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We are a French-Belgian family with 3 kids (Louis 20 - Esther Phil 18 - Aude 16), living in a small hamlet nearby Limoges. My husband (Etienne 48) is a jurist and a musician in his free-time and I (Joke 47) am a registered pediatric nurse, but health-issues made me stay home since January 2018. I keep myself busy with volunteers work, DIY and Qi Gong .
Over the last 17 years we've been renovating bit by bit our house ( and there 're still things to be done)
Until 2017 we had a "family-garden-house-work" life, but me having to stop working, changed our way of living.
We're looking for helping hands to do the garden, help in the house, some DIY projects are still in waiting, and so are some small building projects.
We speak French, Dutch, English and German, but not every member of the family speaks every language fluently. ( additionnaly Esther Phil learns Spanish and can have a basic conversation in French Sign Language)
We enjoy evenings (outside) discussing, playing guitar or games, watch a movie together or just doing nothing.
As Etienne has his job and my energy levels don't always allow me to do what I want to do, it is best if you have some autonomy and after previous experiences we made the choice only to host couples (or two friends).
Since autumn 2022 Louis has his own apartment , Aude is a boarder and Esther comes and goes .... so organization, home dynamics and activities are different during the week or weekends/school vacations.
Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Jardinage
Bricolage et construction
S’occuper des animaux
Aide à la maison
Entretien général
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
Discover the region
Learn / Practice french
Discover different types of handicraft
If you want to learn to knit , sew or do crochet, I can help you out ;)
Aide
The GARDEN is an "ALL THE TIME" project.
We've got a small vegetable garden and the rest of the space are flowerbeds (half-wildered) and (fruit) trees
There's a lot off cutting to be done and a fence to be taken out.
If the weather doesn't allow to be outside there are several projects inside the house and the barn to be continued....
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Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Français: Courant
Hollandais: Courant
Allemand: IntermédiaireCet hôte propose un échange linguistique
Cet hôte a indiqué qu’il souhaitait faire partager sa propre langue ou en apprendre une nouvelle.
Contactez-le pour en savoir plus.
Hébergement
You will be accommodated in a private room with a double bed ( 160 x 200 cm)
We can't privatize a bathroom, so you would share ours.
The meals can be shared, if you wish to.
A large book, dvd and boardgame collection are at your disposal.
Wifi is available.
Autres infos...
Our hamlet is very quiet.
It's a nice countryside for hiking and biking, there is possibility to kayak on the Vienne or you can just read a book in the hammock.
You can visit Limoges "the city of fire arts" (there is a direct bus going from our hamlet twice a day, a round trip ticket costs 4.8€) .
The Memory Centre with the martyr village of Oradour-sur-Glane is at 15km from our village.
At less than 1 km from our hamlet there are a horse ranch and the Buddhist Centre Shambhala Dechen Chöling.
People with allergies, beware...We have 2 cats, live in an old house with stone walls and wooden floors and we aren't fussy about cleaning the house all the time (so it can get dusty sometimes).
Smoking is allowed outside.
The pictures may give you an idea of our garden, the landscapes around our house and the Vienne.
And some pictures are from the first workaway projects...
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 ?
Deux
Nombre d'heures attendues
4 hours / day , 5 days / week
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Joke is one of the most loving and optimistic people we have ever known. She was so patient with us when it came to teaching and improving our French, and she helped us tremendously with that part.… read more
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Joke is one of the most loving and optimistic people we have ever known. She was so patient with us when it came to teaching and improving our French, and she helped us tremendously with that part.… read more
They did a wonderfull job outside attacking a wildered part from the garden. They left clean territorium and the old fench was gone, exactly what we amed for! They also renovated an old iron table. They brushed off the many layers of… read more
They had to reshape our veg-garden and they did wonderfull!! They have a nice work spirit, understand quickly what has to be done, propose good ideas and they finish the work with care. We've shared nice evenings, had good laughs and much fun… read more
We were building large raised vegetable beds, trimming fruit trees and replanted a couple of peach trees! But there's so much more to be done so there will be a job for anyone, all lovely light work in the… read more
It was a great experience working in their garden and enjoying the countryside. Also we had enough… read more
They are independent and full initiatives. It was really nice having them around!!
Just an insider: Miri , when… read more
They are down to earth funny and
all so talented.
Such a Beautiful old house in the country. Peace and happiness was a instant feeling, they made us feel very much at home.
Learning to build the stone wall was so satisfying! I hope we did enough to make up for their… read more
It was their first Workaway experience and we are verry happy we shared this with them.
They are polite, easy going, funny and at all time helpfull hands in day to day familylife. They've loved learning a new skill and gave the very best in the realisation of… read more
It was great spending time with every member of the family, especially talking with yoke and she was very patient with us and… read more
