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Hello dears,
Right now we are looking for help starting early October. Physical tasks involve using a hoe, shovel, wheel barrows etc, to improve paths, build the base of a chicken house, plant some trees, enlarge the vegetable beds etc.
This can be physical as it is a land that goes up and down, hope that's ok with you!
We especially connect with people that want to learn and grow. If you like cooking, the kitchen is yours! We appreciate if you are independent, pro-active and pleae clean up after yourself 🙏🏼 :)
My name is Matthieu, I am born in France and I have been a photographer for National Geographic for the last 25 years, mostly working in Asia on stories around self-sufficiency, the environment etc. My partner Mareile (she is German, we met in Indonesia) and I bought a beautiful terraced land right near Palmela, overlooking a valley called Vale dos Barris ("the valley of clays"). We have planted over 1500 trees/plants so far, including about 80 fruit trees and lots of banana plants! We are loosely following syntropic agroforestry principles and if you are curious, I love to share my knowledge on that.
On the land everything is done by hand . We have an outdoor (cool) shower & dry toilets & a nice camping set-up vibe, in a beautiful setting. We are 1 minute walk to the medieval village of Palmela and the first shops, bar and a bus stop that can bring you to Lisbon (Oriente station) in 40mn :)
More about the FAMILY:
We have 2 boys, Timo (14) and iluka (18). Both our kids are born on the road (one in Hong Kong, the other in Istanbul) and speak German, French, English and Portuguese fluently. They are home-schooled. We are a truly multicultural family, love sharing our travels. We have been to most countries in Asia, spending extend times trekking in the Western Himalayas, the Karakoram, Hindukush, Pamir mountains etc. We have been based in Portugal / Arrabida Nature Park since 7 years now.
Please write "PINEAPPLE" in your message when you contact us, so we know you have read our description (as we get lots of request). Thanks, love and light.
Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Projets artistiques
Pratique d’une langue
Aide avec des éco-projets
Jardinage
Bricolage et construction
Aide dans une ferme
Cuisine/repas pour la famille
Aide à la maison
Entretien général

Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
We have travel the world for the last 25 years and look forward to hearing about your life, and introduce you to the local markets, area etc. We are passionate about good food, music and world culture.

Projets impliquant des enfants
Ce projet peut impliquer des enfants. Pour en savoir plus, consultez nos directives et conseils ici.

Aide
- landscaping / general tasks in the forest
- help with cooking, cleaning kitchen etc
- help around the house and light building
- wood tasks with palettes
Langues
Langues parlées
Allemand: Courant
Anglais: Courant
Français: Courant
Urdu: Courant
Portugais: Intermédiaire
Turc: 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 stay in our van (electricity, water, kitchen, all wood covered) or wooden house, near our house, just 1mn walk to Palmela village.
Although it can be chilly in the morning in winter in the van, it gets quite warm during the day. We can provide a warm sleeping bag if you don't have any.
Autres infos...
Our land is adjacent to the medieval village of Palmela - you look front in the valley and you are in full nature, but you walk back up and in 1mn you are in the village. 5mn walk from our place is a bus station that can take you to Lisbon.
It's an exchange: we are excited to host you , and should you come with a respectful and positive attitude to help us and take part in the activities. We are looking forward to it! :)
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Accès Internet

Accès Internet limité

Nous avons des animaux

Nous sommes fumeurs

Familles bienvenues

Espace pour garer des vans
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Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux
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Deux

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Matthieu is truly full of life, vigour and utter enthusiasm for his project, and this made it easy to work with him even though I was at times physically going beyond my comfort zone!… read more
Matthieu, Mareile and their inspiring kids made me feel at home. Their project has a great balance, feeling of being off-grid but near a local town.
There is always plenty of work to do, but my time was respected and there was always time for a break in the Spring bath!
It was also great to… read more
How can I start? This was my first oficial workaway and I couldn't have imagined it better myself!
I truly feel that I have made a second family. The family as a whole is a group of four super intelligent, artistic, warm and friendly individuals. I easily felt at home with them and feel so grateful to have been a part of their lives, as well… read more
Matt is always fun to be around, friendly and good laugh. He taught me a lot, especially about the permaculture, and travelling and… read more
He built a dry toilet for us and worked hard on digging channels and swales on our land, always in good spirit. He came with his girlfriend Sara (connected account), and they both stayed in our van.… read more
Starting with this family in February I had the incredible opportunity of starting on their project from the very beginning. With not much expectations we worked out how to get going on their beautiful piece of land in Palmela - what a sight that place is. I had the most… read more
Matthieu is a enthusiastic and energic person, combined with his wife Mareille a very calm and organized person, there is a lot to learn from this family ! It was so nice to contribute in their lifestyle, which is a day to day plan, you will Never get bored ! The Time work is flexible,… read more
