Grit

Information de voyage

Actuellement, je suis

Description

Dear guest family, dear host,

My name is Grit. I am an active, creative and outgoing person. I am very sporty and I like hiking, cycling and being outside in the nature very much.

I love reading. Besides reading novels in German and English, I always use children's encyclopedias and knowledge books to build up my knowledge of foreign languages. Right now I learn French.

I love playing and being with children and have worked as an au-pair three times, twice in London and once in Princeton (USA). There I learned English which I speak fluently now. I startet learning french 3 years ago.

Besides helping different friends with their children (including twin boys) on a regular basis, I take/took care for my nieces (2) and nephews (2) especially during vacation times, as they live in Hannover or Berlin. At the moment I am helping a neighbour on a regular basis with their children, including 16 month old twins. I love playing, singing and reading with them.

I am a good cook and I like to try out new recipies.

I have quite a lot of experience in gardening. I grew up helping in my fathers garden. I did a 1 year volunteering job in the beautiful garden of an elderly people care home. After this I have been helping in the community garden project "GemüseheldInnen" in Frankfurt since May 2023. We have several different garden projects. I am part of three different garden teams there, a Market garden, a Forest garden and the "Stadtfarm" - our biggest garden project, which is continually changing. I often help with projects where people from companies come to create with us, guiding and showing them things. I also regularly take part on participation activities in different gardens of our project, where everyone can join and work with us. After or during the work we always have a picnic together, where we share the delicious things everyone brought.

I am a very practical person and I just love doing things with my hands. I always search for suitable solutions with the things that souround us, to use what is there already to repair or build something.

I am very interested in wild plants and in perennial plants and still a learner. I love to make wild plant salads.

In 2022, 2023 and 2024 I have been in France for 2-3 weeks helping a workaway host, in Villevêque, Pays de la Loire, with her forest garden project. We have become friends and I love returning there and helping with whatever has to be done then which has been up to now all kinds of garden work, painting, cooking, baking, organising events, welcoming guests, playing and reading with a foster child and finding better solutions to make the work easier for my friend.

I took some time off from the workaway exchange and did not engage in new projects. My wife was ill and therefore I was needed at home.

I am very interested in getting to know new cultures, new things, different ways of living and other languages.

Centres d’intérêt

Montagne

Fitness

Photographie

Culture

Bénévolat

Menuiserie

Dev. personnel

Art et design

Ferme

Yoga / bien-être

Randonnée

Végétarien ou végan

Langues

Dev. durable

Activités en plein air

Cyclisme

Écriture

Nature

Musique

LGBT+

Cuisine et alimentation

Bricolage / artisanat

Soin des plantes

Jardinage

Livres

Langues

Langues parlées
Allemand: Courant
Anglais: Courant
Espagnol: Intermédiaire
Français: Intermédiaire
Danish: Débutant

Plus de détails sur les langues qui m'intéressent
I am interested in learning new languages. When I learn a new language, I listen to podcasts in this language, read articles and children knowledge books to build up my understanding and the vocabulary. The best and fastest way to learn the spoken language for me, is to spend some time in the country, where it is spoken. That's how I learned English, Spanish and how I am learning French. Besides speaking English fluently, I understand Spanish quite well, as I spent two months in Madrid but would need some time to find the active vocabulary as I have not used my active Spanish for at least 15 years. I have been learning French for 3 years now, which I can understand at intermediate level and I can speak quite well by now.

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Compétences et connaissances que j'aimerais partager ou apprendre

J'ai des connaissances :  

S’occuper des animaux

Aide informatique / Internet

Travail associatif

Home sitting

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Je peux apprendre aux autres :  

Jardinage

Baby-sitting et jeux créatifs

Préparer les repas / cuisiner pour la famille

Éco-projets

Aider à la maison

Langues

Entretien général

Bricolage et projets de construction

Enseignement

Quelles sont vos compétences ?

I am a good cook. As I have been a vegetarian for some time, I know quite a few vegetarian recipies. I also know how to prepare meat and fish and can prepare trout as well as an Indian curry. I am used to do all kind of household chores.

I am very practical and have a very strong practical sense. I am good at repairing things and always trying to find a solution. I have practical experience in painting the walls, the fence, a wood wagon, putting together furniture, building living hedges and repairing stuff. I usually repair my bike myself and I know how to change tires and break shoes of a bike.

I am also very creative, always look for solutions and have new ideas.

I am very experienced with children of almost any age beginning at around 4 month of age. I like playing, doing sports and spending time with them. I love reading books aloud to them. I also like singing german folk songs with them, if they are interested. I usually spend a lot of the time playing outside with the children.

I also know how to take care of plants and harvest the crops, as I used to help in the garden when I grew up. I did a volunteering garden job for a year in a huge garden of an elderly home, weeding, pruning and planting. Now I am working in the community garden project "GemüseheldInnen". I have experience in permaculture.

As an au pair I had to take care of a dog for one family, so I am experienced in this as well. As I had my own pets ( rabbits, a Guinea pig and a budgerigar) and was a big horse fan as a child, I know how to take care of animals.

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Autres infos...

I like games where nobody looses, so mostly I play catd games or table tennis without counting points or looking for the winner, just for pure fun for everyone.

I like going on any kind of adventure with children, e.g. building huts or climbing on trees, showing them edible plants and fruits or living creatures. I love reading and singing with them. I also like showing them how to prepare food or how to do practical stuff.

Informations complémentaires

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  Fumeur

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  Permis de conduire

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  Allergies
  Nein

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  Régime alimentaire spécial
  no red meat