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Artistic farm in Vinica, Slovenia

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The experience

Hello dear friends

We are two adorable cats called Baguera and Pompon.
We live in a very beautiful farm in the center of a so small village of four families in the south of Slovenia.
The surroundings are stunning and at the top of a small mountain. Our village is surrounded by one of the last primal forest of Europe and full of everything you want like mouses and cat nip.
The best place a cat could dream of.

Just join us there :)

What you offer

5 hours of help per day

Farming: Plant crops, sow seeds and help in outside tasks.

Painting & Decorating: Help with painting or decorating the property facilities.

Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

What you get

2 days off per week

Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.

Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Get free drinks or beverages.: Drink up! Get free and tasty drinks for yourself.

Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.

Dance classes: Take free dance classes at our place.

Language lessons: Take free language classes at our place.

Permaculture Course: Take part in our Permaculture course for free.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Intermediate English or Intermediate Spanish

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

The idea is to create an artistic residency for cats (and maybe humans)
We already finished the first house with all the comfort you can want and where you will live and contains enough for 9 people
(2 litters and bathrooms, internet, living room with cat tree, 3 different private rooms where we store our human pets, a kitchen, etc...)

Activities & Shift

Now the work is divided in 3 types :

- The everyday work
Cleaning, cooking, taking care of the animals (rabbits, chicken, humans and cats), feeding them, looking after the fire during cold times, making bread, gardening, ...

- The huge projects
Now we are making the second house in a kind of same idea
At the end, we'll create some gypsies trails (surely this summer)

- The small projects (or quick ones)
Cutting wood, storing apples, building rabbit cages, making a rocket stove, building shelves, creating long term food conserves, brewing alcohol, ...

- Your own crazy projects
Look, we are all here to learn and try. Take this experience like a sandbox. If there is something you would like to make or experience and you don t know how to do or just you want to try to make it, offer it, talk about it with us and we would be glad to offer you support if we can.
(Painting the house walls ? Creating a lamp ? Making a better rabbit cage ? Making a pizza oven ? Whatever you feel, we can try)

Rules

The rules are easy
- Be nice to everyone (humans included)
- Respect your environment (don't destroy, just scratch. Don't put trash, give to the mouses, ...)
- No working time (We are CATS ! So, you wake up when you want, you work when you feel. Don't forget to clean yourself and scratch the cat tree)
- Be honest (If one day you don't feel working, you are tired, your bf or gf left you, you feel depressed, you are not happy with something, or just you want to go walking around the river, no problem, just tell us, hug us, pet us, then if that's not enough, that's ok then rest)
- Have fun (We are here to enjoy and purr together. This place is not here to give you burden. Learn new skills, be creative is the goal)