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My name is Bo. I am an elder, retired man, living in a rather large villa in the city of Jönköping in south of Sweden. My house is located next to a park, on the hills above and ca 3 km from downtown with a nice view over the city and some lakes. I and my wife have previously run a smaller B&B for almost 20 years and met guests from different countries all over the world. To my great sorrow my wife is no longer alive.
My work capacity is nowadays rather limited, so even if the B&B is closed, I still need much help with housekeeping, maintainance, gardening, etc. I will appreciate your assistance with most tasks occurring in a home. You will get current instructions but you should also be able to help independently.
Jönköping is a 700-hundred year old, fastgrowing town, surrounded by forests and lakes with a lot of excursion possibilities. The city offers a lot of cultural events and in Gothenbourg within 2 hours distance you can find more and in the capital Stockholm (4 hours distance) even more.
For many years we had the pleasure of receiving several workawayers, getting new friends and experiencing a rewarding cultural exchange.Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practiceElderly CompanionshipGardeningDIY and building projectsCreating/ Cooking family mealsHelp around the houseGeneral MaintenanceHelp with Computers/ InternetCultural exchange and learning opportunities
Of course I can tell you a lot about Sweden, its history, geography, nature, sociaty, language and more. I am always interested in what you can tell about yourself, your family, country and culture.
Help
We will appriciate any help you can provide in the household and in the garden. I am mostly at home and work with my helpers as a team, ready to give all needed instructions gradually. I also appreciate the ability to adapt to the everyday life here and help independently and take personal resonsibility when necessary.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Swedish: Fluent
Danish: Intermediate
German: Intermediate
Norwegian: Intermediate
French: BeginnerAccommodation
You are of cours welcome to stay in my house. You will get one of our 4 guestrooms to your private disposal and can of course regard the house and garden you help us with as your place of sojourn. As there is no guest kitchen, you are welcome to help us with the kitchen tasks and share our meals. And other amenities you need as well.
What else ...
You can walk to downdown. You can make a lot of excursions in the neibourhood. You can use a cykle of mine.
There are museums, libraries, pubs & restaurants, cinemas, a university and a lot of events in town.
There are good bus and train connections, local and to Gothenburg, Stockholm, Copenhagen and more.
The house is non-smoking and there are no pets.A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Hours expected
Around 20 hours a week flexible distributed
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My tasks were to do some gardening, preparing the garden for the summer (mostly taking off the dead leafs and the moss), and cleaning some wooden furniture in the house. I also helped Bo at doing some little house tasks of… read more
Thank you for your kind words about your visit in our home. And we must say: for us it was one of the highlights during the last year. You were so nice, polite and openhearted as we could ever wish for. And always helpful. We also appreciated our conversations and learnt a lot about the life and culture in Japan. And last but not least… read more
They are always very kind and helpful persons and loved discussing:) I stayed at their place for 1 month. We talked a lot and I could get to learn many kinds of things about Sweden and Swedish.
My main jobs were like household and snow shoveling. They are not difficult ones.
We always eat… read more
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My tasks were to do some gardening, preparing the garden for the summer (mostly taking off the dead leafs and the moss), and cleaning some wooden furniture in the house. I also helped Bo at doing some little house tasks of… read more
Thank you for your kind words about your visit in our home. And we must say: for us it was one of the highlights during the last year. You were so nice, polite and openhearted as we could ever wish for. And always helpful. We also appreciated our conversations and learnt a lot about the life and culture in Japan. And last but not least… read more
They are always very kind and helpful persons and loved discussing:) I stayed at their place for 1 month. We talked a lot and I could get to learn many kinds of things about Sweden and Swedish.
My main jobs were like household and snow shoveling. They are not difficult ones.
We always eat… read more