Alexander

United States
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At home
Description
Hi!

I worked as a software developer for a few years, but I've taken a break from work to be able to travel.

I've done four workaways so far. The ones I loved were the ones which allowed me to really get to know local people and also be able to do useful manual labor to help my hosts. The workaways where the hosts didn't really have a use for me were less ideal, because I did feel useful.

I hope to travel to East Africa this year. I've never been anywhere in Africa, so I think it'll be an adventure!
Interests
Winter sports
Water sports
Plant care
Outdoor activities
Nature
Mountain
Languages
Hitchhiking
Farming
Gardening
Hiking
History
Events & social
Culture
Architecture
Animals
Adventure sports
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Yiddish: Fluent
Hebrew: Intermediate
Russian: Intermediate
Arabic: Beginner
German: Beginner
Spanish: Beginner
More details about my language interests
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Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn
I'm interested in:
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
General Maintenance
Life at a Farmstay
Eco Projects
Helping around the house
Animal Care
Charity Work
Languages
Teaching
More details about your skills
Comfortable speaking with new people.
Can quickly become friendly with children. (I'm an uncle to 26 children.)
Not scared to work hard or get dirty
Age
38
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- Smoker
- Driver's licence
- Allergies
  No
- Special dietary requirements
  No

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3 Jan 2024

Left by host (Help with a community peanut ...) for Workawayer (Alexander)

Alexander has been a great work awayer. He is independant and hard working and up for any kind of task that needs to be done. He has done a lot of help at our farm and interacted very well with the local members.

(Very good )

5 Jun 2023

Left by Workawayer (Alexander) for host (Help with a community peanut ...)

Staying with Kim was everything I look for in a workaway!

Kim planned ahead of time what work she wanted me to do, so I was able to make a real contribution to the farm.

Kim's entire household (her children, her hired help, the help's children) all welcomed me and made me feel like part of the family.

Kim showed her appreciation for me, both… read more

(Excellent )

4 Jul 2023

Left by host (Join our large family on the ...) for Workawayer (Alexander)

Alexander was a nice man,jovial hardworking person.He was very punctual on time at work,we are proud of him as a family.

(Excellent )

30 Sep 2022

Left by Workawayer (Alexander) for host (Authentic bedouin experience ...)

Everyone at the camp was very kind and welcoming. But I would have preferred a place where there was more work for me to do. I spent most of the day twiddling my thumbs waiting for someone to call me and give me some trivial task.

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3 Jan 2024

Left by host (Help with a community peanut ...) for Workawayer (Alexander)

(Very good )

5 Jun 2023

Left by Workawayer (Alexander) for host (Help with a community peanut ...)

(Excellent )

4 Jul 2023

Left by host (Join our large family on the ...) for Workawayer (Alexander)

Alexander was a nice man,jovial hardworking person.He was very punctual on time at work,we are proud of him as a family.

(Excellent )

30 Sep 2022

Left by Workawayer (Alexander) for host (Authentic bedouin experience ...)

(Good )

30 Sep 2022

Left by Workawayer (Alexander) for host (Learn about life in Alaska ...)

Eric and Lois made me feel like a guest more than a worker. With other hosts I felt that their perspective was, "You're here to work. But once you're here, we might as well enjoy your company and help you explore the area." Eric and Lois had the perspective "You're here to explore the area and enjoy our company. But once you're here, be so kind… read more

(Excellent )

13 Jul 2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Alexander)

We are very happy that Alex chose our farm as his destination, it was a big pleasure to meet him! He is really friendly and educated person, you can talk to him about different topics. He's a hard working volunteer, he helped us a lot with frames. We enjoyed our experience with him!

(Excellent )

23 Jun 2018

Left by Workawayer (Alexander) for host (Join us for a great ...)

Most of the time I was fixing hive frames and chatting with Zinnor (the boss of the apiary) about religion, politics, history, stories from the USSR, Russian and English language, or whatever else was on our minds.

Also, I got to participate in the Bashkiri festival of Habantui, which was great!

(Excellent )

16 May 2018

Left by host for Workawayer (Alexander)

Thank you very much Alexander Posner, for his help on our farm. It was nice to spend these weeks together. Alexander worked well and it was interesting to talk to him, because he speaks Russian well. We recommend it from the best side as an assistant on your farm!

(Excellent )

15 May 2018

Left by Workawayer (Alexander) for host (Help at our family home and ...)

I had a great time living and working with Ivan Pavlovich and Galina. Every day we would work for a few hours outdoors and spend the rest of the day hanging around. We were fed three hot meals every single day--my own mother never fed me three hot meals a day!

Galina was like a kind grandmother, making sure that I had enough to eat and speaking… read more

(Excellent )

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