Marcel

France
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Travel information
I am currently
At home
My next destination:
Canada
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Description
Hello,
My name is Marcel and I stay in the Alpes in France. During vacations I need to escape and to live something different elsewhere to make life more interesting. I want to meet people and to work with them as a team partner, to share my experience and to learn new skills, to help in all kinds of projects you have in mind, to discover the Canadian way of life and to take the opportunity to improve my English. I already spent more than 4 months as a workawayer in Vancouver Island in 2018and again in 2022 and now I need to go back to BC to renew these unforgettable adventures and to visit the people I have already met there.
I'm respectful of others, open minded, honest, reliable, always ready to help, I love the outdoors and I need to be active in general, I take pride to my work but I also appreciate to have time with people just to talk or to visit the area.
I would appreciate to meet and to help you in your projects in exchange for food and accommodation.
Thanks for reading, please message me if you have any questions.
Interests
Music
Hiking
Charity work
Water sports
Farming
Culture
Team sports
Sustainability
Technology
History
Events & social
Astronomy
Mountain
Gardening
Carpentry
Languages
DIY & crafts
Outdoor activities
Politics / Social justice
Nature
Languages
Languages spoken
French: Fluent
English: Intermediate
More details about my language interests
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Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn
I'm interested in:
Eco Projects
Languages
Teaching
Some knowledge of:
Gardening
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Helping with Computers/ Internet
More details about your skills
A little bit about my work background, I have been working as an industrial maintenance technician in the paper industry for more than 20 years in mechanics, electricity, hydraulic, pneumatic, ... and I do also some industrial buildings maintenance. Before that, I worked as a bus driver (school service and tourists' transport towards the sky resorts in the Alpes). I also worked as a storekeeper in a wholesaler in electric equipments for 6 years.
In 2005 I moved to the Alpes where I bought a house and I did a lot of work in it (carpentry, plumbing, brickwork, electricity, insulation, painting, ... ). I also built a system to collect and distribute rain water in the house and in the garden, a well of ventilation and a geothermal central heating. I spend some times in a garden too.
Age
63
What else ...
Car, truck and coach driver's licences.
I do some sport
Some more information
- Smoker
- Driver's licence
- Allergies
  no
- Special dietary requirements
  no

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21 May 2022

Left by host (Come to beautiful Victoria BC ...) for Workawayer (Marcel)

We had such a wonderful time with Marcel. He is super talented as a handyman and there is literally nothing he doesn't know how to do. We had so many projects during the time he was here and he attacked every project with energy and enthusiasm. He was super diligent and conscientious and seemed to get a lot of satisfaction from getting things… read more

(Excellent )

12 May 2022

Left by Workawayer (Marcel) for host (Come to beautiful Victoria BC ...)

I spent two weeks at Ingrid and Greg’s home at Victoria and that was so incredible, Ingrid and Greg are so nice, always ready to help, to bring me or to pick me up somewhere, I had very marvelous vacations even if the weather was not as sunny as it was usually expected to be in April. I got along very well with both of them and they made me feel… read more

(Excellent )

11 Nov 2018

Left by Workawayer (Marcel) for host (Help on our Hobby Farm in Mt. ...)

I stay with James and Len for a month and that was so nice. James is a very good cook, he prepared very good breakfasts made marvelous cheese cakes and Len is the chief of outdoor works. The work was never difficult or boring and I learnt how to prune fruit trees and very good recipes with James. I had the pleasure to celebrate thanksgiving with… read more

(Excellent )

14 Oct 2018

Left by host (Help on our Hobby Farm in Mt. ...) for Workawayer (Marcel)

Marcel came to us in September. We had been communicating via Workaway for a while trying to arrange a workaway for when we had to be away visiting family and friends in the UK. Marcel agreed to come to our farm to look after our very old dog and do some projects we had lined up. I arranged to have two other workaways here from Australia, with… read more

(Excellent )

9 Sep 2018

Left by Workawayer (Marcel) for host (Work on our home and garden ...)

It was a good experience with B.E.A.R. family, a good cooking from different countries prepared by Bijan and Rene, good conversations (often in French with Bijan) and interesting but no difficult work. They stay in a nice place close to downtown, public transportation, parks, malls and library. Renee`s garden is very nice and full of many… read more

(Very good )

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21 May 2022

Left by host (Come to beautiful Victoria BC ...) for Workawayer (Marcel)

(Excellent )

12 May 2022

Left by Workawayer (Marcel) for host (Come to beautiful Victoria BC ...)

(Excellent )

11 Nov 2018

Left by Workawayer (Marcel) for host (Help on our Hobby Farm in Mt. ...)

(Excellent )

14 Oct 2018

Left by host (Help on our Hobby Farm in Mt. ...) for Workawayer (Marcel)

(Excellent )

9 Sep 2018

Left by Workawayer (Marcel) for host (Work on our home and garden ...)

(Very good )

9 Sep 2018

Left by Workawayer (Marcel) for host (Help with landscaping & ...)

I stayed with Andre and Martin for nearly 3 weeks and it was incredible, their place is very nice, very clean and full of flowers, vegetables and fruit trees. These two people are crazy, I had very good conversations with them, they show me a lot things and gave me many good advice about cooking, carpentry, … . The accommodation was very good, the… read more

(Excellent )

8 Aug 2018

Left by host (Help with landscaping & ...) for Workawayer (Marcel)

Marcel was one of the best workers we had this year. He is an excellent person to have help with any project! He quickly understands the task at hand and accomplishes it with the best effort possible. He was by far the best stacker for our wood piles... they will probably even resist an earthquake!
Marcel is clean and very respectful of the… read more

(Excellent )

9 Sep 2018

Left by Workawayer (Marcel) for host (Come join the family in ...)

I had a very nice time with Sarah, Travis and their boys. I had a private bedroom and bathroom, the cooking was good and the work was not too difficult. At supper time, I Had good conversations with them and many people visiting them. Travis was very nice to show me his bees and how to collect the honey, that was very interesting. Their place is… read more

(Very good )

9 Sep 2018

Left by Workawayer (Marcel) for host (Learn Organic Gardening, ...)

Sue and Dannie are very great people and very easy to talk to. Sue prepares very good meals with good wine and beer made by Dannie listening some Bruce Springteen`s songs. I had a very good time at their house, the work was interesting and Dannie gave me some advice about gardening, he brought me to downtown several times to visit Beacon Hill… read more

(Excellent )

26 Aug 2018

Left by host (Learn Organic Gardening, ...) for Workawayer (Marcel)

Marcel was an exceptional worker and very easy to host. He appreciated everything we cooked and was organized and tidy. He certainly pulled his weight around the FarmYard and was always ready to help even with powerwashing the driveway and pulling thistles in the garden! We greatly enjoyed his quiet ways and his point-of-view on life and… read more

(Excellent )

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