Katinka & Bengt

Information de voyage

Actuellement, nous sommes

Description

Hello there, we are Katinka (33) and Bengt (32) and we used to live in Nijmegen, a small town in the Netherlands. A few weeks ago, we decided to embark on an adventure:

We have quit our apartment and given up our jobs to travel for an indefinite period, with Mexico as our first destination. After enjoying the first few weeks in Mexico City, Oaxaca City and surrounding villages, and Mazunte, we are looking for a place where we can stay a little longer, contribute, and learn something in exchange for accommodation. This is our first time using work away and we are looking forward to it.

We share our love for adventure and seeking out precisely those places where other tourists are nowhere to be found, discovering the different flavors and stories of the dishes of the places we travel to (one of the reasons to pick Mexico as a first destination), for the sea and animals. We both like to get to know local cultures and traditions, such as festivities, food and other things that give a country or region character. We both are pretty active persons, loving hikes, surfing and other aquatic sports. Bengt loves to do calisthenics and boxing, whereas Katinka is a pretty proficient rock climber.

Centres d’intérêt

Dev. durable

Événements/vie sociale

Culture

Bricolage / artisanat

Langues

Photographie

Histoire

Musique

Art et design

Cuisine et alimentation

Animaux

Danse

Sports nautiques

Activités en plein air

Nature

Montagne

Randonnée

Camping

Plage

Sports d'aventure

Langues

Langues parlées
Allemand: Courant
Anglais: Courant
Hollandais: Courant
Espagnol: Intermédiaire
Français: Intermédiaire
Portugais: Intermédiaire

Plus de détails sur les langues qui m'intéressent
Teaching a language is not our main reason to sign up for Workaway. However, should the occasion arise, we are definitely able and open to teach the languages that we are fluent in.

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Compétences et connaissances que nous aimerions partager ou apprendre

Ça nous intéresse :  

Projets DIY créatifs

Petits travaux d'entretien

Aider dans une ferme

Travail associatif

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Nous avons des connaissances :  

S’occuper des animaux

Accueil / tourisme

Garde de maison et d'animaux

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Nous pouvons apprendre aux autres:  

Jardinage d'entretien

Préparer les repas / cuisiner pour la famille

Éco-projets

Langues

Projets artistiques

Quelles sont vos compétences ?

Katinka is a social and creative person, always curious about the world around her. Her background is quite diverse, and that's one of her biggest strengths. She has studied and worked across different fields, including anthropology, documentary filmmaking, arts education, sustainability and urban food forest design. These experiences have made her adaptable and comfortable in many different environments.

For the past three years she worked as a sustainability advisor while remaining co-owner of a company that designs and creates urban food forests in the Netherlands. Before starting this travel adventure, she decided to leave her advisory job to make room for new experiences and reconnect with a long-time passion: documentary photography and film, especially stories about food, agriculture, landscapes, and the people and traditions behind them. She hopes to continue telling those stories during her travels.

Along the way she has developed practical skills in project communication, organising events, visual storytelling, photography and filmmaking. She genuinely enjoys getting her hands dirty—whether that's planting gardens, helping in the kitchen, caring for animals (something she's loved since growing up in a small village), building something, or learning completely new skills.

She's a quick learner, reliable, creative and not afraid of hard work. She loves meeting people, exchanging knowledge and contributing wherever she's needed.

Bengt is a guy with a pretty big range of interests. Being born in Amsterdam, he got to know various cultures early in his life. After a somewhat unsuccesful academic journey in philosophy and American studies he decided to make a career of something he has been doing as part time jobs: cooking.

He attended culinary school and got schooled in french cuisine at several high end restaurants in the city of Nijmegen. His journey culminated at being the chef of a rather high level wine bar/restaurant.

Being in charge of a kitchen he is stress resistent, used to working hard and long hours, possessing didactic and communicational skills and being used to follow instructions with a pro active mindset. He is a quick learner and a real team player.

Âge

33 & 32

Autres infos...

Good to mention: during our stay we'd love to spend time together and for example enjoy an occasional board game, movie night, hike or surf session, but to us it is also completely fine to to our own think. But we are also perfectly fine with mostly doing our own thing. In other words: fun activities are welcome, but we don't expect you to entertain us :-)

Informations complémentaires

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  Régime alimentaire spécial