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Description
Hi, I’m Giel! My entire life I lived in the Netherlands but I’ve always had the dream to leave it all behind and start a new life abroad. In 2019 my dream came through when I bought a piece of land in central Portugal.
Since then my dog Máka and I live in Sao Pedro do Sul. Here, we live and work together with my girlfriend Karin, friends and volunteers. On average four people are here at all times but this changes from time to time depending on the amount of work that needs to be done. From the start we’ve been working with volunteers and friends and now also with the help of Workaway.
Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Aide avec des éco-projets
Jardinage
Bricolage et projets de construction
S’occuper des animaux
Cuisine/repas pour la famille
Aide à la maison
Entretien général
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
As a builder I like sharing my knowledge with people who are eager to learn new things. It is a place where you don't have to be anything, but together we can do and learn anything.
It gives you an opportunity to learn in several ways. The eco-friendly building, gardening and house work with me or other volunteers will probably give you an opportunity to grow in different areas. The feedback we got from volunteers is that it's also educational and a valuable experience to live together as a group. Furthermore, the serenity and calmness that this land and the surroundings have to offer will hopefully give you space and time to just be.
Aide
Activities where the workawayers are in participating are; construction/renovation of ruins, maintaining the land, such as the veggie garden, choirs in the household, walking the dog and helping with the free festivities that we are hosting with other communities for the locals.
At our farm we have a guesthouse for family and friends when they come over for visits. Unoccasionally we rent out the guesthouse for paying guest.
The workawayers are not involved in activities with these minor business purposes.
Langues
Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Hollandais: Courant
Allemand: Débutant
Portugais: DébutantCet 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
On the property we have one fully equipped house. In this house we have two bedrooms. One of these bedrooms is for volunteers or friends. In this room there are two single beds. Between these beds we have a curtain, which gives some extra privacy. Each volunteer has their own closet, so they can store all their belongings. The rest of the house we share; living room, outside living room, kitchen and the bathroom.
In Summer we’ll also have small private tents (with a real mattress) for volunteers.
There will always be plenty of fresh food available. We make three vegetarian meals a day. Whoever feels like cooking can prepare the meal. Most of the time we eat together. However, if someone feels the need to eat alone, that’s no problem.
Autres infos...
This place lies in the mountains near Sao Pedro do Sul. It's in the Portugese district Viseu, in the centre of Portugal. There's no public transport to our place, but there's public transport that will get you into the village. I'll be able to pick you up. Also, I'm always happy to give you a ride to the village any time.
In the weekends we often plan day-trips. Some days we go to the beach for a nice surf. Other days we go for a hike in the mountains behind us or visit the waterfalls. Also local friends of ours come by on a regular basis to have drinks and dinner together. At least once a week we go to yoga class.
Informations complémentaires
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Espace pour garer des vans
Cet hôte a de la place pour les vans.
Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux
We have a big dog that loves to play and a puppy of 5 months, so dogs are welcome (if they are suited for playing with Máka)
Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?
Plus de 2
Nombre d'heures attendues
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (16)
Quite late but here I am.
I can start saying I was suppose to spend 2 weeks to 20 days at Giels but it ended up 45 days later I was there yet. That can give an idea of how welcomed and home I felt. Waking up with a nice smile or a kind and loving good morning, a great and I mean great breakfast… read more
Where should I start…
This place has been almost unimaginably special to me, randomly stumbling upon workaway planned to stay for 2 weeks, lol. from the very first weekend we went freeclimbing in the magic mountains till our cosy goodbye diner 12 weeks later, i feel so blessed to have met all these incredibly beautiful… read more
We had a lot of fun with them and the group and are very grateful of you staying relaxed under our time
Also, Vicky became a… read more
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Quite late but here I am.
I can start saying I was suppose to spend 2 weeks to 20 days at Giels but it ended up 45 days later I was there yet. That can give an idea of how welcomed and home I felt. Waking up with a nice smile or a kind and loving good morning, a great and I mean great breakfast… read more
Where should I start…
This place has been almost unimaginably special to me, randomly stumbling upon workaway planned to stay for 2 weeks, lol. from the very first weekend we went freeclimbing in the magic mountains till our cosy goodbye diner 12 weeks later, i feel so blessed to have met all these incredibly beautiful… read more
We had a lot of fun with them and the group and are very grateful of you staying relaxed under our time
Also, Vicky became a… read more
We loved having this one around for 6 weeks and were sad when she was leaving.
Maria is very energetic, funny and social and helped us in many ways. She is good with dogs and very open and honest.
We both felt like we made a new friend. Know that you are always welcome here, Amiga! Love you ♥️
Would love to… read more
amazing people ! They really make you feel like a part of the familly :) The work is always different, Giel take the time to show you what you have to do and even teach you what he know if you need. The fact that they host a lot of workawayer make this place like a little community where everyone is… read more
I feel super blessed to have been able to stay for 1 month with Giel and Karin, and the other great workawayers that I was really lucky to share my experience with ❤️ The best crazy-crew! 😎
Giel and Karin are really amazing people, and staying with them has the only downside that you don't want to go away or you… read more
If you are looking for a super sweet, social and responsible person to help you out, this is your girl.
She stayed with us for almost 2 months and helped us with carpentry around our tiny house, gardening, cooking (great cook she is 😍), household (neater than Susanna you won’t find) and taking care of our 2 dogs Máka and Sjakie,… read more
Giel and Karin made me feel part of the family from the first day. Giel is a very nice, positive, funny and open-minded person who is passionate about building.
He did with the help of friends and family… read more
This sweet, free spirit left a few days ago after staying with us for 6 weeks. She was an amazing support; super social, honest, open, funny, conscious, great cook, good with people and animals, nice conversations, yogaclasses and beautiful photography & video. She helped us on many levels.
We are so happy that you stayed a bit longer… read more
I stayed there in December 2020 and I had a great time with a lot of laughter, a nice working atmosphere, a lot of things to learn, many adventures to live, lovely company and delicious, healthy and vegetarian food. Not to forget: always a big furbag to cuddle ;)
Giel and Karin are super… read more
She helped us finishing our first tiny house; some woodwork, sanding and painting.
Thank you dear Alice and good luck on your travels 💛
Raul stayed with us for over 9 months. He came in the beginning of our project and contributed a lot during the process of it all. He was a great help in renovating the house, maintaining the garden, finding creative solutions for decorating and creating pieces of art. He has an eye for detail and a loooot of… read more
These two were the best hosts that I could have wished for as my first workaway experience!!
She loooves her coffee in the morning and makes the most awesome food.
She helped us with creating the new shed, our outside living space, pruning the vineyard, painting, cleaning, (giving tips about) gardening and entertaining :)
She has a lot of knowledge about loads if things,… read more
He helped us with the construction of our first tiny house and was eager to do the work and learn more about it. He even taught a yoga class when our own teacher was… read more
He helped us with the construction of our first tiny house, with the new shed and outside chill area and even fixed the laptop (still works 😁, yay!)
He also surprised us with his cooking skills. Unfortunately we didn’t get the chance to enjoy his dj-ing skills, but the… read more
True to what their description says, this is a place that will let you (and teach you how to) collaborate in a rich variety of ways.
Located in a beautiful stretch of land on the side of a valley, the place has an incredible view, and you'll be surrounded by… read more
Every morning we had a nice breakfast together. The work was really nice, since I like building. He is great builder, so you can learn a lot, but he is also open for other people's opinion, which I think is a really nice quality.
After work we had a beer and made food (he and… read more
He is the breakfast master and a walking jukebox with tons of different genres in his pocket.
It was great having him around and we miss him already.
Thanks for joining our crew, Robert ;p and see you very very soon? Xx
I already miss your crazy dutch slang and at the bonfire to hang.
It was my first Workaway stop with enough wood to chop, all day good music, no Hip Hop.
Work doesn’t feel like work when it’s fun. Even when Giel chased me with his Gun.
But don’t worry guys you will beat him at exploding kittens in an one-on-one.
See… read more
