We are a family of 5, living in Chania, Crete, Greece. We are very much into sports (swimming, football, basketball, dog walking, biking, athletics) books, vegetarian/vegan food (not strictly). Here on the island we do not need much, it is paradise! If you love sports and music, come and live with us in the sun!
We live in a big flat with vegetable garden close to the beach in a busy area (summer), but usually we like to sleep, work and chill in our olive grove with 100 trees 10 minutes away.
WORKING ARRANGEMENT
We need you to mainly do sports with our three kids (5,7 and 10 years old): on the beach, on the bike on the football court on the water (kayak). Don't underestimate them, you have to be fit :-)))! They will usually meet friends everywhere they go, then you can just take care that they don't drown or get killed by a ball. They speak very good Greek, English and German.
We strongly believe in respect. We will not accept any kind of discriminating attitude or behavior. For our daughter we would love to have some one to support her position, since Greece and especially Crete is veeeeeery much a (hetero) mans world (achachach...). So positive role models are rare.
Also we need you to prepare some meals for you and the kids (vegetarian or vegan, organic), pack the food for your sport trips and organize the household. Due to the sports and the fresh air the kids are always extremely hungry and eat well.
If you want to travel, we can give you a car (sadly Crete is still VERY much on cars, basically no one rides a bike).
We are happy to give you lots of free time or pay extra hours, if you support us, depending on the kid's schedule (holidays, weekends, school day) and the weather (summer with 37 degrees, winter 20 degrees and January/February pouring rain!!).
LIVING ARRANGEMENT
You will have your own room and probably will be alone in the family flat (Wifi!) over night, since we are usually fleeing the heat and stay in the olive grove with the kids.
If you'd rather stay in a Camper in the grove (no internet) or with your tent, we are able to arrange that, bathroom (basic) is on the site. If you won't cook, we will. Food will be around 5 times a day, strictly organic and mostly vegan (just an exception sometimes are the sheep/goat cheeses of Crete!). We bake our own bread and have some fruits and vegetables in our garden.
Crete is mystic, marvelous and breathtaking. Not only it has untouched nature everywhere (except at the tourist spots), it also has a cultural heritage like no other place in Europe: visit Zeus' Cave, Knossos or Ancient Aptera, where we live, travel to the south of the island or spend some time in Chania (next to us), where the foreign community and the community of digital nomads is growing fast. Crete's tourism is not as bad as elsewhere -- more families, more retired. Parties and clubs, like those we are used to from Berlin or New York, you will have to search for.