Hildegard

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Eu estou
em casa
Atividades em que tenho interesse:
I would like to work on a farm with a family with several children, preferably dairy cattle and sheep
Descrição
Children, music, arts, languages, nature, manual work, mountains
Interesses
Montanhas
Naturaleza
Ciclismo
Atividades ao ar livre
Caminhada
Trabalho beneficente
Fazenda
Jardinagem
Sustentabilidade
Animais
Idiomas
Arquitetura
Arte e design
Desenho e pintura
Livros
Música
Cultura
Habilidades e conhecimento para compartilhar ou aprender
Tenho interesse em:
Projetos de construção/faça você mesmo
Cuidar de animais
Conhecimento de:
Manutenção geral
Criar/cozinhar refeições caseiras
Vida na fazenda
Projetos artísticos
Ensino
Poso ensinar:
Jardinagem
Cuidar de crianças/atividades criativas
Ajuda a cuidar da casa
Prática de idiomas
Quais são suas habilidades?
master violin maker, cello playing, recorder playing, piano playing, sports (bike, hiking trekking), german mother language, other languages: italian (fluently) english & dutch (very good) , french & spanish, recorder teacher, tinkering with children, animal care
Idiomas
Idiomas
Alemão: Fluente
Inglês: Fluente
Italiano: Fluente
Holandês: Fluente
Espanhol: Intermediário
Francês: Intermediário
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Idade
54
Algo mais...
my family tries to eat healthy food, we have two free-range chickens and a huge orchard, I like to make cakes and cookies
Mais algumas informações
- Fumante
- Carteira de motorista
- Alergias
  No
- Dietas especiais
  No

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25/05/2022

Deixado pelo Workawayer (Hildegard) para o anfitrião (Help out around our place ...)

During the Easter vacations I spent 16 wonderful days with my 10 year old daughter with this lovely and busy family near Sligo. It was our first workaway experience and our first trip to Ireland, and now we have got new members of - our already international - family in Ireland as well.
I helped wherever I could, in the garden, around the house,… read more with the kids, on the farm, and even one night I assisted the birth of a calf.
Carol is a great cook and indulged us with fresh homemade scones and lovely dishes. She even noticed in the first few days that I liked yogurt for breakfast and to drink sparkling water and from then on there was always yogurt in the fridge and sparkling water at home. Since we were interested in a cultural exchange, I also cooked and baked typical Italian and German dishes.
Carol and Henry are very open hosts and you can tell they have traveled a lot and have great experience with foreign workers in their beautiful, modern, and very comfortable house. For this reason they are very open-minded, helpful and sociable. They let us - whenever possible - get to know the region around Sligo on great walks and Carol also taught us a lot of Irish history. On Sundays we went to church together and our daughter even got the chance of playing the church organ.... We also visited grandparents from both sides who are as welcoming as Carol and Henry and treated our daughter like a grandchild.
Carol and Henry have a very fine sense of humor and we got along very well. There were always enough breaks between the work and Carol never forgot to offer tea.
I enjoyed our conversations and I learned a lot about the Irish school system and prehistoric sights.
The 4 children are also super welcoming.
We enjoyed spending time with all four of them
Whether it was pulling weeds, planting hedges, mucking out the barn, putting in the fence, cleaning horses, collecting eggs (chocolate Easter eggs and real ones), baking apple pie, making giant soap bubbles, reading aloud, painting, jumping on the trampoline, watching movies,....
But the best was that I got to teach William how to ride a bike. I had promised him on the first weekend that we could do it together and 2 days before we left he was riding his bike like a world champion!
We will NEVER forget our time with this particularly warm and open-hearted family and are already looking forward to a return visit here in Germany or further stays with them in Ireland.

(Excelente )

09/05/2022

Deixado pelo anfitrião (Help out around our place ...) para o Workawayer (Hildegard)

Hildegard and Elisabetta joined our family on the Thursday of the Easter holidays. I needed to be in Dublin for the weekend and so Hildegard organised that she could come early to be with the family for the weekend. When I arrived home from work on Thursday, they had already arrived. Elisabetta was already outside in the garden with our oldest two… read more children playing Gaelic football and getting to know them. Inside, Hildegard had helped with dinner and was in the middle of organising the toy cupboard which had been organised since it was put in place. This was the birth of a beautiful friendship between our families which I hope will continue for many years to come.
Hildegard and Elisabetta were good for our souls. We are all wrecked. It had been a long, tough spring. The weather was starting to get nice and Hildegard immediately set about to working in the garden, planting trees and weeding. She helped with the kids, getting up the middle of the night with our youngest son when he was sick and teaching him Italian when he was better. She taught me how to cook a number of Italian dishes, including focaccia, homemade pasta and pizzas.
In addition, her help was invaluable on the farm. She assisted at the birth of a calf which was difficult due to underlying pre calving issue. She also help looking after a horse who had a sore on his leg. She brought not only her physical help but also an in-depth knowledge of animal husbandry and medical care.
Elisabetta is a beautiful little girl. She is talented, fluent in English, German and Italian. She is creative and fun loving. She was a joy to have in the house. The kids really embraced her and she became an integral part of our family.
This stay was over the Easter holidays. Not only was Hildegard and Elisabetta involved in family Easter egg hunts, they were also involved in a charity Easter egg hunt for newly arrived Ukrainians to our area. Hildegard made huge bubbles attracting the children and adults to the event while Elisabetta painted rocks and entertained the children who attended. In addition, Hildegard added to the celebrations not only with culinary delights such as traditional German and Italian food, but also lots of fun, frolics and friendship.
Hildegard and Elisabetta didn’t just become part of our family they also became part of the wider community. From the local parish priest (which is a very Irish thing) to my own parents and all the neighbours who regularly call into our house everyone became a fan of Hildegard and Elisabetta. We were heartbroken to see them heading off into the sunshine and back to Germany, we are looking forward to having them back in Sligo sooner rather than later. There are not enough words to express how positive our experience was with them joining our family.

(Excelente )