Ilse & Mattie

Information de voyage

Actuellement, nous sommes

Les activités qui nous intéressent :

We would love to learn about anything helping us be more self sufficient: farming, picking, preparing and preserving food, building and carpenting, taking care of animals, living a happy life!

Description

Hi, we are Ilse (37) and Mattie (36) from The Netherlands.

May last year, we left our home in Amsterdam to travel and living in our red campervan, that we built ourselves. It has been an interesting process on so many levels.
We have traveled to the UK, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, Greece and Italy, and it has been so wonderful.
We also hope to spend longer periods of time in some places, to get to know more about the area we are in and to learn new skills, and share ours.

Lowie is a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever, born December 2022. He is an amazingly sweet dog (male), kind to all animals, people and children. Together we go on hikes and swim whenever we can.

We have enjoyed living in Amsterdam for a long time, but it was time to leave city life and experience new things and learn new skills, big and small.
In Finland a local carpenter and artist taught us what's the best way to start a fire, in Norway some ladies told us which blueberries to pick, and - who would have thought - on a brief trip home Mattie's mom taught us how to make jam from fruits from her garden.

One day we hope to live in a house again, having a garden, growing some our own food, being able to build and fix almost everything.

We hope to learn lots more during this trip, and share our own knowledge, skills and enthusiasm!

Centres d’intérêt

Sports d’hiver

Astronomie

Animaux

Auto-stop

Culture

Livres

Sports d'aventure

Événements/vie sociale

Yoga / bien-être

Écriture

Vie en van

Technologie

Dev. durable

Nature

Activités en plein air

Animaux de compagnie

Soin des plantes

Musique

Films et télé

Montagne

Langues

Randonnée

Jardinage

Ferme

Dessin et peinture

Bricolage / artisanat

Bénévolat

Cuisine et alimentation

Menuiserie

Art et design

Langues

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

Plus de détails sur les langues qui m'intéressent
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Compétences et connaissances que nous aimerions partager ou apprendre

Ça nous intéresse :  

Travail associatif

Éco-projets

Jardinage

Aider à la maison

Accueil / tourisme

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Nous avons des connaissances :  

Projets artistiques

Tenir compagnie à une pers. âgée

S’occuper des animaux

Aider dans une ferme

Entretien général

Enseignement

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Nous pouvons apprendre aux autres:  

Langues

Bricolage et projets de construction

Aide informatique / Internet

Préparer les repas / cuisiner pour la famille

Home sitting

Quelles sont vos compétences ?

ILSE
After studying Editing and Media Production, I have worked as a writer and editor for over ten years, writing about mental health and creativity, for both children and adults.
I also did volunteer work, spending time with children , with my elderly neighbor, and helping to organize a vegan food festival. In Costa Rica I have volunteered on a small farm. In Amsterdam I did lots of house- and cat sitting, taking care of peoples homes, plants and furry friends.

I believe I am a very social and creative person, willing to try anything new. I love to create things, whether it's a summer hat on my sewing machine, a small magazine filled with self drawn comics, a pan of vegetable soup... My head is full of ideas, and I love to make them come to life.

MATTIE
Ilse: On our first date, Mattie told me he has built his own computer (which turned out to be true), and when I see him vacuum clean the parts of it, I am not sure who he cares about more. ;-)
That being said, the gentle care and preciseness en he puts into his building projects, he puts in everything he does: cooking, training our dog, fixing something in the house or the car, et cetera.

Plus, he is my encyclopedia to almost anything. After finishing his degree in Biology and Immunology, he has worked in IT for years, and it turned out he can even built a campervan: our current home. (Including electricity system, carpenting, water system, solar panels, et cetera.)
Smart and hands-on, both patient and straightforward, he is eager to learn anything new.

Âge

37 & 36

Informations complémentaires

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  Régime alimentaire spécial