Earnest

Information de voyage

Actuellement, je suis

Les activités qui m'intéressent :

I love travel, especially by bicycle. I love being active, outdoors, in nature. I enjoy building things (especially woodworking), learning languages, learning in general, reading, photography, music..

Description

Greetings!

I'm a recently retired finish carpenter, eager to explore and learn. I love spending time in nature, hiking, biking, camping, and just observing. I love traveling, seeing new places and experiencing new cultures. I'm also interested in languages. I enjoy learning languages, and I recently completed a TEFL course so that I could volunteer as an English teacher.

I'm brand new to Workaway. My hope is that by volunteering through Workaway, I'll be able to experience your local culture and language more deeply than I would if I were just staying in hotels and visiting tourist attractions.

I enjoy building things and am an expert woodworker. I trained in Germany as a Tischler and worked for thirty years as finish carpenter, cabinetmaker and furniture maker. I'm also interested in natural building. My wife and I built our own straw bale insulated, earthen (clay) plastered house, as well as a cob outbuilding.

I have a wonderful wife, two children and two grandchildren, as well as two chickens, two ducks, a cat and a bunny. I love babies, children and animals. My wife, jokingly, calls me Saint Francis. I don't smoke, drink alcohol or do drugs. I'm vegetarian but I'm not a picky eater. As long as your meals include things other than meat, then we're fine.

I'm quiet and self-motivated by nature; happy on my own. However, since my whole reason for using Workaway is to learn about local cultures and to practice speaking languages, I'm actually interested in Workaway positions that include a good amount of interaction with my host or other locals.

By the way, my first name is Earnest, but my friends call me Peace.

Centres d’intérêt

Photographie

Montagne

Plage

Dev. durable

Cyclisme

Livres

Nature

Activités en plein air

Langues

Randonnée

Bricolage / artisanat

Camping

Menuiserie

Animaux

Sports d'aventure

Langues

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

Plus de détails sur les langues qui m'intéressent
I love spending time in nature, hiking, biking, camping, and just observing. I love traveling; seeing new places and experiencing new cultures. I enjoy learning languages. I'm a native U.S.-English speaker, currently working on getting my TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) certification. My German is a little rusty, but still quite good.

Trouver un partenaire de langue

Compétences et connaissances que j'aimerais partager ou apprendre

Ça m'intéresse :  

Aider dans une ferme

Travail associatif

Projets artistiques

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J'ai des connaissances :  

Jardinage

Baby-sitting et jeux créatifs

Tenir compagnie à une pers. âgée

Entretien général

Aider à la maison

S’occuper des animaux

Enseignement

Home sitting

Préparer les repas / cuisiner pour la famille

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Je peux apprendre aux autres :  

Bricolage et projets de construction

Éco-projets

Langues

Quelles sont vos compétences ?

I'm an expert woodworker. I have experience in many facets of building, including natural building with straw bale, earthen (clay) plaster and cob. I'm in the process of getting my certificate to teach English as a foreign language. I love and get along well with animals, babies and children. I have experience gardening. I'm a decent, if reluctant, cook.

Âge

62

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