Help us with babysitting and around the house and experience language exchange and mountaineering in Corsica

Availability

  2025 

 Min stay requested: at least 2 weeks

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  • Description

    Description

    Hello! We live now in the Center of Corsica close to Vizzavona ' forest and pass and in Vivario village..... in a cosy 3 bedroom house with our son Arthur born in July 2018. Remi is 47 years old and work some time in Ajaccio, Bastia or any harbour of the island but also a lot at home ) and Julie (48) runs a mountain agency and is a mountain guide with various hours and some early wakes up .working in an association in Corte 4 days a week... Arthur goes to school 4 times a week 2' by walking.
    Help needed to help in the house (cleaning different rooms and stairs, cooking cakes, marmelade, yogourts or ice creams, meals :3 times à week àt leàst), garden (watering, trials to germinate seeds, building gardeners, cut the grass and some wood,picking up herbs or fruits, ...), to take care of Arthur sometimes on wednesday, some mornings and evenings during the week.some times on saturdays and/ or sundays.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Language practice
    Gardening
    Babysitting and creative play
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    Help around the house
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Julie is very ready to speak in english, german, spanish and help you in learning french.
    you could join on some hikes in the mountains with Julie or all of the family or to bath in the see or in the river

    she is also involved in some associations to count wild animals (bàts, birds), pick up plants and flowers; you could join if you want, she got friends who welcome wwoofers and we could give a hand to the farm.

  • Au pair

    Au Pair Help

    Further details can be found here

  • Projects involving children

    Projects involving children

    This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

  • Help

    Help

    Help needed to help in the house (cleaning, cooking meàls (3 times à week àt leàst) ànd some cakes, yogourts, marmelade or ice creams), garden (water trials to germinate seeds, buidling gardeners, cut the grass, picking up herbs or fruits), to take care of Arthur (some days : sometimes wednesdays mornings and/or saturdays and/or sundays but most of the time mid-afternoons/ evenings)

  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    German: Fluent
    English: Fluent
    Spanish: Fluent
    French: Fluent
    Corsican: Beginner
    Italian: Beginner
    Polish: Beginner
    Russian: Beginner
    Swedish: Beginner

    This host offers a language exchange
    we would be really happy if you can speak to Arthur in your mother language, we are also happy to speak english , spanish or german and we would be happy if you spend some time with our family during "free time" to improve your french (during meals, beach or forest tours)

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    a bedroom that is also our desk.....for the first workawayer (even couple)
    possibility to pitch a tent or hamac in the garden (or an emergency bed in the living room)
    you will organise your breakfast, lunch can be prepared in the kitchen during the day or past evening, some times we can buy a takeaway, dinners can be prepared by you (more or less: 1/3 or half ) ....half or 2/3 by the family.
    the house is in a very quiet quarter among the pine trees, 5 minutes to drive to a small town center (with grocery, bakery, ...) but it takes about 45' to 1h a big commercial center like in Propriano or Porto Vecchio, almost 2h to Ajaccio
    there is a bus line
    from zonza 6am to aiacciu 9am back at 14.30 frommonday until saturday except friday at 17.30 to arrive 20.20 in Zonza

    From 1st September to 30th June, porto vecchio 7h zonza 7h55 ajaccio 10h and back at 15.30 17.30 18.30.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    There is a train station in Vivario 2' by car 20' by walking, Ajaccio or Bastian airport are at 1h of driving for us, possibilité to catch a Shuttle to the train station then the train of WE are not available to.get you at the airport

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    This host can provide space for campervans.

  • Can possibly accept pets

    Can possibly accept pets

    we got a garden for pets, no dogs in the house, already about 10 cats in the quarter

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

  • My animals / pets

    My animals / pets

Host ref number: 333438477938

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