, several poultry, bees, cats, no dogs, a garden. We live in a cottage built 1837. No smoking. We live between the midland canal and the Stemweder Berg outside a little village with 482 locals. It´s not far to Bremen, Hannover, Bielefeld and Osnabrück, we can take you to the next railway station, if you want to visit them.
However, from experience, there are things you should know for example:
- We do not buy fashionable food that is coming from far away or veggies out of season (except once in a while)
- We usually eat meat from our own animals or from farmers that we know and we don´t do this every day
- We usually go to bed at 21:00, because most time we stand up early in the morning, of course you can sleep longer
and of course: our horses are Rheinisch-Deutsche Kaltblüter, they are about 160-170cm and 700-980kg, they are well educated, but they are massive and powerful. They are our focus. Our cottage is not completely restored (here lives the chaos ;-)) and the garden is deserted....Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Projets artistiquesJardinageBricolage et constructionS’occuper des animauxAide dans une fermeEntretien généralEchange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
east westphalian farmer lifestyle ;- from open air to wonderland, from schützenfest to horse shows
you can get some driving lessons, dealing with horses and harness
nature and relaxtion
improve your German
learn new skills, Harald can do almost anything that needs doing by hand from welding to building to electricsAide
We have draft horses and need help with the horses. There are many projects around the stable. We live in an old farmhouse with also many projects and old farm maschinery and shelters and fences.
Daily work: horse groom, muck out the stables, pasture care and fences, horse groom, poultry and garden care, sitting in the garden and watching the daily work of the bees...
This year we want to build a paddock trail. We have already tried a lot. What is on gimmicks in the internet, is in most cases not suitable for our draft horses. It takes them ten minutes, then they look ashamed of the wicked gimmick and murmur: oh, was that me? Apart from the risk of injury. But we already have some ideas and an untapped little bit of land called the Bermuda Triangle.
There is also an art project. The outer wall of the "duckling bath" is to receive a Hundertwasser mosaic. If you have mosaic experience, we look forward to seeing you.Langues parlées
Allemand: Courant
Anglais: IntermédiaireHébergement
You get your own room, you can use a bicycle, and sometimes our car, and of course you share our mealtimes, washing maschine and our family´s life. The old farmhouse is not completely restored. At the moment we are working to renew the 200 year old floor of the Deele and your room, but of course you can live in it!!
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Next railway station 15 km, but we would transfer you. Bus only during school time three times a day. WLAN.
TIME WILL TELL.
We don´t know if you need a negative COVID19 test, we`ll talk about it when your visit approaches.Informations complémentaires
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?
Deux
Nombre d'heures attendues
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week, if we need you at the weekend, you will be free then in the week
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I enjoyed the opportunities I got here. For example, Harald learned me the first steps of horse driving and they gave me the freedom to… read more
Work wasn`t hard at all and I can say sometimes it was even interesting in a way (to feed a cat for example)
Bärbel and Harald are a… read more
We can recommend her to anyone who is also… read more
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I enjoyed the opportunities I got here. For example, Harald learned me the first steps of horse driving and they gave me the freedom to… read more
Work wasn`t hard at all and I can say sometimes it was even interesting in a way (to feed a cat for example)
Bärbel and Harald are a… read more
We can recommend her to anyone who is also… read more
Thank you for your motivating nature and the interesting conversations. Come back in the summer, if not everything is under… read more
We were really surprised by her extraordinary talent for singing and playing the guitar.
Iona is a pleasant guest whom we… read more
She understood all tasks quickly and carried out carefully. Besides, she has provided us with really delicious vegetarian food. Her German is very good. The horses loved her(she is a quite good rider), the cats loved her, even the neighbours and our friends loved her. And especially her pink(!) safety shoes. And I… read more
She is good with horses and the cats loved her.
We had a good time with her and would happily recommend her.
He speaks German very well and needs two eggs for lunch, one brown and one green.
Unfortunately we only had him… read more
She helped us in the short time with the horses, was not afraid of crap. We could put her on the horses, even on the mule that nobody has ever sat on. We made some christmas cookies. She was not afraid of any work except for the German meal… read more
Harald and Bärbel are two very nice people who do everything to make you at ease. The house was somewhat different from my home… read more
He is tidy,… read more
Our ladies...we mean our horses...were very content with their work, our tom cats, espacially Friedel, were very very content.
We had much fun, we laughed a lot, their dealing with this old house under perpetual construction site without problems, we felt as having two of our daughters back home.… read more
We were able to experience country-side life in Germany with Bärbel and Harald who are really nice people and always made us feel at home. We also enjoyed being/working with the other family members (horses, cats, ducks, chickens.. hehe) and they are lucky to be living at their… read more