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We are a host family all the year, now we are planning for summer and have an avaliable position from now
We love long experiences, 2-3 month, but we also consider shorter options.
We are looking for a guest the school summer vcation
We do not give the residency in our house for any reason also the request for citizenship.
We are a host family from more than 4 years (also other programs), we had a stop from February to July last year because of the lock down. We in hte last yearguested a lady from canada, and we spent summer withspanish young woman autumn with Martha, we had a visit in december from austria (our guest for 3 month in 2020)... in january we have all set to welcome jade, and after her we had trent and tyla again then with school period and both kids busy with activities we had a pause after 8 years, and we are ready to host again for summer
We We are a family of four people, Pierpaolo (father), Vuokko (mother) Sebastian and Karin.
I speak fluent English, Pierpaolo can speak and is always learning, Sebastian speaks and understand english too. Karin was born in an intercultural envirioroment. We speak Italian, Slovenian and English, we are all learning German too but now we just know some words!
Our closest relatives live in the area, Sebastian's grandparents, uncles and cousin, and the one that moved out when are back in town always come to visit us.
Sebastian is 9 years old, he was born on August 14th 2014. Karin is one, was born in September 2017 she is 6. We like learning from other cultures, we love outdoor life, sea, mountains and walks in the country side. We also enjoy ice-cream, coffee and chocolate. We often to go out for pizza, and ice-cream or some traditional meals. We love animas we have two cats living with us and a bunny.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Animal Care
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We live in a residential area close to Trieste SISTIANA, our house has a big garden with a trampolin, we have a mobile swimming pool for the summer, our huse has a large terrazza.
Trieste is 20 minutes away, it that is an intercultural city, hosts many science institutions.
Trieste is the capital of science for 2020
we are an active family of four, we love nature
our kids are trilingual, a..Italian, slovene and english
we are in a central position for exploring Venezia, Slovenia Bled, Lubljana, Croazia, Austria.
the local train station is less than 5 minutes from our front door, the bus is 10 minutes far.
when possible we are avaliable to drive the guest to the airport or bigger train station if required.
we provide a mountain bike for exploring the area
the seaside is just 15 minutes walking away from home
25 minutes away there is a nice Italian school (during school year)
we provide tickets for reaching Trieste by train
there are two little gyms in the neigbourhood the area is great for jogging
at home we cook a lot, and bake too, we can cook together.
with us you could see how a family leaves in this area
i have been teaching physiology in the university for a couple of years, if you want to learn about that I am always ready to share...
there are young people leaving in our area, Trieste is a university city, there are many opportunities to met people, italian and from all over the world.
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Hello, we joined work away in september 2018, and we are hosting our eight guest, till now we had a great time with Franciska (Germany) Sofie (austria), Catherine (USA), Camilla (Denmark), Miu (Japan), Gloria (Slovenia), Martha(Germany) and Aara (USA), at Melanie from Austria, Lea from france, Jess from Uk, and Margot from canada, we we had Merixtell from spain last summer, hannah from germany till december, Tyla from australia, and Trent. Last summer we had with us RObin from ireland.
. We are a host family from more than 6 years, we hosted young students from all the world in exchange programs, we joined work away because we love to live in an international house, and we would love our kids to be open minded. We need some somebody that would like to join our family, that likes kids, and enjoys family life somebody that would like to feel like a relative for us (till now always happened with success). In our family we both work and need help with the kids and the house
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I, Vuokko, am a pharmacist, I work part time, Pierpaolo is a dentist, he leaves the house at 8:30 am and comes back around 20:00 from Monday to thursday.
main tasks:
we are in a summer vacation area, so there is lots of swimming... we would prefer somebody that loves he seaside, and the beach...
- speak english or the native language with the kids (no Italian with the kids)
- baby sitting
- setting the table before meals, mainly breakfast and dinner
- preparing breakfast, toasting the bread, preparing the coffe, heating the milk, preparing eggs, help kids with butter and marmelade in summer we leave before the kids usually...so they have breakfast later with our guest
-reordering the table after meals
- taking care of plates and dishes, put all in the dish washer and reset in place once is done
- reordering the toys
- reordering summer stuff, towels googles and all the sea equipment
- reordering kids belonging (clothes), cheking school belongings
- cooking is not required, is welcomed (if you want to prepare some dish from your country, we are always happy to try new things.
- capacity to heat already prepared meals ( to give to the kids while baby sitting)
- NO ironing
- little vacuum cleaning
-NO heavy house work (we have a house helper that comes once a week )
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
Slovenian: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
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Accommodation
single room, with single bed 2mX1m, with window that looks on the yard, private bathroom with shower. The bathroom has hairdrayer, and towels. Possibility to guest relatives (mother father sister brother), good friends (partner, best friend...)for short periods 2-3 days previous agreement with the family. The room and bathroom are cleaned from the house keeper once a week.
What else ...
biking, jogging, swimming, caving, rock climbing, spa, coffee testing, Italian learning, Trieste is the capital of coffe, a university city, perfect location to do trips all over Europe, flixbus stop, train station, airport, direct connection with Venice ... and much more... even in this time there is lots to do, nature is all around us, lots of hicking...
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
we have a single room with wi fii and cable connection, we hosted a girl that was following classes on line and she was happy
Space for parking camper vans
we live out of town and there is space close to the beach and night summer life
Can possibly accept pets
yes, cats dogs, turtles...animals that stay outside... no snakes...
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Hours expected
5 hours a day (max 25 hours/week)
Feedback (9)
she is a polite young lady.
my daughter enjoyed to stay with her.
robin was taking care of the kids while i was at work three mornings each week. sometimes se was taking care of more kids together because there were the cousins visiting.
RObin was keeping the dishwasher and the kitchen… read more
We had a short interview online, also my son was present and we agreed for the month of march 2023. In this time we stayed in touch, Trent was doing on line videos of his travels, and we… read more
My kids adore her, she is open minded, smiling happy person always ready to learn and to share with others what she knows.
We did not have a single problem with her, she just knew what to do and when.
My kids improved their english in her 6 weeks stay,… read more
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she is a polite young lady.
my daughter enjoyed to stay with her.
robin was taking care of the kids while i was at work three mornings each week. sometimes se was taking care of more kids together because there were the cousins visiting.
RObin was keeping the dishwasher and the kitchen… read more
We had a short interview online, also my son was present and we agreed for the month of march 2023. In this time we stayed in touch, Trent was doing on line videos of his travels, and we… read more
My kids adore her, she is open minded, smiling happy person always ready to learn and to share with others what she knows.
We did not have a single problem with her, she just knew what to do and when.
My kids improved their english in her 6 weeks stay,… read more
She arrived in September and left in December. Hannah was helping me to keep the house in order, reordering toys and the kids room every day when the kids were in school and we were… read more
With Margot we agreed that during the day, when kids were not at home she would have time for… read more
Jess can sing, play guitar, make princess Elsa hair, all things that Karin enjoyed so much.
Jess and Sebastian enjoyed to play , walk outside on the way home from school , and get ready for school english test...
At home Jess always gave a hand with the… read more
The kids are very smart and speak perfect English… read more
She stayed with us for more than three month, and she became been truly part of our family. We enjoyed to have Birte with us, she was in charge of the dish washer , toys reordering and picking up Karin from the kindergarten. Because… read more
I really enjoyed playing, drawing, baking and spending time with the kids. Sebastian is a very smart boy and he taught me a lot about… read more
Melanie joined us on spacial day, September 14, the first day of school for our son Sebastian, and first day of Kindergarten for our daughter Karin.
Her family drove her in our area, and we… read more
Diana arrived with her light suitcase and her… read more
She arrived on half September, the first days she was shy , but after the first week she found her way in our loud, busy , and crazy family. Martha is very polite and well… read more
She is a young independent woman from Slovenia, even if she is only 19 years old she is absolutely trustworthy.
Gloria has been a great help for our family during the school break with both of the kids at home. She was baby sitting while I was at work, she… read more
Camilla is a very nice young woman, she joined our family after two other great experiences she had with workaway, she has lots to tell, a nice sense of humor, we learned a lot from her, about her life in Denmark, about the life on… read more
Vuokko is pretty good in english and Pierpaolo speaks english too, so there was no communication problem. Both, especially Vuokko, showed me all… read more
