Join us in the outdoors in the south French countryside and stay in a lovely cottage in Gaujac, France

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  Description

  We're a dutch couple (75 & 58) living in the Gers, a beautiful area of France, since 2001. We own a property of 1,5 ha with an organic vegetable garden and fruit trees, a big farmhouse and a cottage.
  We have 4 horses/ponies, a dog, cats and chickens. Our animals are all considered family members. Two of the Icelandic ponies are ridden as a hobby and all four are used in the horse-assisted coaching sessions that I offer.
  We live in the farmhouse, and the cottage is used by friends and family. In the summer it is rented as a holiday home, but in early spring it is available for workawayers.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  S’occuper des animaux

  Aide dans une ferme

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général

  Aide informatique/internet
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  Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre

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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  - We consider workawayers as a temporary part of the family, so you are also involved in our social life. Our friends are openminded and multinational: French, British, German, Dutch, Belgian, South African.... and most of them speak several languages.
  - In our organic vegetable garden, I (Nynke) work as much as possible with the moon calendar. I can teach you a bit about it. I'm also very interested in astrology and Human Design, so I'm happy to share my knowledge, even if it's basic for the moment.
  - Although we're dutch, we are quite well integrated in the community of Gaujac, a tiny and hospitable village in the south west of France. As members of the local party committee we're involved in organizing fairs, feasts and other events, and workawayers can also join in if desired.
  - In the morning I usually do a half an hour yoga session, on the lawn if the weather is nice. You are very welcome to join me.
  - Our 4 horses/ponies play a big role in my life, they're my colleagues in my equine assisted coaching practice (nynkequi.com). We can learn a lot about ourselves from the way horses respond to us. I am happy to share their benefits with you in the everyday contact, by going out walking with the horses or by an actual session in our spare time. I'd also like to do some horse riding with a partner. We live in a beautiful hilly area and it would be nice to be accompanied by an experienced rider on my Icelandic horses. Although they're small, they are strong horses, however the rider shouldn't weigh more than 75 kg.
  - This is a quiet region where there is fortunately no mass tourism. You can still find many authentic villages around here as well as enjoying wonderful views over the foothills of the Pyrenees. For those who enjoy tranquility and space, nature and hiking as well as visiting authentic villages, markets, festivals or local museums, you will find this a charming and unique place to visit. The locals are very friendly!

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  Aide

  The help will mainly consist in gardening and outdoor tasks , some animal care and house tasks in our private home. In the springtime that is: starting up the vegetable garden, pruning trees and hedges, splitting and stacking log wood, some help with cleaning and re-organizing in our private home.
  
  In general we work together, but if everyone agrees, it can happen that you do tasks independently. The hours (start time) are determined in consultation. We ask you to help us 4 hours a day or otherwise but approx. 20 hours/week/person.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Allemand: Courant
  Anglais: Courant
  Français: Courant
  Hollandais: Courant

  Cet 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.
  
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  Hébergement

  We'd love to host a couple or a pair of friends in the well-equipped and spacious cottage (ask us for the website link to see photos ).
  There are two bedrooms with each two beds or one double bed, two bathrooms and two sitting rooms. So we can even host two people who don't know each other yet, the cottage offers sufficient privacy!
  You take care of your breakfast and dinner yourselves and we get together for the hot lunch (mostly at 1 PM), and throughout the day for a coffee, tea and a beer. When we're having friends over for dinner, we'll have drinks and dinner together of course.

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  Autres infos...

  We can fetch you at the airport (Toulouse Blagnac) or at a local bus or train station.
  But if you want to do some local sight seeing in this area, you really need a car!

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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 a good wifi connection.

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  We have a huge open barn under which you can park your vehicle. There's electricity, a dining area and the holiday cottage adjacent, where you can use the kitchen and sanitary.

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  Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux

  Your dog might have a great time here, and he's very welcome to stay. But only if he doesn't chase our cats and free range chickens! Our own dog (female) is very easygoing with other dogs.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Deux

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