Help and stay amongst nature in beautiful Umbria, Italy

Infos

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  Description

  Since I have to manage our 2 ha’s property on my own there is generally spoken enough work for the year round, except from the winterperiod. We mostly spend our winters in Holland. This year, 2024, from 10 December up to mid February/early March, we cannot have workawayers.
  
  We, Willem and Edith, are two former Dutch judges who changed tracks in 2008. After more than 30 years working for the public interest, we wanted to dedicate ourselves to another passion, arts. We have always had a wide interest in arts. We searched more than 3 years to find the ideal spot in Italy and started a centre for creative and culinary courses.
  We are located on a historical site on a distance of 6km from the village of Ficulle. 4km white/dirt track.
  You can find the tracks of the Etruscans who lived here 3000 years ago. The caves which they scarved are still in use, for example as communal kitchen. Stunning views up to Orvieto's cathedral.
  No visible neighbours. Silence apart from sounds of nature: birds, frogs, toads are oly a few examples. You might see squirrels,foxes,porcupines, wild boars. Plenty of fruit trees(picking allowed). Dazing smells of lovely flowers, several ponds with waterlillies and lotus.
  There are loads of possibilities for your free time: 'dolce far niente',walking,rambling,biking,horsbackriding,sightseeing,swimming,
  sailing. Several swimmingpools in de neighbourhood.
  Lakes: Trasimeno,Corbara,Bolsena.
  Historical towns:Orvieto,Todi,Città delle Pieve,Perugia,Assisi,Cetona,Montepulciano,San Casciano dei Bagni,Bolsena,(città)Bagnoreggio.
  Etruscan necropolis+archeological sites.
  Sculpture parcs,Museums,wine,olive oil,delicious regional traditional food.
  Rome 1 hr. Florence 1,5 hrs. by train. Both coasts appr. 2hrs. by car.
  
  Living here for more than 15 years we got to know the area and the people pretty well. We are most willing to guide you to secret places which you would not have found on your own.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Projets artistiques

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  S’occuper des animaux

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général

  Aide informatique/internet

  Home sitting
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  Centres d’intérêt

  

  Films et télé

  

  Politique/justice sociale

  

  Événements/vie sociale

  

  Dev. durable

  

  Dev. personnel

  

  Culture

  

  Arts du spectacle

  

  Cuisine et alimentation

  

  Jardinage

  

  Soin des plantes

  

  Musique

  

  Bricolage / artisanat

  

  Livres

  

  Art et design

  

  Fitness

  

  Sports d'équipe

  

  Yoga / bien-être

  

  Nature

  

  Camping

  

  Montagne

  

  Sports d’hiver

  

  Sports nautiques

  

  Activités en plein air

  

  Randonnée

  

  Cyclisme
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  - International cultural, historic, political and whatever exchange
  - enjoying good meals, having interesting conversations, serious but with humor and laughter too:)
  - gardening, both in the decorative and the vegetable garden, in terms of (re)setting up plots
  as well as maintainance (weeding, cutting, pruning, planting etc.)
  - maintenance of dry stone walls
  - building your strength by heavy works, like dragging with wood, soil etc. In the olive picking season working on the flexibility of your muscles (climbing trees)
  - cooking
  - making jams and chutneys
  - painting
  - building (in case we have building works)
  - making mosaics (if we have a mosaic project)
  
  and more and more....:)

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  Aide

  Depending on the maturity we are going to pick olives in the end of October/ first week of November.
  
  We are surrounded by a parc of 2 ha's. We have loads of plants, bushes, trees. So there is a lot of work to do, e.g. grass mowing, weeding, pruning, planting, making cuttings ecc. Especially in spring, early summer and autumn a lot of tasks has to be done. For these periods we are looking for people with a real passion for and experience on gardening. In autumn i.a. picking olives is an important item.
  Maintenance on old stone walls, steps, pathes ecc. can also be done during the summer and winter. Work on the vegetable garden has to be done almost all year round, apart from the winter. Nevertheless most of the tasks has to be done in springtime.
  Besides the house where the owners live, are there several other buildings, which constantly are in need of maintenance, like painting, sometimes restoring things that are broken, light building projects ecc. ecc.
  With a view to the work and the accommodation we prefer a couple as helpers. We ask workawayers to join us for at least one entire week.
  What we need are people with a passion for gardening and some technical skills. Driving licence and car are preferable.

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  Langues

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

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  Being interested in other people and cultures it goes for itself that we are interested in (other) languages. Being able to communicate with people from other cultures make one better understand and widens one's view on the world...
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  Hébergement

  If the apartments are not rented out, we can offer you one of our apartments with fully equipped kitchen, bathroom and separate bedroom. Although there is central heating, we ask you to use the woodstove, especcially now, since the energy prices are sky high.
  In case the apartments are rented, we have on offer a small studio, with a 140cm bed, a shower and a small sink. Toilet and washbasin in a separate space. Private terrace with stunning views.
  Of course we will eat together every now and then, but you might like to have your own privacy. Therefore you can use the kitchen in your apartment or the communal kitchencave for your cooking. It goes for itself, that you can use the vegetable garden and fruits from the trees.

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  Autres infos...

  The 2-ha's parc is located on a stupendous spot, surrounded by nature. Magnificent views, heavenly smells, no neighbours, wildlife, silence. There is a house where the owners live, an apartment building , a small studio, sheds and several caves, made by the Etruscans. Some of the caves are semi-habitable: one is in use as a kitchen, another contains some showers and toilets and a laundryroom. We restored another one in 2016; it is a beautiful place now for mutliple use like: small gatherings, assemblies, concerts etc. We ourselves will use it as a studio for our creative works as well.
  Our place is offered as a space for creative and culinary courses; when free, the accomodations are for rent (without a course) as well.
  
  We make efforts to respond everybody, usually on Wednesday. Our response rate always has been rather high, we used to respond within one day. Since summer 2022 we had an still have heavy times, which doesn’t leave much opportunity to work on the computer. Since then my response rate has got down very much, unfortunately.
  
  We would appreciate it very much if you try to distinct yourself in a positive way and simply answer our messages, like we do yours. This means that you even let us know that you are no longer interested.

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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 done everything to create a good internet connection. Somebody even has succesfully given leadership trainings on line.

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  You have to drive carefully on the dirt road, but nodoby has to have insurmountable difficulties to get in here

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Plus de 2

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