Help us around the house and garden whilst enjoying the countryside near Puylaurens, France

Infos

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  Description

  We are a couple of retired, senior, professional, Brits, living deep in some of the least known but most beautiful countryside in France, growing old disgracefully!
  
  We love music and books, and have a working relationship with a family of about five feral cats who live out on our land.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Pratique d’une langue

  Compagnie pour pers. âgée

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  S’occuper des animaux

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  Puylaurens is the birthplace of Marianne, the symbol of the French Republic. Its history goes back to Gaul; the Romans were here. The Montagne Noir is visible from our lane, and, many days the panorama of the Pyrénées is to be seen from the village. We have a huge and very intelligent library at the house, and there is a basic, decidedly retro, but effective, radio studio, to facilitate your podcast! There is a pool.

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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

  The 'animal care' comprises one housecat called Gus, and his half a dozen feral relatives who live out on our land, but crowd the back door twice a day with open mouths and empty tummies. So we feed them....

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Courant
  Français: Intermédiaire

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  It's French we want to learn better, but We're happy to help you practice your English!
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  Hébergement

  One option would be a (largely*) self-contained two room apartment in the sous-sol.
  *The house washing machine is down there and we'd share it by arrangement.
  
  The second option is a bedroom in the house, with shared facilities but iwn bathroom.

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  Autres infos...

  We're an hour from the rose pink city of Toulouse, and a different hour from Carcassonne. Albi is an hour north. Castres is about 15km away, with its shops, Top 14 rugby team, and the newly-refurbished Goya Museum. Restaurants are everywhere. Graulhet and Corbières are the wines that are drunk, and cassoulet the dish of the region.

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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

  Presently running on a perfectly acceptable wi-fi router, but we are due to be on cable before the summer is fully in.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Deux

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  Nombre d'heures attendues

  4 hours a day, 5 days a week