Live surrounded by nature in beautiful Racine, Canada

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  Description

  We are a retired couple, living in the country side south of Montreal, very active and in great shape. We are very implicated in our small community, we love nature and arts. We speak french, english and pretty well spanish. Ideal if a person wants to learn or practice french and learn about living in a small community and explore nature! We live on 55 acres land, mainly forest. We have a private pond to swim, a fireplace where we like to relax in the evenings with friends and neighbors, exchanging and playing music.The guests are like family and will be welcome anytime to join.The village is a 5 km ride, and we have bicycles if you wish. Racine is a very dynamic little village, with a saturday farmer's market, and all kind of little stores ( meat, cheese, bread, clothes, library) where one can find all is needed. We are also involved in an Art and historical museum in the center of the village where there is seasonal exhibitions of local artists. Mélinda is an artist, writer and herbalist, Marc-André is musician and art director.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Projets artistiques

  Pratique d’une langue

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Jardinage

  Aide à la maison
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  We are ourselves great travelers during the winter. We like to exchange and learn from other cultures and to make foreigners discover our french canadian culture. We are interested in art, music, nature, ecology and all other beautiful matters !

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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

  People can help with garden maintenance while learning about dozen of different flowers and herbs during the months of June, July and August and for the light maintenance of trails in the forest, one can also learn a lot about harvest, grow and transform medicinal herbs, and wild plants.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Courant
  Français: Courant
  Espagnol: Intermédiaire

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  We speak good french and english and we like to improve our spanish. One can learn and practice french with us through conversation and having contacts with our friends.
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  Hébergement

  We offer a small chalet, 5 min walk from the house, with all amenities, but without electricity or running water. However we provide ice, cooler and water. The chalet is well equipped with a queen bed, a queen sofa bed, all the sheets and towels needed, a gas stove, dishes, dry toilets, candles, oil lamps etc).
  
  We'll do groceries to the tastes of the workers, so they can have breakfast and supper on their own if they wish. We usually take lunch together, cooking and sharing recipes. We are omnivorous but we can suit vegetarian but not vegan people. We often eat outside in the evening when it is possible, workers are welcome to join us around a wood fire or a BBQ.

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  Autres infos...

  If you like walking or cycling, a lot of trails around. Nature and mountains are beautiful. Cultural activities are numerous during summer. Half an hour around you will find all kind of activities to suit your taste. We will be pleased to present the guests to our community and to exchange and learn from other cultures.

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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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  Espace pour garer des vans

  A campervan will be able to park under the trees near our little lake.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Plus de 2

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