Experience the simple life close to nature in a small Bulgarian-Turkish village near Garchinovo, Bulgaria

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  Description

  We are a family of 6 : Iva - a city girl, enjoying village life; Netti - a German shepherd dog, speaking French; Pixel - 35kg Bulgarian shepherd dog, scared of pincher dogs; the twin cats - Baku and Rio, always ready to fight each other, but love everyone else and Chilly - the most chill cat known in Garchinovo. We have a 100 years old stone-clay-wood house with a big garden next to a beautiful forest.
  Iva: I am an easygoing and friendly traveler, that loves welcoming old and new friends in my house. I enjoys natural building and am trying to preserve the great work of the old builders and add the comfort of a modern ecological home. As I have a large garden I am learning about and practicing permaculture gardening. I have started a food forest that started giving me already some tasty fruits. I love to share my food and work, to listen to load music, read books and play board games. I love watching movies, but try to spend as less as possible time in front of a screen. I work online 4 hours a day and work on the house and the garden in the afternoons. Weekends I love going for long hikes with the dogs and friends.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  S’occuper des animaux

  Aide dans une ferme

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison
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  Centres d’intérêt

  

  Végétarien ou végan

  

  Dev. durable

  

  Politique/justice sociale

  

  Animaux de compagnie

  

  Films et télé

  

  Ferme

  

  Jardinage

  

  Bricolage / artisanat

  

  Cuisine et alimentation

  

  Livres

  

  Animaux

  

  Yoga / bien-être

  

  Activités en plein air

  

  Nature

  

  Montagne

  

  Randonnée

  

  Danse

  

  Camping

  

  Plage

  

  Sports d'aventure
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  Staying with me will give you the opportunity to live in a small Bulgarian-Turkish village and experience the simple life close to nature. You will learn and practice natural building and permaculture. You will try some homemade Bulgarian food (mainly vegetarian/ vegan), learn some Bulgarian and/or practice your English.
  Nearby there is a National park called Rusenski Lom with beautiful river terraces, high vertical rocks, caves, a great biological diversity, and historical monuments. Just 10km from us there is a small Thai restaurant as well, probably the only one in Bulgaria :D There are no bars or other evening attractions in our village, so in your free time you could easily hitchhike and visit around or put a hammock under a good shadow and read a book. Not far is Veliko Tarnovo ( old capital of Bulgaria), Bucharest ( capital of Romania), Varna and the Black sea, places that you could visit in the weekend, as transport is not very fast and well organized in Bulgaria.

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  Aide

  I am currently working on the plastering of the walls in the house and experimenting with clay sculptures. Everyone with building experience is very welcome, especially with some natural building know-how. I am as well always happy to accept people interested in gardening and preparing pots for the winter. You could help me as well with the everyday work - cooking, feeding the animals, taking the dogs for a walk. The work we have is different and depends on the time of the year you come, but you could always contact me if you need some more details on what I am currently doing.

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  Langues parlées

  Bulgarian: Courant
  Anglais: Courant
  Allemand: Intermédiaire
  Français: Débutant

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  Hébergement

  I offer a tent in the garden, as well as a matrace, pillows and blankets. You can also come with your own tent or hammock and choose a nice spot in the garden. It is 2000sqm and next to a forest :) I myself prefer sleeping outdoors in the summer and could let you the bedroom if you prefer to be inside and will be staying for a longer period. I have an inside and an outside toilet, and a solar shower outside and another one - inside(with a boiler for hot water). Short term volunteers could also sleep in the living room, where I have a rocket mass heater - sofa - bed. :) Comfortable kitchen is available for everyone to use.

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  Autres infos...

  The closest city is Popovo. The train from Sofia passes through there, so I could pick you up from there. You could get there also a train to Varna or a bus to Veliko Tarnovo, Sofia, Ruse... There are only 2 buses passing through our village, going to Popovo and Russe, but hitchhiking is usually working very well in Bulgaria. I often need to go to Popovo as well for shopping, so I could drive you to a bus or train station.
  Some more useful information - I plan my days in the evening, but I am very flexible and try to give space to people to do the things that they feel comfortable doing. I am looking for communicative, flexible and easygoing people, that can easily make themselves useful and doesn't need someone to give them orders.
  People are welcome to stay for at least a week, as you need some time to get used to our way of work and make yourself useful ( this is from our own experience), and as long as we all feel good with each other. You could also just pass by for a night or 2, share your traveling experience and some tasty homemade food.

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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

  I am working remotely 4 hours a day for an American company and can offer comfortable space to work yourself. Please communicate in advance your needs.

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  Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux

  I can host worawayers with dogs. I have 2 big friendly dogs and 3 cats. Dogs should be well trained and calm around other animals.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Deux

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  Mes animaux

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