Help us bring an old homestead back to life in a tiny village in north-eastern France

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  Descrição

  We are David (geographer, 31) & Alina (drafts woman, 34) with four cats and a few chicken.
  A few years back we've bought an old homestead in a tiny village in France. We are now renovating the buildings and bringing live back to the neglected garden. David is working from home and I'm working at a community supported agricultural farm.
  We are both passionated about nature, gardening and traveling. We stayed ourselves at a few workaway hosts all over the globe and love the concept. Our little paradise is located in northeastern France's Lorraine region, sourrounded by the biggest continious forest area of central europe (Les Vogues du nord / Pfälzerwald) with infinit opportunities for hiking, climbing, camping, fishing and swimming. Nearby towns (for shopping, hospital, restaurants, etc.) are about half an hour drive. You would need a car to get around but we can always share a ride or borrow a bike.
  So if you like peacefull, little villages, this is the right spot for you :)

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  Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

  Projetos artísticos

  Ajuda em projetos ambientais

  Jardinagem

  Construção/faça você mesmo

  Cuidar de animais

  Criar/cozinhar refeições caseiras

  Ajuda a cuidar da casa

  Manutenção geral
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  Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

  Here you can learn a lot about history (the main road of our village is around 1900 years old), local foods (we have a very nice traditional restaurant in our village), learn the local dialect (some weird mix of german and french, haha!) and see how people still try to live with and within nature in the 21. century in central europe.
  There are also plenty of natural sides like rock formations, castle ruins and forest lakes around to explore.
  
  Beside all of this we both have traveled a lot and are happy to share experiences and stories around a campfire in our garden.

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  Ajuda

  There's all kind of work on our property :D .. some examples :
  * there's always something to do in the garden (weeding, watering the plants, harvesting, etc.)
  * we're renovating the main building (plastering and painting walls, sanding the floor, etc.)
  * we need to declutter the shed so future animals have a cosy place to stay
  * since we're only heating with wood there's a loooot of wood waiting to be chopped ;D
  
  You see, it TOTALLY depends on the peole who will come to help!
  What kind of help are you willing to offer? Which skills do you have?
  We won't force you to chop wood if you're a garden person ^^
  
  Skills of an electrician, a carpenter or a roofer would be highly appreciated but any kind of help is welcome!

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  Idiomas

  Idiomas
  Alemão: Fluente
  Inglês: Fluente
  Russo: Intermediário
  Espanhol: Iniciante
  Francês: Iniciante

  Este anfitrião oferece intercâmbio de idiomas
  We are both speaking german, english, a little bit spanish and french. David's french is way better and he's also speaking the local dialect. I'm also speaking russian and learning indonesian atm.
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  Acomodação

  One room is yours :) But you're also free to put your tent or vehicle somewhere around the poperty.
  Bathroom and kitchen is shared. We provide breakfast and dinner on all working days. Weekends are individual but we mostly like to cook and eat together. Alina is cooking vegetarian most of the time. We cannot provide special diets but if you are alergic to something just let us know.

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  Algo mais...

  We don't want you to smoke inside the house and hard drugs are NOT welcome.

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  Mais alguns detalhes

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    Acesso à internet

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    Acesso à internet limitado

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    Temos mascotes

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    Somos fumantes

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    Pode hospedar famílias

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  Pode hospedar nômades digitais

  David's working from home too, so this would be perfectly fine. However since we're living pretty rural connection can be poor sometimes.

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  Espaço para estacionar campervans

  A van would fit somewhere and I guess a small motorhome too :)

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  Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?

  Mais de 2

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  Horas previstas

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week