Environment
Villa Manuela is our home and a place for friends, volunteers and visitors, whoever wants to stop here.We have been doing voluntary work in several places during our travels (have a look at the “Volunteering”
Hunting dreams, harvesting stories
“You can live without doing many things, and you can do many things without knowing how to live.” (J.L. Sampedro) Owning many things and consuming more have been models of wellness, and without noticing we
Kangasala, Finland
We rented a cabin with land in the countryside for several months. It was a great chance to experience a planting season and countryside tasks. We fixed the broken greenhouse and practised with planting. We
Lillandet, Finland
These retired sisters bought an old rural school and they are converting it into a countryside guesthouse. We helped in the fixing and painting, we put up a greenhouse for them and enjoyed very traditional
Joroinen, Finland
A family owns a big camping place. So big, that they don’t have enough hands to work on it or enough personnel to keep it running properly. They are not very interested either, so they
Valenca, Portugal
We were hosts at a pilgrim albergue in Camino de Santiago. On arrival, the owners had left, while neighbours and friends came in turns bringing us keys for the different house doors and pieces of
Imola, Italy
After living abroad, they came back home and started farming in an old house upon a hill. We learnt about artichokes and first steps in permaculture.
Halkida, Greece
A big united family follows their youngsters into a project: producing and selling sun dried tomatoes. They plant the tomatoes, harvest them, cut in halves and let them dry in the sun ray. Once dried,
Koppanyzsanto, Hungary
They left their country behind and headed towards the sun. They transformed an old land into a camping site and despite being in the middle of nowhere, the travellers are making their way to stay
Maramures, Romania
He came back to the old family property to reopen doors. Back in the day there was a “natural spa” and a countryside hotel. We were their first helpers, and they treated us like good
Velky Krtis, Slovakia
They moved to another country, where they bought an abandoned house in the sunny countryside and started working to make it their home and a gasthouse. They are preparing to receive visitors from their country
Jablunkov, Czechia
They lived in his country, and then moved to settle in hers. We exchanged life stories, worries, adventures, sorrow and happiness. Their days are not long enough to fulfill everything they have planned (even while
Rypin, Poland
Van travelling and days living in foreign land were left behind. Now they settled down in the family farm and they work hard everyday to become self-sufficient. We learnt about biofarming, horses and goats! We
Pajiesmeiniai, Lithuania
A long evening filled with tea and life stories, history, politics and eco-farming. It is always a pleasure to listen when local people have lots to tell about. We learnt about the structure a caravan
Põlvamaa, Estonia
He is the 5th generation living on that farm together with his cat, the now silent sawmill building and the peace of the landscape. We arrived by the end of the winter, when there are
