Garden and home help in a small village in Pacos de Vilharigues, Portugal

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  Description

  we are a german couple in the age of 60iies, living in a small village in Portugal 75km south east of Porto in a beautiful environment. We have 1400m² of garden with different kind of fruits and vegetables. We have startet to cultivate our garden in a biological way (perma culture) 3 years ago and that is a never ending process. We are not the youngest and we like to have guests to share time with them and have also a helping hand mostly in the garden but sometimes also in the house. We are open to other cultures, have made social projects in africa for more then 10 years.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Language practice

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Help around the house
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  We decided to live in Portugal after several ways as Pilgrims to Santiago de compostela. Who is thinking about going the Caminho once, can get any kind of help and we share our experiences and contacts. We have experiences in biological gardening, social projects in africa and healthy eating. My wife is ready to share a lot of knowledge for making healthy food (raw and cooked) . We are german nativ speakers and can help to learn or practice german language. We speak portugues (basic), english, and russian (only Wolfgang)

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  Help

  helping hand mostly in the garden but sometimes also in the house to repair something

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  German: Fluent
  English: Fluent
  Portuguese: Intermediate
  Russian: Intermediate

  This host offers a language exchange
  we are german nativ speakers and speaking with our community english and portugues and like to learn more in that two languages
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  Accommodation

  Guestroom in the suterain with a Bed of 130cm, width bath for individual use with cold water. For shower you can use our bath in the first floor with warm water. The room could be used by a couple or a single person
  
  w share breakfast, lunch and diner with our guests

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  What else ...

  our region has wonderful walking facilities in the nature. the next town is only 2km away with bus station to connect the villages and town in the region as also bigger cities in portugal
  we have Bycicles to use. A bicycle way with more than 100km is very near to our house. It follows an old train way and is comfortable to go also for non profis

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  One

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  My animals / pets

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