10/10/2024
Hi community! After a loooooong wait I am happy to announce we are finally on Workaway.info a cultural volunteer & work exchange site that we used for 4 years to travel Latin America on a shoestring. I can’t share my profile with you unless you are also on Workaway for a small fee so I am copying some info below and wanted to put it out there to anyone interested. We are now taking applications for volunteers to come stay for a couple of weeks (one week minimum!) from the 25th November & share life in rural Spain.
Here is a little bit of our information about the kind of experience we can offer in exchange for a few hours help a day. No expense to you - all costs covered and use of our spare car. You just have to get here - our nearest airport is Asturias (OVD) Families, Children, Babes & Fur babies so welcome!
*Hello, salud, bienvenido!
We are Sarah & Henry, long time Workawayers, travellers & free-spirited wanderers who, after a decade of being fairly nomadic, have finally settled and found a home in Northern Spain.
We recently bought a stone finca with surrounding land and are looking forward to restoring the buildings & rewild the land giving back to this community & working with some amazing people from all over the world.
We want to be inclusive to families as we found it particularly difficult to volunteer with our kids, and want to offer a chance to connect with the Earth in the middle of abundant nature.
We are situated within the heart of green & verdant Asturias, half an hour from the cities (Oviedo & Gijón), half an hour from some of the best beaches in Europe and half an hour from the Picos de Europa. What more could you want?
The closest town, Nava, is 5 mins away, has 3 supermarkets, shops, bars, cafes & an attractive plaza. It also has the Cider Museum.
We can offer you either a private room next to the family bathroom with shower, or our very comfortable caravan which can sleep up to 4. The heating & stove work perfectly. There’s also the option of parking your own camper.
FOOD PROVIDED:
Breakfast: you are welcome to join us for breakfast, we would normally have a freshly squeezed OJ, homemade juices or smoothy with quinoa, millet or oat porridge
LUNCH: our biggest meal of the day - always together around 2pm - we normally make about 4/5 different dishes, almost always plant based & would welcome your help preparing & cooking for everyone.
In Spain it’s custom to have a light Merienda for dinner / supper - we don’t really have much, the children have a snack and drink before bed at 8pm
I am also a yoga teacher & student (my teacher is based in the city - Oviedo the capital of Asturias which I go to at least twice a week on the bus or train. We are very well connected to the city but live a peaceful life out in nature so have the best of both worlds) & like to start my day with some asana, pranayama & meditation practiced in the shala. You would be welcome to join for this.
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