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We are an early-retired couple who love travelling, meeting new friends and exploring exciting places. Now that we have the time and opportunity to travel at leisure, we've been enjoying Workaway for a few years now. We both enjoy this lifestyle immensely and look forward to enriching ourselves but, more importantly, giving back to and sharing with those that we meet along the way. In fact, we’ve made some wonderful friendships with our previous hosts that we still enjoy to this day. We are both easy going people and enjoy working hard but also relaxing and learning about the places we are staying and the people who live there.

We've built and planted raised garden beds with cages, cultivated and renewed neglected gardens, provided forest management and helped in taking care of sheep, goats, chickens, cats and dogs - pretty much the whole menagerie! Both of us have worked for friends at an organic, community supported agricultural farmstead and we’re also experienced in housesitting as well as carpentry/joinery and property caretaking.

Both of us are vaccinated and heathy and are able to legally stay in the US, EU & UK for any period of time. We have our own transportation as well.

If you think our skills could benefit you just let us know and we look forward to helping you out!
Interesses
Montanhas
Praia
Naturaleza
Velejar/navegar
Fitness
Ciclismo
Atividades ao ar livre
Caminhada
Fazenda
Jardinagem
Carpintaria
Sustentabilidade
Animais
Arquitetura
Arte e design
Artes performáticas
Livros
Música
Culinária e comida
Cultura

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Idiomas
Idiomas
Inglês: Fluente
Holandês: Fluente
Alemão: Intermediário
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We both have an interest in learning local languages wherever we travel to. Eric has a degree in English from university and Karin is fluent in both Dutch and English (German and French just needs a bit of dusting off! :)
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Habilidades e conhecimento para compartilhar ou aprender
Temos interesse em:
Criar/cozinhar refeições caseiras
Ajuda a cuidar da casa
Conhecimento de:
Jardinagem
Vida na fazenda
Projetos ambientais
Cuidar de animais
Hotelaria/turismo
Idiomas
Ensino
Fazer companhia para idosos
Podemos ensinar:
Projetos de construção/faça você mesmo
Manutenção geral
Projetos artísticos
Quais são suas habilidades?
Eric is retired from public service and additionally has experience in varied building projects, maintaining a medium sized holding with regular forest management for firewood and general upkeep of grounds and maintenance/repair of equipment. He also has a background in blacksmithing and MIG/ARC welding (mainly for repair of equipment and commissioned pieces). He plays a mean accordion as well!

Karin has a background in physical (physio)therapy and is an accomplished professional artist specializing in painting, mosaic glass, pottery and basket/willow weaving and enjoys sharing her love of art with others through group classes as well as one on one learning.

We both enjoy cooking and keeping a tidy home wherever we travel to. Prior to retiring, both of our careers involved dealing with the public from all walks of life, so we’re quite comfortable interacting and meeting new people.
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55 & 60
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We both enjoy active leisure pursuits like hiking, bicycling and exploring the local areas where we're staying.
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- Fumante
- Carteira de motorista
- Alergias
  No known food allergies.
- Dietas especiais

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04/01/2023

Deixado pelo anfitrião (Join our family north of ...) para o Workawayer ()

It was a joy to have this couple to stay. They both took to the list with Karin helping with tree maintenance, painting and spending time with our son. Eric waded through the joinery list and had some good creations, in particular sliding windows in the stables. Something that had been on the list for years but no local joiner would come for a… read more

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05/08/2022

(Join our family north of ...)

We stayed with Malcolm and Jenny and really enjoyed their hospitality as well as their local knowledge. They recommended some great castles and gardens to visit on our off time and we had a great time when we were “on duty” working around their house, outbuildings and land. Moreover, it was a pleasure doing the work as they had the proper tools to… read more

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02/10/2022

(Help us with our eco projects ...)

We really enjoyed our time with Paul and Nuala. They were great hosts and looked after all of our needs and the cottage that we stayed in was well above expectations. Paul is a great cook and suffice it to say our belt notches increased for the time we were there! They were both excellent resources about the area and we shared many interesting… read more

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02/10/2022

Deixado pelo anfitrião para o Workawayer ()

Eric and Karin are an absolute joy to work with. They exceeded our expectation on the work they did which covered everything from garden work, building work, willow weaving, welding, woodwork and roofing. Very sociable, easy going, responsible and attentive to detail in all their work. We highly recommend Eric and Karin to any Workaway host.

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04/08/2022

Deixado pelo anfitrião (Eco building project, ...) para o Workawayer ()

Eric and Karin came as workaways and left as friends. They worked tirelessly to help me finish my house. Always cheerful, funny, helpful, kind and hugely skilled, spending time with them was an absolute pleasure and I miss them. They laid floors. built hen houses, put in windows, constructed a child's willow house and so much more. Thank you for… read more

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10/06/2022

(Eco building project, ...)

We had a wonderful three week stay with Sam and really enjoyed her. She’s a brilliant host and we’re the better for having met her. Her accommodations (a caravan in this case) were comfortable and cozy with everything needed for workawayers. She’s a great cook and we shared many delicious meals together along with interesting conversation.
It was… read more

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04/01/2023

Deixado pelo anfitrião (Join our family north of ...) para o Workawayer ()

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05/08/2022

Deixado pelo Workawayer () para o anfitrião (Join our family north of ...)

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02/10/2022

Deixado pelo Workawayer () para o anfitrião (Help us with our eco projects ...)

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02/10/2022

Deixado pelo anfitrião para o Workawayer ()

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04/08/2022

Deixado pelo anfitrião (Eco building project, ...) para o Workawayer ()

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10/06/2022

Deixado pelo Workawayer () para o anfitrião (Eco building project, ...)

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17/02/2022

Deixado pelo Workawayer () para o anfitrião (Come and join us, a menagerie ...)

We enjoyed our time - we stayed for three weeks in the lovely Scottish winter. Surprisingly, it was only a few days that we thought we were going to be blown away! The work day was always done at 1pm with a tea break in the morning for all volunteers, workawayers and staff.

Speaking of staff - they were absolutely terrific. Especially Thomas… read more

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24/01/2022

Deixado pelo Workawayer () para o anfitrião (Live on a dreamy little farm ...)

We stayed with Tanya for two weeks and feel very fortunate to have shared so many great conversations where we exchanged ideas about her vision for her land, buildings and what the future may hold - for all of us! Without hesitation we can say Tanya’s cooking was exceptional and mealtimes were always something to look forward to.

Her ideas about… read more

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23/01/2022

Deixado pelo anfitrião (Live on a dreamy little farm ...) para o Workawayer ()

I enjoyed having Karin and Eric stay at the farm immensly as they are so friendly and positive, great company and fun to be around. It is mindboggling what Eric and Karin were able to do in what was only a little over two weeks and I am so grateful for all the improvements and transformations they brought upon my place with their manifold skills.… read more

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23/05/2019

Deixado pelo Workawayer () para o anfitrião (Help to bring the natural ...)

We stayed for 2 1/2 months in the spring of 2019. To say that we had a great time would be an understatement. Both Josie and Fritz are great hosts. Their mealtimes were always the highlight after a good days work. Josie and Fritz were very accommodating and the setting of their home on the River Barrow is one of the nicer places that we’ve found.… read more

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