Come and share our family life in the idyllic Swiss Alps, in a typical chalet near the village of Gryon, Switzerland

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  Description

  We are a small family (Irish/Swiss) of Mum and two girls living in the idyllic Swiss Alps, in a typical chalet near the village of Gryon approx 2 hours from Geneva. I’m an environmental scientist working at the local University on climate and social change. We live quite simply, or try to anyway! but life is busy and although I love DIY, I can’t get around to everything. The girls are 12 & 11 and go to the local schools, they are fun, outgoing and mostly well behaved! We love cooking, swimming and arts and crafts. Dad lives not too far away and minds the girls regularly at weekends. I travel a lot for work. We would love to welcome you into our house for a few weeks to enjoy the Swiss mountain experience and help us out.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  Entretien général
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  Learn English and French and about Swiss culture, society, nature and politics by interacting with not only our family but by participating in local events and activities. We are a very open and curious family and look forward to exchanging with you over dinner and during our free time about life in the Alps, Switzerland and Europe.

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  Aide

  Sanding, oiling, painting, DIY ( door handles, shelves) and Gardening, cutting bushes, stacking wood in prep for winter and upcoming renovations.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Courant
  Français: Courant
  Allemand: Intermédiaire

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  We’re all trying to improve our German, and we can teach you French and English… but all new languages are welcome!
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  Hébergement

  Own space in mezzanine of the chalet, above sitting room and kitchen, semi private, two single mattresses, own private toilet, shared shower downstairs.
  
  We love eating healthily, and enjoy cooking a lot. All of your meals will be provided. During the week we eat a continental breakfast at around 7am, but if you’re not up by then, help yourself to whatever you want. Lunch is usually light and we each cater for ourselves, make whatever sandwiches you like! For dinner a meal will be cooked, we usually share this and each person cooks one meal for everyone else once a week. My daughter Leah loves baking. The cost of the shopping will be covered by me and I usually go to the supermarket once a week.

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  Autres infos...

  All the mountain sports and pools at Villars. Lake Geneva and Montreux. Train stop 50meters from house. Village of Gryon 10mins by foot.

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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

  We have great internet. I work from home 2 days a week. The space to work in would be your mezzanine space, in the lounge or kitchen, or terrace. A separate room wouldn’t be possible.

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  We have the possibility of 3 spaces to park a van, close to the house.

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  Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux

  We love dogs, and are open to other pets, but they must be taken care of properly as we are adjacent to a nature reserve and there are strict rules for dogs to be on the leash.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Un

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  Nombre d'heures attendues

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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