Active retired Europhile couple keen to travel throughout Europe at any time of year

About this sitter

We are a couple both 73 years of age with 3 adult children. We both retired in the summer of 2020. We are fortunate to live in a wonderful part of England although in a small flat chosen as an easy “lockup and leave”.
We met in our early 30s, both Londoners originally but ended up bringing up the children in a Worcestershire village, along with my mother, Lorri’s father, dogs, cats, chickens, ducks, geese and a couple of sheep. Do not ask me ever to sheer one again.
Lorri was a primary school teacher all her working life, becoming London’s youngest deputy head back in the day but choosing to raise children and remain a regular teacher.
After too much work-travel around UK and Europe, at age 40 I opened a high street showroom selling and installing fires, stoves and fireplaces which served us well during the family years, after which we semi-retired to the Devon coast. Before that we were all heavily involved with the local amateur theatre for many years
We are both totally comfortable with domestic and farm animals and miss having none, though this does allow freedom for travel. Also, in the garden Lorri has very green fingers and I will do as I am told!
We have a 4x4 car and will drive to anywhere in Europe, keen to enjoy town, village or rural life. The journey there and back will be part of the pleasure.

Why they want to house sit

We have a special affinity and former connections with many European countries and are pretty proficient at the main languages. We love the European culture and lifestyle and hope to spend half of each year there.
We are primarily interested in soaking up the atmosphere of any region from a local resident's viewpoint - watching the world go by from local cafes, buying produce from local markets and finding how best to cook it. The days of late nights out carousing are long gone sadly...

Their experience

If having owned large houses with large gardens / orchards / fields / vegetable plots with many plants and animals to care for counts as experienced, then yes we are. We have now completed three housesits - two via Nomador and one via MindMyHouse, all with very positive testimonials. Anyway they all went well and we look forward to repeating the process anywhere in southern Europe in 2024/5.

What can they bring to the assignment

Trust and honesty primarily. We would treat any home as we would our own and will return it to the owners as good as the day they left, as confirmed by all three assignments completed.