march91

Information de voyage

Actuellement, nous sommes

Description

Marcello and I have been using Workaway since 2017, and are currently on a small adventure in southern Italy. Although we love being outdoors and in the wild, we are looking more for city projects or projects with multiple workawayers to not be too isolated this time :)
It has been years since we've been around kids and miss their cuteness, so that's also a plus :) We have experience in house and animal sitting (dogs and cats but Lydia has also done goats, horses and chickens), hostels, hotels, bars, barista work (Lydia), teaching (Marcello), gardening, cleaning, farming. We would like to learn more building, about children, and crafts.

Please note we hardly ever drink alcohol and are vegetarians. We also believe in good communication-- we know that not all workaways accept couples and we work hard to be respectful of shared spaces and not "couple-y."

About Lydia:
Hola a tod@s! I speak fluent Spanish after extensive travel and study in Perú and Spain, German after a master's and working in Germany, and Italian (although it needs some work). I'm enthusiastic to communicate with you, happy to speak with hands and unafraid to ask questions about the work. I am trained as a cartographer and love to make maps, happy to do so for you as part of our exchange :)
I hope to be in a home that is also open-minded and hopefully we can learn from each other. I love to giggle and like talking to people but can be a little shy at first, and I do enjoy some peaceful time to myself :) I come from a neat home, so I am familiar with keeping my area of the house/bungalow/apartment/whatever we decide neat and clean. I like to try all sorts of foods, but unfortunately cannot eat a lot of wheat-- I can buy my own bread/supplement if needed. Otherwise, very flexible (vegetarian). I'm athletic- I love sports and being outside! I hope we can meet :) Marcello and I have done workaway before to great success and cannot wait to host others when we begin to settle down.

[About Marcello]
I've always had a passion for the outdoors and exploration. Despite my previous career in programming, I decided to pursue a more flexible lifestyle. From July to August 2018, I participated in a volunteering project in Turkey, where I assisted with turtle conservation and environmental education for local communities. Interacting with volunteers from across Europe was enriching, and we collaborated on several projects. Weekends were spent exploring Turkey's natural wonders like Pamukkale, Göreme, and Istanbul.

Platforms like Workaway have provided me with opportunities for personal growth and discovery in alternative lifestyles.

Thank you for your attention, and I'll keep you posted on further developments.

Updates:

[UPDATE: July-August 2024 (7 weeks)]
Marcello taught English (1v1, to small and bigger groups) in Villa de Leyva, Colombia.

[UPDATE: JULY 2024]
I (Marcello) will be traveling in Colombia in July.

[UPDATE: March 2020 on..]
Lydia and I met in Bonn while travelling in 2019, we traveled and lived together as a couple since then. After working and a master's four years in Germany (and a bit of Austria), we are ready to travel again :)

[UPDATE: 22-07-2020]
-I'm helping out a wonderful couple finishing their house in Cabañas de Sayago, Zamora (Spain)
---here thanks to Purificación, I discovered the benefits of yoga and meditation, I am into both now!

[UPDATE: 11-03-2020]
-Currently I am living in Germany and studying German, I have been volunteering in a bar/hotel/hostel in the German city of Bonn since 14-11-2019 .

Langues

Langues parlées
Allemand: Courant
Anglais: Courant
Espagnol: Courant
Italien: Courant

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 :  

Bricolage et projets de construction

Baby-sitting et jeux créatifs

Éco-projets

Travail associatif

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Nous avons des connaissances :  

Jardinage

Entretien général

Préparer les repas / cuisiner pour la famille

Aider dans une ferme

S’occuper des animaux

Accueil / tourisme

Langues

Projets artistiques

Aide informatique / Internet

Enseignement

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Nous pouvons apprendre aux autres:  

Aider à la maison

Quelles sont vos compétences ?

I have developed, above all, excellent interpersonal skills. In fact, I have no problem entering new environments and facing new challenges; on the contrary, these situations are motivating for me.
I was born in Venezuela, but grew up in Italy, so I am both a Spanish and Italian native speaker, but I also speak English well.
I am physically fit and ready to help with manual labor, such as taking care of the garden and the vegetable garden or doing household cleaning.
I get along very well with children, so, if necessary, I would be very happy to take care of them.
I studied classical guitar for four years, acquiring solid foundations, which I could teach to those who would like to learn how to play it.
I have a general knowledge of computers, since I graduated in Computer Engineering at the University of Padua (Northern Italy).
Although in some fields, such as DIY, I have no specific skills, I am confident that I can acquire them quickly enough, since I am a guy who learns quickly.
I can cook some nice italian plates and I would love to share them with others and to learn more recipes!
[UPDATE : 26-10-2019]
During this amazing travel I got to know a lot of places and different cultures, and we learned some new skill, too:
-Andalucia (sculpture garden)
- to clean and manage a small bar, welcoming visitors into a very big sculpture garden
- to keep the garden and the sculpures nice and tidy
- to repare a fence
- to weed in the vegetable garden
-Basque Country (agriturism and small farm)
- to feed the animals of the agriturism (dogs,cats,donkeys,chickens and rabbits)
- to help with some DIY tasks like: painting a gate, making a bench-sit out of a rotten wood log, putting
together a ping pong table from Ikea
- to bake some cake for the guests of the agriturism
- to make the beds (tightly) and clean the rooms and bathrooms of the guests
- how to play Carcassonne (an amazing boardgame!) with the kids
-Dordogne (house with a big garden):
- general tyding up of the garden (weeding, moving piles of rocks and wood logs)
-Normandy (small farm):
- more weeding in a vegetable garden and in a green house
- to collect calendula's seeds
- to look after two lovely dogs and a naughty cat :)
-Ireland:
- to look after 4 cats
- general tyding up of the garden and house keeping.
[UPDATE: 11-03-2020]
-Germany (bar/hostel/hotel):
- Pouring beers and wines and serving them to the customers
- cleaning the bar and refilling the beers in the drawers
- making nachos and quesadillas
- cleaning the hotel guestrooms and the restrooms on high standards
- doing the laundry for the hotel
- making the beds
[UPDATE: 22-07-2020]
-Spain (finishing a house made out of mud, wood and straw)
- windows:
--- mounting mosquitos net
--- taking measures, cutting wooden planks and mounting them to finish off the windows
--- using the silicone
--- using a drill to install the planks
--- preparing a compound to protect the wooden planks
--- using the jigsaw and the saw
- walls of mud:
-- preparing the mud compound to finish off the walls
- bathroom's walls:
--- digging a hole for the cement
--- preparing the cement compound
- external walls:
--- preparing a compound of hydraulic lime to decorate the external walls
--- decorating the external walls
[UPDATE: 13-03-2021]
- Germany (Günzburg, host family)
-- moving and reciclying all kind of stuff in an old farm
--picking up apples and nuts

- Germany (Westerham, pony stable)
-- feeding the animals and helping around the house

- Germany (Utting am Ammersee, horse stable)
--taking care of the garden and riding stable

- Germany (Mörlbach, Alpaka stable)
-- feeding the Alpakas and taking care of their stable
-- cooking everyday for my host family

- Italy (Sicily, dog-sitting, 3 weeks, April 2024)
-- feeding, cleaning, walking 4 amazing dogs
-- helping with some landscaping

-Colombia (Villa de Leyva, English school, 7 weeks, July 2024)
--Marcello taught English (1v1, to small and bigger groups)

Âge

33 & 29

Informations complémentaires

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  Fumeur

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  Permis de conduire

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  Allergies
  No

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  Régime alimentaire spécial
  Vegetarian, Lydia is mostly gluten-free