Attila

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Activities i am interested in:

gardening, pruning trees, aromatic herbs, edible wild herbs, outdoor cooking, plant based eating, 0 km food, fresh food, forest walks, local wines, italian language, guitar, fun :)

Description

Hey people, I am Attila (il flagello di dio) from Budapest, Hungary and I've been an active Workawayer since 2016

I spend most of my time in Italia (in the area of Liguria and Toscana) I love eating and cooking + spending time in the kitchen and in the garden. Now I have experience in pruning olive trees and fruit trees and taking care of other plants

Fresh food is very good for the body and the best when you grow it close to your home - so the main reason I joined this community is to be able help with "slow food" projects. Recently I am very much into plant based eating, wild aromatic herbs and their use in the kitchen and as herbal tea. Proper diet and proper amount of physical work is the key of and start to a healthy mental life in general. I don't follow any strict rules just try to avoid eating too much rubbish.

Helping around the house is no problem. I had many different jobs so far and was pretty good in everything. I have some house renovation and building experience. A master is always needed and I am a good "right-hand" of him. After a hard working day you can make me happy by giving a glass of good red wine in the evening ... :D

As a kid I already decided to live in the mediterranean region when I grow up. Now - years later - I speak languages and I'm ready to go and make it true. I'd like to help/work in organic gardens and learn as much as possible until one day I'll be able to start my own place ...

Coming from a big city I prefer to go to a less crowded place. I like hiking in the nature and I'd like to know how the local people live around the seaside (also when it's out of season)

I read a lot during the winter season - about 20-30 books and most of these book are coming from my grandmother's "vintage library" written by real writers about real values and stories

At home in my 20's I used to play music in the best Irish Bar of Budapest (Jack Doyle's) as a guitarist. I used to meet many good people everyday from all over the world. Hope I can do the same on my travels too ... :)

I used to be a street musician (!!!) for a good 5 years and I was living from that so I'm not afraid of some real adventure if the situation requires ... for example this period (2023) I am a Rickshaw driver (bike taxi) in the center of Budapest.

If it's needed I'm willing to stay longer (1-2 months) to really get the feeling of the place I go to. I work online 1-2 hours a day, for this I need good internet connection and a quiet room ... maybe a comfortable couch ... :)


ITALIANO -
Ciao a tutti !!! Sono Attila di Budapest (Ungheria) e sto girando in Italia gia da 2016 ogni anno 3-6 mesi come mi capita. Certo che mi piace stare in cucina e in giardino perché le migliori cose da mangiare sono quelli che crescono vicino a casa a km 0.

Ecco perché mi sono iscritto su questo sito, vorrei unirmi a progetti che svolgono un attivita intorno a cibo sano. Negli ultimi anni mi piace mangiare a base vegetale e mi piace usare le erbe aromatiche sia in cucina che come tisane.

Ho esperienze in potatura degli alberi da frutto e ulivi, lavori di manutenzione intorno a casa, tutto quello che richiede attenzione, amore e occhio ai dettagli. Alla sera prendo volentieri un bicchiere di vino rosso ... o bianco ...

Mi piace la letteratura italiana, allora se avete dei buoni libri interessanti in casa e gia un punto positivo. Prima facevo il chitarrista per tanti anni, adesso basta quella vita ... faccio delle passeggiate nei dintorni, mentre sono in casa vado in bici per fare le mie cose, trovare dei amici, parenti, fare la spesa etc. Anzi, in 2023 guido un riscio in centro di BP.

Se tutto va bene mi fermo volentieri per un periodo lungo (un paio di mesi) ma dipende sempre dalla situazione. Lavoro online 1-2 ore al giorno e per questo ho bisogno di accessione d'internet e di una camera tranquilla.

Interests

Languages

Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Hungarian: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
German: Beginner

More details about my language interests
I am learning ITALIAN for a few years and I like this language a lot therefore I prefer italian speaking places

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Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn

I'm interested in:  

Gardening

Creating/ Cooking family meals

Animal Care

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Some knowledge of:  

General Maintenance

Life at a Farmstay

Helping around the house

Hospitality/Tourism

Languages

Helping with Computers/ Internet

More details about your skills

I'm used to work with grasscutter (trimmer), have experience with preparing fire-wood, pruning trees, taking care of the garden in general

I have some experience with dry stone wall building (dry stone + ardesia)

I can do basic maintanance works like painting and fixing little things around the house. I helped many experts and in my family people are all skilled. My grandpa used to be a football-player, my father is renovating houses, my grandma used to manage a sewing company, my cousin managed a Café

I can sew by hand (I fix many things in this way), I sew huge indian tepee tents by hand, some of them took weeks

I was working in a grape-yard, have experience in "green-work"

Pruning olive trees and fruit trees is my new passion and I have more years of experience in it

I have experience in taking care of dogs and cats

I can also help in the kitchen too - ready to prepare basic food like 100 types of salad, buckwheat, pasta with sauce or some kind of soup. (we hungarians eat a lot of soup) I can cook "pörkölt" and "gulyásleves" (hungarian goulash and goulash soup - the food that everyone should try at least once in life) + I can knead bread + I manage to survive on vegetarian/vegan food as well

When I'm at home I lead my own household - so cleaning is OK - I can take care of myself (in general) anywhere I go.

I can play the guitar (but I'm not a good singer ... )


ITALIANO -
Ho esperienza col decespugliatore, motosega (un puo meno), preparare e impalcare la legna, potatura degli ulivi e diversi frutti, sono capace di prendere cura di un giardino e un orto.

Ho participato nella riparazione di muri a secco

Fatto lavori di manutenzione come verniciare porte, finestre e fissare diverse cose in casa, non mi chiamo un esperto ma ho gia fatto tantissime cose sia a casa col mio padre che durante i miei viaggi.

Porto volentieri i cani a fare una passeggiata

Posso cucire a mano, avevo cucito tende giganti di tepee, in questo modo si possono recuperare tantissime cose

Sono capace di impastare il pane a mano e preparare pasti ungheresi e non solo, ho gia le mie ricette minimaliste, negli ultimi anni prevalentemente a base vegetale ma se capita mangio tutto.

Age

35

What else ...

I work online about 1-2 hours a day - so for this time I need a quiet place and good internet connection around - apart from this I'm available 100%

I believe in "slow life philosophy" that is about finding the balance in life. Sometimes to be fast and strong and efficient while in other situations to find the tempo giusto. Like the old Rolling Stones song says: "You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes ... you get what you need"
A sustainable life is much more important than any money in the world. Anyone can be successful without being super-stressed all day long.

IN 2016 I was helping in an organic garden for 2 months, cleaning the olive field, cutting the grass, building stairs between the garden levels. I was greeting new guests - picking them up from the trainstation in town. Driving them to the beach and to interesting places nearby. I also made the Cinque Terre hiking tour (amazing)

2016 DRIVING TOUR - from RAPALLO (close to Genova) through RIOMAGGIORE, TRIESTE, KOPER (Slovenia), NOVIGRAD, KRK, RIJEKA, SIBENIK, TROGIR, OMIS (Croatia), KOTOR, BAR, ULCINJ (Montenegro), SHENGJIN, TIRANA (Albania) down until THESSALONIKI (Greece) I spent 2 weeks on Chalkidiki island and started to go back to Italy through KALAMBAKA (the Meteora town) taking the ferry boat from IGOUMENITSA to BARI (Italy) My first thing after this was to go to the Amalfi Coast (Costeria Amalfitana) stayed in POSITANO for 2 days sleeping in the car ... then I missed my "Liguria friends" so I drove up on the map to PISA stopped for an hour and then after 2 hours I was already swimming in the sea on my favourite beach CAVI di LAVAGNA 20 minutes from my final destination. All this tour without GPS !!! Everyday taking care of my online business in various internet cafes ... Will never forget this tour ...

2017 - another nice 2 months at Paolos heaven with lots of fun and new faces, building/repairing dry stone walls and set up indian tepee tents

2018 was great too, I visited Giovanni's place in Liguria (Italia) and spent a good month there doing various things around the house and in the garden, many people were around so we had a great time, then I went back to Paolo's place to the olive harvest and other things to do around his place. Great time again ... :D

2019 - the best year so far, I stayed in the Liguria - Lunigiana (Toscana) area, 4 magical places and an amazing year with lots of walks in the nearby forests and on the seaside. I took care of my friend Baldo (a giant beautiful dog - probably the most beautiful dog in the world) I had a nice few weeks in Lunigiana with Joanna and Chris in May. We were renovating on an old stone-cottage, I was giving a hand to a skilled stonemason. There is a huge property with lots of lands to cut grass and keep clean from fallen branches. There were other fellow Workawayers too so I returned in october for another month which was even better :) We were eating outside every single day and we were collecting mushrooms and discovered more of the area in our freetime

2020 - discovered wine regions in Hungary, I helped in a garden of a very funny lady who owns a B&B + I helped in a vineyard in the Badacsony Wine Region

2021 - the best season so far ... I enjoyed 3 beautiful autumn months in northern Toscana in a georgeous valley full of springs and waterfalls. Lots of gardening, maintanance works, building electric fence, taking care of fruit trees and the irrigation system. I painted a whole country house (under the sun and also when it was raining ... ) We were building amazing ancient stone walls and stairs with a local builder. Thanks to good italian knowledge I made many new friends in the village and (in the antique) downtown. Long hours of walks everyday in the forest and visiting waterfalls nearby, or close to the sea. I tried many different types of local food. There was always something growing in the garden and in the forest. I was enjoying my own kitchen and I was cooking my minimalist meals (mostly plant based). I was lucky to enjoy the whole chestnut season with a GREAT company every evening. Very intensive and active season, did all this while managing my online business ... but my reward has been tons of inspiration and motivation to go on so I don't mind it at all.

2022 - February - March in Umbria mainly outdoor jobs, I cleaned a complete olive grove from infesting plants and sipped all the good wine from the region thanks to my cool hosts. Some of these wines were Vino Naturale which doesn't contain any additives (while for example "BIO wines" does ...) I even tasted home made Tahini from local hobby farmers, that was excellent !!!

2022 - April - May - June I spent with an amazing energetic family in Liguria, I cleaned the yard outside the house. We were re-organizing the huge garage and I had the chance to prune the olive trees after studying the main idea of it. We prepared dinner together every day with a glass of good local wine. Via Francigena is very close so I had the chance to go for long walks with amazing views every single day ... I've got introduced to many of their friends and relatives which made my stay very rich of new contacts.

2023 - a very nice start of the year in February and March. I visited workaway hosts in Liguria. One place for the 7th time in a row, another place I knew for only 1 year. We are all friends and passing the knowledge we have. I was working outside all these weeks as the weather is very good in winter time, not too cold not too warm. I pruned olive trees and fruit trees and we were collecting firewood from the territory. Looking forward to the autumn season !!!

Some more information

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  Smoker

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  Driver's licence

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  Allergies
  butter, milk, cream and everything that has lactose :(

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  Special dietary requirements
  dairy products (butter, milk and cream) make me sick ... :( but hard cheese is okay 🙃