Stay in our paradise home and enjoy the local culture in Victoria, Canada

Infos

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  Description

  We live in an actual paradise in North Saanich on the peninsula of Sidney on Vancouver Island. We are close to parks, John Dean Park is in our backyard and is a great spot to go hiking.
  
  We love to garden, we keep bees so we have lots of flowers, we have a pond with fish, loads of fruit trees, vegetable garden, a little Butchart gardens, which we live near as well.We have 3 cats and 3 dogs however we would only leave cats to be with a pet sitter. Our dogs are too attached to us and too old to create stress for them.
  
  Our cats are 2 senior girls (Black panthers) and Marmalade is our new one year old brindle tortie. We have a few camping trips booked this year and would love to have someone here to keep the kitties loved but to also make sure the garden gets watered. We do have a drip irrigation but some of it still needs to be turned on manually and potted plants and baskets need watering. There is always dead heading to do so if you like to garden this is your spot.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  S’occuper des animaux

  Aide à la maison

  Home sitting
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  Centres d’intérêt

  

  Végétarien ou végan

  

  Dev. durable

  

  Animaux de compagnie

  

  Soin des plantes

  

  Bricolage / artisanat

  

  Art et design

  

  Jardinage

  

  Cuisine et alimentation

  

  Dessin et peinture

  

  Menuiserie

  

  Animaux

  

  Yoga / bien-être

  

  Camping
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  We live near Sidney where there is a great farming and arts culture. Street markets run through the summer months. Local artists, breweries, local produce, musicians and food trucks. Saanich Fair is on the Sept long weekend and is a big event. Burchart Gardens is close along with Butterfly World. Close to hiking in John Dean Park and not far from the beach at Island View and Sidney. Bus routes easily managed in this area. Kieran was a chef and a karate sensei for many years. I was a Dr. of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture. We are both retired, love to grow and cook our own food. Don't eat much meat other than the fish Kieran catches (when fishing with my brother). Love our animals and plan our days around them. Stay fit by going to the local rec centre (down the road) and pool and hiking with the dogs. He eat healthy and stay fit with dog walking, hiking and gardening.

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  Aide

  General gardening and yardwork, pet sitting of 3 cats and light housework. We have a lovely flowering garden, we keep bees and have a raised bed vegetable garden. As well as many fruit trees and rhododendrones.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Courant

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  Sorry we only speak English but would love to learn Italian
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  Hébergement

  We have a (student) room all set up for long term stays with a single bed, dressers, desk. We also have a room with a queen bed, dresser, nightstand which is better for a couple.
  
  We can provide three meals a day. We feed our guests well and are both excellent cooks. We usually cook for our guests but welcome having another person cooking for us. We have had people who want to cook for themselves and that is great too. Sharing their culture. We provide the food of course. We are open to whatever works.
  We are mostly vegetarian for health reasons, ethical and financial.

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  Autres infos...

  Victoria and the Sidney areas are full of festivals, music events and markets all summer long. There are so many great things to do and see, beaches, lakes, hiking trails, as well as the tourist things like whale watching, Butchart Gardens etc. We are near a main bus line that goes downtown to Victoria.

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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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  Espace pour garer des vans

  We normally have my brother's RV and boat here for the winter so we have lots of room in the summer (when he isn't keeping his stuff here). We have 1/2 acre and room for many vehicles.

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  Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux

  We are fine with dogs as long as they respect the cats and don't chase. Our dogs are 13 years, 12 years and 2 years old. The older dogs are sedentary but get walks everyday, one is blind. The younger girl is very friendly with dogs, nervous around people but warms us eventually. All 3 are ChowChow rescues and are NOT vicious. Unfortunately there is very bad information out there about Chow's and pitties. We have had 9 and they have all been wonderful.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Plus de 2

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