Do Good Works with Woodwork
6:如果你是个好木匠去委内瑞拉和平村吧!
与您的手中,并帮助有需要的儿童委内瑞拉和平村。 如:学习基本的木工,取得流利西班牙语,并帮助有特殊需要的儿童的志愿活动在和平村中心的残疾儿童在圣埃伦娜Uairén日,在委内瑞拉的心脏萨巴纳香格里拉大国家公园。您可以帮助建设一个游乐场和治疗骑马设施,整修客房和花园,并了解木材和stoneworking技术。小型的,高海拔城市所包围云雾林,兰花, bromelias ,壮观的平顶高山,河流,和热带瀑布,享有完善,温带气候全年。您的主机将提供指导西班牙语会话的机会,同时也正式西班牙语班,一对一或团体。 价格:住宿和膳食上的和平村理由成本为750美元的第一周和230美元,每增加一周。呆的时间感到鼓舞。
Work with your hands and help children in need in a Venezuelan Peace Village.
Where: Learn basic carpentry, acquire fluent Spanish, and help children with special needs by volunteering at a Peace Village center for handicapped children in Santa Elena de Uairén in Venezuela, in the heart of La Gran Sabana National Park. You’ll help construct a playground and therapeutic horse-riding facilities, renovate rooms and gardens, and learn wood- and stoneworking techniques. The small, high-altitude town—surrounded by cloud forests, orchids, bromelias, spectacular flat-topped mountains, rivers, and tropical waterfalls—enjoys a perfect, temperate climate year-round. Your hosts will provide guided conversational Spanish language opportunities as well as formal Spanish classes, one-on-one or in groups.
Price: Accommodation and meals on the Peace Village grounds cost $750 for the first week and $230 for each additional week. Longer stays are encouraged.
Finish Your Novel in a Medieval French Village
7:在法国古镇写小说 抽屉里有一本未完待续的作品?那就去法国朗格多克省的古镇找寻灵感吧,古镇的宁静意味着那里不会有纷扰,和几个作家朋友一起来这里,吃当地的农家菜,完成自己的小说。 Have a half-written novel sitting in your dresser drawer? Dust it off at a writers’ retreat in the Languedoc.
Where: Find inspiration at La Muse writers’ retreat in Labastide-Esparbairenque, in the heart of Cathar country in the Languedoc. Its location in a quiet, secluded medieval village means there are no distractions here beyond the rustic food, the local farmers’ markets, the nearby wineries, and the company of other writers. Bonus: writing a scathing roman à clef about your former employers will make you feel much better.
Price: Rates for three-week retreats range from $975 to $1,365, depending on the room. In winter, you can barter for your room by working several days a week—your tasks might include building stone walls or gardening.
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