Freya & Robbie

Information de voyage

Actuellement, nous sommes

Description

We are a bubbly, empathetic, and energetic couple from Melbourne, Australia. We love to help others and are hungry to learn new skills and embrace different experiences.

We have moved to Italy so that we can properly immerse ourselves in the culture and improve our Italian language. We have been living in Sicilia for two months and are heading to Toscana in late September.

Our focus is on living simply while finding meaningful ways that we can contribute and give back to the community - we have love and appreciation for animals and the earth.

We are not looking for free accommodation with no work in return. We have a strong work and community ethic, our priority is to ensure that our hosts feel that we provide them with value too.

Interests that we both have:
• Learning about Italian culture and the language – we have been learning Italian for over a year now. We are getting better but still recognise there is still so much to learn.
• Eating and cooking - we enjoy hosting dinner parties and bringing people together.
• Permaculture and closed-loop agricultural techniques. Our dream is to eventually own our own self-sustaining property.
• We love to socialise but can still read a room and know when to give others space.
• Being outdoors and camping – we like to ditch the phones and go back to nature where we can.
• Physical activities - whether that be playing sport or going for a hike, we like to keep our bodies healthy.
• Music and dancing – we are goofy dancers but that’s ok, we enjoy ourselves :)

Freya's interests/hobbies:
• Teaching and helping others. My biggest motivator is helping others to grow and gain confidence in what they are doing.
• I enjoy working with my hands and building or creating something – I love working in the garden, making clothes, help friends renovate their houses and furniture, host lunches and dinners, motorbikes (I used to own 4)…my list of hobbies goes on.
• I come from a background in organisational psychology so I love doing research and understanding about how different things work.

Robbie's interests:
• Engineering and building things. He's a great problem solver and likes working with his hand too.
• Football – Robbie’s a Manchester United fan but we won’t hold that against him ;)

Centres d’intérêt

Sports d’hiver

Politique/justice sociale

Animaux de compagnie

Événements/vie sociale

Dev. durable

Culture

Dev. personnel

Ferme

Bénévolat

Soin des plantes

Histoire

Musique

Bricolage / artisanat

Livres

Art et design

Langues

Jardinage

Cuisine et alimentation

Dessin et peinture

Yoga / bien-être

Sports d'équipe

Nature

Fitness

Camping

Montagne

Danse

Plage

Activités en plein air

Randonnée

Langues

Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Italien: Débutant
Vietnamese: Débutant

Plus de détails sur les langues qui m'intéressent
Ce workawayer a indiqué qu’il souhaitait faire partager sa ou ses propre(s) langue(s) ou en apprendre une nouvelle. Veuillez le contacter directement pour en discuter.

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Compétences et connaissances que nous aimerions partager ou apprendre

Ça nous intéresse :  

Travail associatif

Langues

Projets artistiques

Éco-projets

Jardinage

Aider dans une ferme

S’occuper des animaux

Home sitting

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Nous pouvons apprendre aux autres:  

Enseignement

Bricolage et projets de construction

Préparer les repas / cuisiner pour la famille

Aider à la maison

Accueil / tourisme

Entretien général

Aide informatique / Internet

Quelles sont vos compétences ?

These are the types of tasks that we have been performing for previous Workaway hosts:
• Taking care of animals - horses, chickens, quails, dogs, and cats
• Housekeeping and guest services duties for a B&B
• Household and deep cleaning
• Gardening (weeding, pruning, harvesting etc.) and minor landscaping
• Rental car cleaning

Additional skills we both have:
• We are a couple of sponges – ready to soak up any information you give us. We are quick and self-sufficient learners, if we do not know how to do something we take the initiate to find out.
• Optimism, resilience, and persistence – we can always find the silver lining in negative situations and we keep working through a task until we get the job done.

Freya:
• An exceptional level of warm customer service and communication skills after working 17 years in the hospitality industry. I spent many years working for a prominent coffee roastery in Melbourne as their head coffee trainer, coffee roaster and café operations manager. I now do freelance work assisting cafes in improving their processes with the aim of increasing customer and employee satisfaction, and reducing costs and waste.
• I spend my free time helping friends renovate their houses and restore furniture. I can also make clothes, do business administration, gardening, cleaning, cooking, and event planning. I have not done labouring as a profession but I can still pick up the tools and do basic tasks (I'm also happy to learn).
• I'm also a novice ethical bow hunter (mostly deer) where I only catch what I am going to eat and ensure that the animal's pain is minimal. I have safe skills with a knife and got into ethical hunting as a way to connect back with the land and have a better understanding about the symbiotic relationships of where food comes from.

Robbie:
• An excellent handyman and good on the tools – Robbie holds 5 years of experience as a residential construction engineer and 3 years experience as a labourer.
• He also has great people skills after spending 5 years in account management and retail sales positions.

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What we would love to learn:
• Anything and everything about Italian culture – from the lifestyle through to family recipes.
• Agriculture - we are especially interested in permaculture and close-loop techniques but are open to learning about other agriculture topics.
• Anything to do with wine or olives. Whether that be growing, producing or tasting; we are happy to learn.
• Mindfulness practices – we have learned how to take care of our bodies and get the nutrition we need but now it’s time to focus on how to take better care of our minds. We are curious about meditation and breathwork but are open to other activities too.
• Sustainability practices – we had a compost and worm farm back in Melbourne. It felt good to reduce our waste but we are keen to learn more.

Âge

31 & 31

Autres infos...

We hope that we have covered everything but if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out :)

Informations complémentaires

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  Allergies
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  Régime alimentaire spécial
  No