Tuesday 18 August 2015

How to get here?


The nearest airport is in Warsaw 270 km from the rancho.
When you arrive to Warsaw then the best is to take a Polonus bus to Olecko. It goes from train and bus station in Warsaw. The bus runs 5,5h. There is one longer stop when you have chance to go to toillet and drink coffee or have a snack at a petrol station. When you arrive to Olecko then you need to take a taxi to the farm.
Close to bus station in Olecko there are a few supermarkets with food such as: Biedronka, Tesco, Kaufland, Leviatan.
The cheapest is Biedronka.
The cheapest fresh meat you can buy at Leviatan.
The cheapest bread and rolls you can buy at Kaufland deep inside the store.
The cheapest drinking water you can buy at Biedronka.
There is public toillet at the Kaufland. Also place to sit down and eat sweet cakes and rolls.

The bus ticket costs around 50 złoty per passanger.
The taxi costs 50 złoty per course to the farm. In this price you have chance to be taken by the driver to a supermarket to do your shopping.
I will give you phone number to the driver and will translate via mobile everything between you and the driver. You will be safely taken directly to my farm. The car is big enough to take your bike, tent, bags. When you have troubles on the way to my farm and need advice or translation - I will help as much as I can.
Just mobile me.

Have a good trip! :)

Isabelle de Rebelle

Monday 17 August 2015

Address

NaturalAnimalFarm
Czukty 1
19-420 Kowale Oleckie
Poland

North East Poland, Region called The Green Lungs of Poland, Mazury Garbate (The Hilly Masuria)
Near Olecko town, in the North Eastern Poland.
20 km from Olecko
30 km from Gołdap
45 km from Ełk
50 km from Suwałki
60 km from Giżycko
270 km to Warsaw

The offer for common CouchSurfers

As far as couchsurfers are taken in consideration I would like them to share with me their food. I will share mine with them. We should share our foods honestly. One to one.
It should be fair deal. :-)
Fair deal feels good :-)
They can stay 7 days. I may agree for a longer stay if they ask for it :-)
CouchSurfers should have their own tent or a camper.
In cold months if I have a free bed in my house they may sleep in my house, but they are expected to make order and clean in the house.

The offer for one or two long term helpers/volunteers

One or two very helpful volunteers can stay much longer and also will be given full board and in cold months beds in the house :-)
Of course they need my agreement for the longer stay.

The offer for an experienced horse trainer volunteer

An experienced rider who will train my horses will be given full board, not only goat and hens products :-) 
And I will prepare a bedroom for the trainer :-)
I would love to host such a person as long as possible because my horses need good, professional training and me too :-)

The offer for farm volunteers

As far as helping farm volunteers (for experienced horse trainers I have full board and bed in the house) are concerned I may offer them for free:
place for their tent at my meadows
eco eggs from my free range hens,
goat milk
goat yoghurt
goat cheese
mint tea
camilla tea - so things which I produce here.
And I can help them to do shopping with other food (not financially, just to arrange taxi to the town and pilot them to markets, translate and interpret in markets and shops etc.).

In order to come here as volunteer you need my acceptance.
I prefer common couchsurfers with their own food.