Join our family for a language exchange in Biescas, Spain

Infos

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  Description

  We are a family of 5: David and Paula, the parents, are researchers in global health and have been working in London universities, with projects in Africa , America and Asia; the 3 girls are Izarbe (6yo), and Jimena and Maya (identical twins, 4yo). During the school year, we live in Zaragoza, the Spanish capital city of the central Pyrinees (where the highest peaks are): 1,5h between Madrid and Barcelona and 1,5h from the mountains. Over the summer, we move to the Pyrinees, as we like to be outdoors in the nature, picnic-ing, ice-skating, hiking or climbing, as well as seeing and hosting friends.
  
  Our children understand English and can speak some, but do not practice as often as we would like. We are just looking for a child-friendly English-speaking female who would like to spend some time with us and speak in English to them (or potentially French) when they are at home, and tell them about their culture. They can also practice their Spanish with us, the parents, if they want to improve their Spanish.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Pratique d’une langue

  Baby-sitting et jeux créatifs

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille
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  Centres d’intérêt

  

  Bénévolat

  

  Langues

  

  Bricolage / artisanat

  

  Cuisine et alimentation

  

  Randonnée

  

  Activités en plein air

  

  Sports nautiques

  

  Sports d’hiver

  

  Montagne

  

  Nature
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  Zaragoza is a middle size city in Aragon (5th biggest) but has a very chilled out family-friendly environment. People is quite friendly and easy to socialise with. We live in a very nice neighbourhood, 10 mins walk from the centre, and 5 mins from a canal which leads onto the forest. The city has Arabic architecture, strong tapas culture and a the mightiest river in Spain. There are mountains in the South and the North of the city, and we often go up North to the Pyrinees, where we have a house. South of our region is what is called the Spanish Tuscany, with an array of beautiful villages to explore.
  
  We are both Spanish but have lived for nearly 20 years in the UK, but also worked in The Gambia, Kenya, Algeria, and other countries in Africa and Latin America. We all speak English, and Paula also speaks French and Portuguese. We like active busy weekends in the mountain or elsewhere. We often have friends coming home for dinners and parties.

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  Aide « au pair »

  De plus amples informations sont disponibles ici

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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

  We want to host people in our family who like young children and want to spend quality time with our daughters, speaking to them in English and having fun with play, or telling them/us about their culture, and spending time outdoors and in the nature. We work from home, so we will always be at home, thus mayor thing is English speaking.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Courant
  Espagnol: Courant
  Français: Courant
  Portugais: Intermédiaire
  Arabe: Débutant
  Allemand: Débutant

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  We would like you to speak in English with my daughters when they are at home but you can speak Spanish with us (the parents) and our friends.
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  Hébergement

  During the school year we live Zaragoza but we move to mountain over the summer. We are renovating a house in the Mountain and like to stay there with friends. The traveller will have their own bedroom and will be welcome to share all the family meals. Paula usually cooks, often with the 3 little sous-chefs helping (they all love cooking) but you are also welcome to cook if you wish and we can share yummy recipes. Paula makes a bit of fussion cuisine, bringing things from all the different countries she works in. We all 5 eat EVERYTHING, so can adapt to most special diets you might have.
  We have a 7 seat car, so can take you along with us, so we can take you travel around

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  Autres infos...

  Zaragoza is well connected to travel in and out by train or bus. Inside Zaragoza, car is not needed. Most things are a walking distance from our house and there is good public transport (buses and tram).
  
  In the mountain, we go to the Tena valley, connected by bus to Zaragoza. We can also take you to main cities (Sabiñanigo/Jaca) to arrive/go to other places.
  
  We would like help withthe girls while we are working . During the weekends, we are free to do activities with our girls, which you can also join.

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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 both work from home and our wifi is totally fine for meetings, etc.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Un

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