FrisianTravelers Old Farmhome

We live in a house of over 135 yo. We try to make it more and more energy effecient/neutral. Love having guests. And people can stay longer if they helpout a bit in the house. This is offcourse dependend on the situation in what. The Garden is my playground as a landscapers and probably trying out several things once in a while. Making it more and more a bit of a foodforrest like garden with more edible plants and creating more and more habitat. Bit of a progress, but slowely trying out we get there. As there is a lot of work, its always welcome for a bit of help so we can still enjoy it a bit too. Also we got some animals. 2 rabbits, a few chickens, a freedom loving guinea fowl and a 3 funny indian runner ducks. We love getting some more or other animals maybe one day, but we have to see.

-----!Read the whole profile please! There is some info for your stay; like what to do in case of Last minute Requests (2 days or less) or what to add in the request etc.-------- - Introduction- My name is Siewart and my famely and I love to meet travelers. My parents also live here and we have done couchsurfing several times. We live in a big house and have space for travelers. -------About me...------------------------------------------------------------ Hmm. Adventurous, like to try new things, and open to learn anything new as well like to teach. There is many things I like and like to do. But most of them have often something to do with nature and health. Maybe because lot of my time I have spent doing speed skating/sports and working as an Arborist and Landscaper. I love traveling, and I think its in the family, as I traveled pretty every year with my parents when they had holidays. I also lived a few times in the UK for couple of months for traineeships and even studied arboriculture there. And went to China for a couple of days for an Ecoutourism advise project. But my first solo Journey was New Zealand. And not just standard backpacking like most do, but traveling around on a Motorbike. And also 3 weeks of motorbike traveling in North of India. My interests are wide ranged, and as I said before I like to learn. For now I mainly like to learn about permaculture, plant medicine, yoga, motorbikes, latin dances and just adventure stuff or just any interesting thing coming by. My wife is a traveler too. She been all different places and traveling mostly by hitchhiking or motorbike. She is born in Kazachstan(Soviet Union Time) moved from there every time 2000k's in Russia before ending up in the Netherlands with me. She studied documentary filmmaking and works as a online language teacher in English and Russian with a speciality Aviation English. Thats English for pilots. Her interests are pretty much the same as me plus that she is a Die Hard Irish Dancer for over 10 years. Very open minded and Exremely curious! For the rest of the house there are my Parents that hang around and love talking and taking care of guests and my younger brother with his girlfriend. -----------INFO--------------------------------------------------------------- We are near 'knooppunt' number 66 Sometimes you can join us for dinner, but that depends on the day/time etc of arrival and what we do at the moment and the same for breakfast. Note: Please if you stayed at my place or I stayed at yours, leave a reference/feedback. I willl always do the same. Thanks! If you have any of the other couchsurfing type platforms, would like you write me a reference there too. Also put this secret word: GREEN somewhere in your request, so I know you have read my profile. Thanks! -For LAST MINUTE REQUESTS!- Also send a message on whatsapp, telegram or sms for last minute requests and in case I dont respond the same day. Sometimes the website doesnt give me a notification that there is a request. See ya! 0031631002145 --------- Reviews and other Couchsurfing type of platforms---------------- You can also find me on - Bunk-a-biker.org (MotorbikeTravelers) - http://bewelcome.org/members/Siewart / - Couchers: http://app.couchers.org/user/siewart#loc=8.95/53.4017/6.0392 - https://www.trustroots.org/profile/siewart - https://www.warmshowers.org/user/202498 - Couchsurfing.com Reviews: https://archive.is/zu1Cw/ https://archive.ph/gSESd / https://archive.is/PrFRh - Welcome to my garden. --------See you soon!!!------------------------------------------------------

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5.0
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Staff & Host

5.0

Hours & Tasks

5.0

Hostel

5.0

Learning & Fun

5.0

Romania

5

The whole family made us feel welcomed and it was lovely to share stories and experiences with them! The working hours were well kept and they made the tasks suitable for us too! They helped us experience the frisian culture fully and they were very understanding! Thank you for your kindness and openness!
Kinga and Koppány

14 days ago

Romania

5

The whole family made us feel welcomed and it was lovely to share stories and experiences with them! The working hours were well kept and they made the tasks suitable for us too! They helped us experience the frisian culture fully and they were very understanding! Thank you for your kindness and openness!🥰🐇🌳

20 days ago

Czech Republic

5

My experience was amazing! I felt very welcome and everyone was really nice. I made friends with the whole family and i hope to visit again in the future!

about 1 month ago

Czech Republic

5

Siewart’s family was really amazing! Everyone was really friendly and caring. We helped mostly with tasks on the garden and we got a chance to see how to properly care about garden, since their place was extremly beautiful! They even recommended us some places around to visit and we enjoyed all of them.
Also his mom is amazing cook!
It was great first-time volunteering.

about 1 month ago

Chile

5

My experience at Siewart's house was very good. Friesland is a beautiful and peaceful place, perfect for connecting with nature. Siewart and his family were very considerate and always made sure we got to know the area. Additionally, the meals were delicious! Everyone is very friendly and charismatic. Highly recommended!

2 months ago


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