AnneJan

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  • Travel information

    I am currently

    At home

    My next destination:

    Austria - from Jan 2024 until Mar 2024
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  • Description

    After two years of art academy, I started travelling at the age of 20. The world seemed to present a richer education than any school could offer.
    I worked on my travels in many different jobs. Working to save money to travel, or as mere curiosity to learn something new, mainly in Holland and Ireland and 12 years in the Czech Republic.
    I worked in workshops and factories and also a lot outside: gardening, helping on farms (cows, horses, goats, sheep, chickens, bees) and for a few years in an Irish community looking after people with disabilities.
    Learned the skill of basketry (willow) and taught others.
    For one year I looked after an elderly couple in an old manor house in Ireland, minding their medication, cooking them simple meals and feed the deer in their walled enclosure.
    I pointed walls, built stepping stones in gardens. Tiled bathrooms. (Though I'm always pulled more to the artistic than the pure craftsmanship, I always love to learn the practical things.)
    Worked two years in a bronze foundery, welding bronze statues, a job I loved.
    For seven months I was in a Romanian orphanage with an Irish organisation, to improve conditions and stimulate children who had suffered severe neglect.
    In melancholic moments I might pick up a guitar and sing some Irish balads.

    On the moment, after time spent in the Scottish Highlands, I decided to settle in Austria and have my own quiet place for a while. Surrounded by my books. Hoping to be back on the road again in a few years' time. May whoever reads this stay well and in good spirits.

  • Languages spoken

    English: Fluent
    Dutch: Fluent
    Czech: Intermediate
    German: Intermediate
    Spanish: Beginner

  • Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn

    Some knowledge of:  

    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    General Maintenance
    Life at a Farmstay
    Eco Projects
    Helping around the house
    Animal Care
    Languages
    Art Projects
  • More details about your skills

    Gardening, basketry.
    Handling and care of animals.
    Simple building skills with wood, stone and cement.
    Use of chainsaw, strimmer, drill, hammer, potato peeler.

  • Age

    58

  • What else ...

    Life is about learning. Though I love my books (philosophy, literature), the ultimate experience is out there, within circumstances dictating what needs doing.
    New people, new situations, always adapting.
    Besides having interesting conversations, I love to be practical as well. And learn in the process.

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    • Allergies

    • Special dietary requirements

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