Join us on a small family farmstead in Vila Cova de Alva, Central Portugal

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  Description

  Hi! We're a British/German family living in Central Portugal with our two teens, the boyfriend of our daughter, 2 dogs and 4 cats. We live in a beautiful location in Central Portugal, about an hour east from Coimbra and the coast and a little over an hour to the Serra da Estrela, where the tallest peak in mainland Portugal is.
  
  I, Fran, work online and Christian is the one who maintains the farm mostly. You will be working alongside Christian, except when the whole family works together sometimes at the weekend. Our quinta (farm) is a bit over 1 hectare with many fruit trees, olive trees and vegetable gardens. These we use purely for personal use. Unfortunately in August this year our farm burned in a huge fire, killing many of our trees and setting us back a lot, hence needing some help more than ever.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général
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  Centres d’intérêt

  

  Vie en van

  

  Dev. durable

  

  Dev. personnel

  

  Animaux de compagnie

  

  Ferme

  

  Événements/vie sociale

  

  Langues

  

  Jardinage

  

  Cuisine et alimentation

  

  Livres

  

  Animaux

  

  Sports d’hiver

  

  Yoga / bien-être

  

  Activités en plein air

  

  Nature

  

  Montagne

  

  Randonnée

  

  Fitness

  

  Camping

  

  Plage

  

  Sports d'aventure
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  Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre

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  Qu'est-ce que c'est ?
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  I am an online English teacher and am passionate about learning other languages. I speak Portuguese to a reasonable level and learned French and German at school. I am also passionate about Yoga, health and well being and even have my own yoga studio at home, where I teach on a Wednesday morning and Sunday morning. You'd be welcome to join the classes for free.
  
  Christian is an animal and garden lover and enjoys fitness, cooking and travelling.
  
  This area of Portugal is a bustling international community offering many interesting markets, events, workshops and classes.
  
  You'd be welcome to join us on outings whether it be a music event, weekly market or a trip to the beach or the higher mountains. We even get snow sometimes for skiing/snowboarding!

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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 kind of work we're looking for help with this Autumn/Winter are planting trees to replace the ones burned, pruning olive trees, building a fence around the land, building a chicken house, compost bins and wood storage shed. If you have some experience in woodwork this will be a great advantage. Don't worry we will never ask you to do dangerous tasks but if you're comfortable to use some power tools, we do have some small hand held battery powered tools to help with pruning.
  
  Often we will be working together, so if you enjoy working in a team it's a bonus!
  
  If you enjoy working outdoors and love animals you'll also be happy here.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Allemand: Courant
  Anglais: Courant
  Portugais: Intermédiaire

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  As I'm a language enthusiast, I'm very happy to help teach English and would love to learn a new language!
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  Hébergement

  We offer you a very comfortable, recently converted, self-contained stable as your accommodation. It has 1 bedroom with a double and single bed, a bathroom with a hot shower, and an open plan living room/kitchen with wood burning stove.
  
  We will provide you with all the necessary food for simple breakfasts and dinners which you will prepare yourself.
  
  There will be seasonal vegetables you can freely pick to supplement your meals. Lunches we will prepare and eat together, or sometimes we will ask you to prepare lunch for us all, depending on the job of the day.

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  Autres infos...

  It's important to know that we're NOT vegetarian/vegan. I used to be for many years but don't wish to engage in moralistic discussions about it. I believe the food we eat is a personal choice.
  We are non smokers and prefer if you are too :-)
  
  If you want to be a little bit independent here on your days off, we have bikes, but you have to be relatively fit to get around the mountains!
  
  To arrive here you can get a bus/train to Coimbra. From there another 1 hour bus journey will bring you a bit closer, where we can pick you up.
  
  We look forward to meeting you!

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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

  If you need to work, it would be possible after lunch but there is not Internet in the stable only in the main house.

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  Cet hôte a de la place pour les vans.

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  Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux

  If your dog is well behaved and doesn't chase cats or wild animals we can consider allowing you to come with your dog.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Plus de 2

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  Mes animaux

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