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Help our family and also speak Italian to help us learn in Greenville, Texas, USA
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Laissé par le workawayer (Michele) pour l'hôte
I have just returned from an unforgettable experience spent with Carin and Chris in Greenville, Texas, near Dallas. I cannot help but be enthusiastic about everything I experienced during my two weeks with them.
From the moment I arrived, I was warmly welcomed by Carin, who showed me their magnificent home where I would be staying. Carin, Chris,
… read more and the rest of the family made me feel like part of their family from day one, creating a welcoming and friendly atmosphere.
The room I was given was exceptional, with all the necessary comforts and more! Located inside the house but with a private bathroom, it ensured privacy and tranquility throughout my stay.
I was able to manage my time according to my needs and also organize everything based on the unpredictable weather conditions, which are quite common here! I had the pleasure of cleaning, organizing, and rearranging the beautiful garden, also helping with some household chores and creating a vertical garden for aromatic plants.
To Carin and Chris's delight, I also got my hands in the kitchen, preparing lasagna and hand-made tagliatelle with Bolognese sauce with passion and dedication.
Additionally, I had the privilege of helping prepare the Easter lunch and participating in the same lunch with the whole family. We enjoyed together the delicacies prepared by Carin, creating an unforgettable moment of conviviality and sharing.
I also cannot forget the wonderful barbecue where I could taste sausages and steaks prepared with dedication by Chris on the grill, another meal we shared all together.
During my stay, I had the opportunity to participate in various social activities, such as bowling, dining at a typical restaurant with live country music, visiting Dallas, and attending an authentic Texan rodeo. I always felt included and welcomed, truly becoming part of the family.
I also had the fortune to witness the total solar eclipse on April 8th, visible only in a small fraction of the globe. From Carin and Chris's home, despite the clouds, I had a privileged view directly from the garden, making the experience even more extraordinary and memorable.
I am immensely grateful to Carin and Chris for the wonderful days spent together, and I will never stop thanking them for this incredible experience. I wish them and their family all the best, and if I ever return to the Dallas area, I will definitely visit them again to share more wonderful time together.
With affection,
MicheleVous pouvez seulement contacter les workawayers avec une adhésion active.
Laissé par le workawayer (Qi) pour l'hôte
Where should I begin?
Carin and her family welcomed me into their home as if I were one of their own. From picking me up at the airport on the very first day, to taking me to various restaurants around Texas, and even arranging a day trip to the cowboy town of Fort Worth, they not only provided me with a complete Texan experience but also offered
… read more me a taste of South Africa. They introduced me to their friends, neighbours, and the authentic Texas way of life. Carin even took me to an Asian supermarket just so I could buy snacks and food items that reminded me of home!
The tasks I had to perform were never too difficult or complicated. They patiently taught me how to use a lawnmower, build a door, and paint a wall—things I had never imagined I could do before my stay. It really was an unforgettable experience and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that I wouldn't trade for anything in the world!
They are truly the kindest people I have ever met, and it is because of people like them that the world becomes a better place.
Auntie Carin and Uncle Chris, you will always have a family and a friend in the UK and also in China!Vous pouvez seulement contacter les workawayers avec une adhésion active.
I stayed about three weeks with this wonderful family but I wish I had more time with them.
I can only confirm the reviews from the guys before me.
They are special people and you will feel good with them.
Photos
Store in Northpart Mall in Dallas where you can find all kinds of cool Texas Stuff.
Matteo shooting clay pigeons on the beach in Texas with a group of South African men.
Heading out to golf with our son and Leon - our first workawayer.
Chris & Carin in Venice for our 22nd Anniversary - May 2015
Dec 2014 Beach Vacation - Bonfire on the beach
Our family during our 2012 Beach Vacation
Historic Downtown Greenville
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Laissé par le workawayer (Michele) pour l'hôte
I have just returned from an unforgettable experience spent with Carin and Chris in Greenville, Texas, near Dallas. I cannot help but be enthusiastic about everything I experienced during my two weeks with them.
From the moment I arrived, I was warmly welcomed by Carin, who showed me their magnificent home where I would be staying. Carin, Chris,
… read more and the rest of the family made me feel like part of their family from day one, creating a welcoming and friendly atmosphere.
The room I was given was exceptional, with all the necessary comforts and more! Located inside the house but with a private bathroom, it ensured privacy and tranquility throughout my stay.
I was able to manage my time according to my needs and also organize everything based on the unpredictable weather conditions, which are quite common here! I had the pleasure of cleaning, organizing, and rearranging the beautiful garden, also helping with some household chores and creating a vertical garden for aromatic plants.
To Carin and Chris's delight, I also got my hands in the kitchen, preparing lasagna and hand-made tagliatelle with Bolognese sauce with passion and dedication.
Additionally, I had the privilege of helping prepare the Easter lunch and participating in the same lunch with the whole family. We enjoyed together the delicacies prepared by Carin, creating an unforgettable moment of conviviality and sharing.
I also cannot forget the wonderful barbecue where I could taste sausages and steaks prepared with dedication by Chris on the grill, another meal we shared all together.
During my stay, I had the opportunity to participate in various social activities, such as bowling, dining at a typical restaurant with live country music, visiting Dallas, and attending an authentic Texan rodeo. I always felt included and welcomed, truly becoming part of the family.
I also had the fortune to witness the total solar eclipse on April 8th, visible only in a small fraction of the globe. From Carin and Chris's home, despite the clouds, I had a privileged view directly from the garden, making the experience even more extraordinary and memorable.
I am immensely grateful to Carin and Chris for the wonderful days spent together, and I will never stop thanking them for this incredible experience. I wish them and their family all the best, and if I ever return to the Dallas area, I will definitely visit them again to share more wonderful time together.
With affection,
MicheleVous pouvez seulement contacter les workawayers avec une adhésion active.
Laissé par le workawayer (Qi) pour l'hôte
Where should I begin?
Carin and her family welcomed me into their home as if I were one of their own. From picking me up at the airport on the very first day, to taking me to various restaurants around Texas, and even arranging a day trip to the cowboy town of Fort Worth, they not only provided me with a complete Texan experience but also offered
… read more me a taste of South Africa. They introduced me to their friends, neighbours, and the authentic Texas way of life. Carin even took me to an Asian supermarket just so I could buy snacks and food items that reminded me of home!
The tasks I had to perform were never too difficult or complicated. They patiently taught me how to use a lawnmower, build a door, and paint a wall—things I had never imagined I could do before my stay. It really was an unforgettable experience and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that I wouldn't trade for anything in the world!
They are truly the kindest people I have ever met, and it is because of people like them that the world becomes a better place.
Auntie Carin and Uncle Chris, you will always have a family and a friend in the UK and also in China!Vous pouvez seulement contacter les workawayers avec une adhésion active.
I stayed about three weeks with this wonderful family but I wish I had more time with them.
I can only confirm the reviews from the guys before me.
They are special people and you will feel good with them.
Laissé par le workawayer (Membre Workaway) pour l'hôte
After a few workaway experiences I can with certainty say Carin and Chris are one of the most hospitable hosts I had the pleasure of experiencing. From their warm welcome to their inclusiveness in their family events, they are kind, considerate, friendly, knowledgeable and a pleasure to be around. Also, they have two of the cutest grand babies
… read more that were a joy to watch and a very pretty cat named Bella. Anyone looking for a true representation of southern hospitality in Texas I highly recommend Carin, Chris and their kind family.Vous pouvez seulement contacter les workawayers avec une adhésion active.
Laissé par le workawayer (Paolo) pour l'hôte
I found myself very well an extraordinary family, nice and friendly and they make you feel like one of the family.
The food was great and Carin kitchen really well, they make the best sandwiches in the world!!!
In the weekend we were always at their friends’ house and olso their are very nice.
They showed me the texas for what a beautiful state
… read more is, populated by excellent people.
and they make you feel like one of the family.
I thank God again today for having meeting them.
Thank you again guys!!!!!!!Vous pouvez seulement contacter les workawayers avec une adhésion active.
Laissé par le workawayer (Andrea) pour l'hôte
I spent with this family about 2 months in spring 2016, I think it has been one of the most teaching time in my life, Texas people have big heart, opening yours it's costless and rewarding :)
If you guys want to learn something, being close to nature and have fun this is your option, but remember always to be respectful :)
I hope I'll see you
… read more guys soon, miss yall, specially Hanko!
Stay lovely, stay faithful :)Vous pouvez seulement contacter les workawayers avec une adhésion active.
Laissé par le workawayer (Federico) pour l'hôte
Reading all these feedbacks was the first reason why I decided to move for more than one month to Greenville (about 6000 miles from my home). Since first day they really trust me to keep me alone in their house while they're working. They are really really kind and sunny people, they always took me everywhere to make all the possible experiences
… read more that I could do there, so it was really really funny and Home looked so close to me.
Carin is always sunny and laughing for my italian accent, Chris is a great family father and Hanco is like the crazy brother i've never had. Meet Waldo was so cool, unlikely only for one week. Well...staying there was so cool for everything, to improve my english, fishing, trying all american meals and drinks and especially for the ribeye at Southern Junction. Working at home wasn't difficult and boring, especially cleaning the pool. Now I know that I have to use the hottest water to clean the dishes!
I really want to see them again and soon as possible!!
Thanks for everythingVous pouvez seulement contacter les workawayers avec une adhésion active.
Laissé par le workawayer (Sierra & Logan ) pour l'hôte
The hospitality and friendship here is wonderful. Every dinner or cookout, evening chats or game playing was always fun.
Such beautiful nature around, a serene property they live on, and the pool and hot tub are very relaxing.
All around, a great social experience, with the peace you may be looking for.
Carin and Chris are exceptional hosts,
… read more full of enjoyable character and stories, and we are all lucky to have a chance to stay with them. Fingers crossed you get picked!Vous pouvez seulement contacter les workawayers avec une adhésion active.
Laissé par le workawayer (Renato) pour l'hôte
Carin and Chris are great. They are super nice and friendly and made me feel home. Thanks a lot for the wonderful experience. Will be always grateful to your awesome family!
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Laissé par l'hôte pour le workawayer (Scott & Stuart)
I wasn't sure how it would work out with 3 boys here at the same time, but we are so glad we were able to host these 3 fun and joyful young men.
They seemed to actually enjoy every task they were given and did a splendid job of it too.
It was so nice hearing them
around the house and outside - always talking up a storm and laughing and
… read more measing around with one another.
We had a wonderful time with you lot here and we hope your travels might bring you back to us one day.
It has been ever so quiet since you left but we hope you enjoy the rest of your trip.
Please keep in touch and come back whenever you want.
Laissé par le workawayer (Scott & Stuart) pour l'hôte
Wow what to say, we had the most amazing time. We were welcomed instantly and treated so well. We got a real feel of texas and we're fed so so well. It was a real pleasure to help Carin and Chris and would love to visit again.
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Laissé par l'hôte pour le workawayer (Matteo)
Matteo was our first Italian workaway and he set the bar very very high.
In the 3 weeks he spent with us he crept so deep in our hearts, and we miss him daily. Every task he worked on was done meticulously and with awesome happy music playing while Matteo sang at the top of his voice! He even created a list of Italian music I should download
… read more since I enjoyed his music so much.
Matteo and I enjoyed painting the trim and doors so much one evening that we totally forgot to look at the red moon. We had such lovely talks and lots of laughter while enjoying many wonderful meals he cooked for us and our friends.
It was a sad sad night when we had our farewell dinner for Matteo.
Matteo, our friends at Family Fellowship and Wessel ask about you all the time and like us they all hope you will come back to visit soon.
I will always remember your shopping spree, and you singing while sanding the wooden beams by the pool, and you swimming every afternoon in the Texas heat to stay in shape and cool down. Mostly I will always treasure your gentle heart always giving all of yourself.
Waldo and Hanco are looking forward to visit you in the Summer and I will be there soon too!
You are in our hearts forever.
Laissé par le workawayer (Matteo) pour l'hôte
I think stay with Carin and Chris could be the best workaway experience you can do in your life...every time I think of them a tear drops on my face...I left my heart in the Eagle Nest big house! I've never met such hospitable people like Chris and Carin...left Greenville was a tragedy for me! :(
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Laissé par l'hôte pour le workawayer (David & Maren)
Having David and Maren with us was an absolute pleasure.
These two have such a beautiful relationship and they have such amazing experiences that they enjoyed sharing with us. We could not help but love them from the start.
Apart from the many hours of conversations we enjoyed, we really appreciated the excellent work they did for us. They
… read more did everything from cleaning, organizing, painting and even stripping/refinishing some hardwood floors.
They preformed every job with diligence and they actually seemed to enjoy doing it.
I hope to stay in touch with them for many years to come, and maybe another visit to hear the rest of the stories from their world travels.
All the best to you two --- stay the lovely people you are today --- and keep loving each other as much as you do today.
Always welcome here with us!
Laissé par le workawayer (David & Maren) pour l'hôte
Dear Family,
thank you sooooo much for this awesome time we had:-) We stayed 2.5 weeks at this beautiful House in a very luxury RV.
We thank you to treat us so friendly like we would be part of your family,
to be so generous to us, we had the whole time everything we could imagine of,
for funny and also serios conversations about culture,
… read more politics, food, sports, music, computer nerd stuff;-) etc.,
for your help in planing the trips to a Basketball-Game in Dallas, to Austin and to Fort Worth,
to give us new experiences like going to your church, cooking traditianal south african meals, dining with your friends etc.,
and to help us with every issue we had to solve or planings we had to do:-)
If we had known how great you guys are, we would have spend so much more time at your house:-( We are really sad now that we had to leave so early.
Every Workawayer who has the chance to go there are really lucky and should not doubt one second if that is the right place to go.
If you ever are in Germany our doors are open for all of you.
We hope we will meet again.
Hugs and Greets to all of you
Maren & DavidVous pouvez seulement contacter les workawayers avec une adhésion active.
Laissé par le workawayer (Michele) pour l'hôte
Why there Are only 4 smiles??? I at least need 5 or 6 of them for rate Carin and her family!!!
I miss you so much !! I miss first of all the feeling that you feel every day in that house, since the first day ,i felt love and the desire to share their life with you in total.
After a week i felt completely at home , exept for the millions of
… read more drawers that i still didn't know what's in there after three months ahahah ;)
In Carin's house i felt protected , like the best of the mom does, helping me to travel, see things , do different stuff every day, helping me to organize that and simply, HAVE A SOLUTION FOR EVERYTHING I ASKED HER.
I felt and i'm still feeling so proud to met this family cause they gave me a lot, more than the think.
Im not sure i'll do another time workaway after her, but if you'r so lucky to stay in Carin's house, just be yourself and respectful and they 'll never refuse to share their lifes ,to help you and love you like a real son.
Can't wait to ser you again in italy...and full of desire to host you in my house and use my alter egos (mario, george) for pizza and drive;) i miss that :(
Thank you
I'll never forget what you did <3
MicheleVous pouvez seulement contacter les workawayers avec une adhésion active.
Laissé par l'hôte pour le workawayer (Michele)
The time we had with our boy Michele was so much more than a workaway experience. Michele arrived just a week after another amazing Italian boy left our Texas home. At the time I felt there could not possibly someone to replace M. Well, Michele was a delight from the moment he arrived. A perfectly joyful and open individual with so much to share
… read more and so willing to learn.
He gave all of himself and crept deep into our hearts. He let us tease him, and feed him weird things, and he even allowed me to put Pineapple on a pizza.
He excelled at all the tasks he was given and you could see the job-pride while looking at his accomplishments.
We were lucky enough to have Michele here with two other workaways, and the consideration this young man showed in all he did was remarkable. (consideration for the girls' wishes/needs as well as us - his host family).
Michele helped with so much, including arranging for my own son who was inbetween workaways at the time, to stay with his family in Lucca, Italy. An experience none of us would ever forget. WE had endless Skype calls with the whole family and I got to see my son enjoying the love of his amazing family in Italy. A truly unique experience.
Michele has most certainly become an adoptive son in our family and sitting here now, I have to push back the tears thinking it will be so long before I see my George (driver) / Mario (pizza baker) again.
Michele is all his profile says, and so much more. I hope he never chooses workaway again, but rather just comes back to visit us each time. However, if he lands on your doorstep, count yourself blessed.
Laissé par l'hôte pour le workawayer (Lisa & David)
Our short time with Lisa and David was lovely! We learned alot about Sweden and the Swedish culture while enjoying the company of these two amazing young people. They are both very hardworking and performed each task precisely as instructed, and always made a point of letting me know when the task was complete. They did not like to sit idle,
… read more however in their off time they thoroughly enjoyed the pool, walking and sightseeing in Dallas.
I know now that 2 - even 3 weeks are just too short to show them all we want to, but we enjoyed having them and will have them back anytime. Next time we will go to the Rodeo.
Laissé par le workawayer (Lisa & David) pour l'hôte
It's now two weeks since we left this wonderful family, that's also how long we stayed. This was our first workaway experience and we could not have gotten a better first experience. Though we only stayed for two weeks they made sure to show us as much as possible of the USA, Texas, Dallas, Greenville. The whole family was always very helpful and
… read more generous. They did everything they could to make us feel welcome, and we really did! We had two absolutely wonderful weeks, thank you so much! We would really love to come back if we get the oppertunity, as said: a wonderful family!Vous pouvez seulement contacter les workawayers avec une adhésion active.
Laissé par l'hôte pour le workawayer (Alessia)
From the moment Alessia arrived at our home we fell in love with her. Alessia is a hardworing young lady with excellent organizational and motivational skills. She takes charge of a task and ensures it is done to perfection. Her kind heart is overflowing with compassion and love for those around her, yet she is not afraid to speak her mind in the
… read more most gentle way.
There are no words to describe our sadness when it came time to say goodbye after 2 months ... we really struggled, and still do. She has left a hole in our hearts and our home is so quiet without her laughter and participation in everything we do.
If you are ever so lucky to host this girl, you can look forward to great food (pizza, oh my goodness), CHO-CO-LATE, a great Italian family to "visit" with over Skype, and too much laghter and love to mention. I can not wait until we meet again - probably in Italy.
We miss you Alessia!
Laissé par l'hôte pour le workawayer (Leon)
What an absolute pleasure it was for us to host Leon. He is an amazing young man who brought lots of laughter along with his "German Precision" work ethic. Leon was easy to get along with from the first moment we met at the airport, and it was with a heavy heart that we had to say goodbye (for now). Although we couldn't get him to line dance
… read more or ride a bull, he was always just amazing company for us as hosts, our friends and my also son and his friends. Everything Leon was tasked with was done well and with a great attitude. He always offered to do more and always showed gratitude and respect.
Thank you Leon for a job well done on everything you did in your time here, but most especially, THANK FOR STRIPPING THE BRICK FLOORS. I think of you with every step I take on them. We can not wait to see you again - you are now part of our family forever.
Laissé par le workawayer (Leon) pour l'hôte
I had the most wonderful travel experience of my life with this lovely family!
Nothing could be better! The food is great,the house is neat and beautiful and you are treated like a family member.The work is fun and I never had to work too hard or work more than 5 hours per day.Specially the view into the Granite business was really
… read more interesting.The area is really cool, you can do a lot in your freetime-And the family always shares their adventures with you,which I really enjoyed.My USA trip was perfect.I made great friends and had an unforgettable experience.I am sure I will be back.
If you have the chance to see Texas and meet this family I can really recommend this host to you.You will have a great time.It doesn't matter if male or female.
I can't thank you enough for everything you did for me.I really miss you! You're always welcome to visit me :)
Love y'all Vous pouvez seulement contacter les workawayers avec une adhésion active.
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