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I AM LOOKING FOR A HOUSESITTER WITH PLENTY EXPERIENCE WITH HORSES in spring and autumn.
I´m Simone, a single mature person with rescued animals. I live in a small cottage in the countryside, somewhere below Lisbon. The region is known for cork oaks, pine trees, and black pigs. I am not native to Portugal, but have lived here since 1999. I´m looking for someone who can help me with the horse related work.
For various reasons, one being my nervous cats, I do not accept volunteers that want to take their dogs anymore.
Outside that period it is sometimes possible to come for a short stay, like if you need a roof over your head between workaway episodes.
Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
S’occuper des animaux
Aide dans une ferme
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
They can enjoy Portuguese lay back country living, go to the sandy beaches, visit historical towns or get the buzz of the capital city if they want too. Get a taste of the Portuguese kitchen in restaurants (meals are 8-20 euro, including wine, dessert and coffee). Learn or better their English and/ or Portguese. Learn about different horse breeds including the native horsebreeds and other horse related stuff.
Aide
All the help is around horse care. Mucking out, feeding, grooming etc. some riding is sometimes possible, but not necessary. The help concentrates around about an hour in the morning and an hour in the evening and the rest of the day you are free to go. It´s quiet country life, I have 5 horses (they are in at night and out during the day), 4 dogs and 4 cats and chickens. You will have to get up early. In summer it´s custom to sleep a bit after lunch. Tempertures can reach over 40 ºC in June to September. Prefer short periods over longer stays, 2 weeks is the max in summer,
Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Hollandais: Courant
Portugais: Courant
Allemand: Intermédiaire
Espagnol: Intermédiaire
Français: Débutant
Hébergement
Own bedroom with queen bed, in the small cottage.
Autres infos...
Nearest village 8 km. Beaches at 25-30 minutes by car. You can reach some beaches by bus. Bus stop very near, but only 3 buses either way and only in weekdays, not in the weekend or on national holidays.
Lisbon can be reached by Express bus and train. Setúbal also by bus and ferry. I have a bicycle available. I speak Dutch, English, Portuguese, some German, Spanish and French and am learning Welsh at the moment. Prefer a non smoker. LGBT welcome. I cook mainly vegetables with pasta or rice. I have eggs from my own hens. Cereal/bread for breakfast, warm lunch, tea with cookies/biscuits and bread for dinner (but you are allowed to cook something for yourself if you want to). Fruit available all day.
Limited internet use, but this is due to the bad signal, not because I don´t want people to use it. Sometimes signal is strong and fine, sometimes it´s weak or non existant. It can be frustrating and it is no good if you depend on it for work. No TV. I do have hundreds of DVD´s, in a variety of genres. I have books you can read, in Dutch, English and Portuguese. Mostly horse related, but also thrillers, novels, travelguides, culture and history and such.
Informations complémentaires
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Espace pour garer des vans
Cet hôte a de la place pour les vans.
Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?
Un
Nombre d'heures attendues
1-2 per day
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Instead we've been with Simone… read more
She likes to keep busy and is very handy and independent. To me it seemed there was nothing she would not do.
She knows how to handle tools, can cook lovely meals, is good with… read more
I learned a lot from her about Texas and Spain.
She is totally a new friend. We had a true connection, had many laughs and I really hope she´ll come back!
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Instead we've been with Simone… read more
She likes to keep busy and is very handy and independent. To me it seemed there was nothing she would not do.
She knows how to handle tools, can cook lovely meals, is good with… read more
I learned a lot from her about Texas and Spain.
She is totally a new friend. We had a true connection, had many laughs and I really hope she´ll come back!
Elise also had enough self knowlegde to not take this task on without someone with more experience in horse care.
All… read more
We spend some time together before and after and I found out she makes delicious vegetarian meals.
Ira is great company, good with animals, a caring person, in touch with… read more
Not afraid to ask. Adapts easy to any given situation. Great sense of humor.
