Maison de partage en Albanie.

<p><img alt="" width="100%" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/493586/fzef-1520364487.jpg" /></p><p>June 21, 2017,&nbsp;bags packed&nbsp;and smiles on our faces,&nbsp;<strong>heading&nbsp;to&nbsp;an&nbsp;unknown land, &quot;Albania&quot;,&nbsp;</strong>for&nbsp;a short two week vacation&nbsp;with Ga&euml;tan&#39;s brother at the seaside.&nbsp;Living the good life...&nbsp; Our first glimpse of this beautiful country;&nbsp;warmth, friendly people, welcoming&nbsp;atmosphere... <strong>Although</strong><strong>&nbsp;we don&#39;t understand a word of what&nbsp;people tell&nbsp;us, their enthusiasm&nbsp;to share their lives and experiences with us&nbsp;is strong, so&nbsp;we listen carefully to decipher this beautiful language.</strong> After two weeks of rest, sun bathing, beaches and fruit juice, our&nbsp;desire for a deeper adventure has arrived! We wish&nbsp;to explore&nbsp;this country more deeply, to discover it&#39;s&nbsp;secrets, the&nbsp;things&nbsp;that make&nbsp;this&nbsp;country&nbsp;so nice and so welcoming. We decide&nbsp;to&nbsp;leave with our thumbs&nbsp;out and&nbsp;cross&nbsp;the whole country hitchhiking. Great experiences await&nbsp;us: spontaneous meetings, friendships, warm memories ... Arriving&nbsp;at the capital we&nbsp;buy a tent to save&nbsp;expenses and, more importantly,&nbsp;stay longer. Continuing&nbsp;our trip, we&nbsp;take&nbsp;a&nbsp;break to<strong>&nbsp;volunteer on a beautiful wild beach </strong>(Sandra, bar-tending&nbsp;and Ga&euml;tan, fabricating&nbsp;beach chairs).&nbsp;Here, around a&nbsp;bonfire, we meet Eduart, an Albanian guide who is touring with his group. He&nbsp;changes our plans and our ambitions. A dream home in the mountains is calling for us&nbsp;to be&nbsp;renovated. After adopting one of the many dogs scavenging around&nbsp;in the litter, <strong>a&nbsp;family to discover this paradise is formed.</strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img alt="" width="100%" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/492326/IMG_1679-1520026026.JPG" /><img alt="" width="100%" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/492371/bg11-1520071572.jpg" /><em><strong>Create a cultural, recreational and shared&nbsp;space&nbsp;in a small Albanian mountain village.</strong></em></p><p>Qerret is a small village accessible only by an 8 kilometer&nbsp;stony path.<strong>&nbsp;The inhabitants are self-sufficient;</strong>&nbsp;producing&nbsp;fruits, vegetables, milk and meat. They live to the rhythm of the seasons. In love with this corner of paradise, we want to develop&nbsp;and flourish&nbsp;this place. <strong>Situated in authentic and mountainous surroundings</strong>, our stone house is bordered by&nbsp;a lake and&nbsp;vast,&nbsp;hilly terrain. A charming place&nbsp;where we find nature in all its splendor. The village incorporates&nbsp;a&nbsp;small mosque, a primary school, and&nbsp;2 cafes / bars / grocery stores. <strong>The children marvel at new things</strong> when we involve them in some of our leisure activities.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img alt="" width="100%" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/492134/28695506_155038581973903_2094407448_o-1519989039.jpg" /></p><p><img alt="" width="100%" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/492138/IMG_1720-1519989222.JPG" /><img alt="" width="100%" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/492370/bg2-1520071360.jpg" /><br />We wish to invest in <strong>the education of children,</strong> giving language classes and developing sports and recreational activities,&nbsp;while welcoming&nbsp;travelers from all over the world to share and create links allowing the village to evolve (<strong>Participatory Tourism</strong>). Offering travelers a&nbsp;traditional meal&nbsp;at one of the villagers houses in return for a small monetary compensation or some&nbsp;help&nbsp;in the fields;&nbsp;milking&nbsp;goats, taking&nbsp;sheep out, repairing a leaking&nbsp;roof, washing clothes or cooking. We would also like to involve locals in our activities,&nbsp;by creating a permaculture garden, teaching&nbsp;a different approach to gardening or even by helping us<strong>&nbsp;entertain, welcome and take care of our future guests</strong>, <strong>schools or families who&nbsp;come to visit us.</strong></p><p><img alt="" width="100%" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/492372/bg3-1520071846.jpg" /><img alt="" width="100%" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/492007/b44bd4a94333ab441a16a529f9c3e750-1519938894.jpg" /></p><p><br /><u><strong><em>We are creating this community project to pay thanks to everyone who gave us a ride.</em></strong></u></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img alt="" width="100%" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/492377/bg4-1520072152.jpg" /><img alt="" width="100%" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/492327/28643024_155039105307184_76414903_o-1520026135.jpg" /></p><p><br /><br /><strong>Sandra</strong>, 22, a go-getter, dreams of discovering new cultures and living&nbsp;life to the maximum.<strong> A desire to help and serve has always been part of her&nbsp;life</strong>. <strong>Ga&euml;tan</strong>, 25, adventurer,<strong> traveler in search of the truth,</strong> left for Africa, then&nbsp;Latin America to do&nbsp;voluntary work. He dreams about investing in big projects&nbsp;so he travels while learning about life. <strong>Together they planned&nbsp;to go to Malta</strong>&nbsp;to learn English. Beforehand&nbsp;however,&nbsp;they went on a&nbsp;small 2-week&nbsp;stopover in Albania. But this short trip rapidly transformed&nbsp;into a extraordinary community&nbsp;project with&nbsp;the creation of <strong>VIE NOMADE</strong>. Not having gone to Malta,&nbsp;their English&nbsp;improves slowly, which&nbsp;makes&nbsp;them even more eager to start&nbsp;receiving&nbsp;international travelers who are touring through this wonderful country.<img alt="" width="100%" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/492379/bg5-1520072393.jpg" /></p><p><img alt="" width="100%" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/492381/655-1520072734.jpg" /></p><p><img alt="" width="100%" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/492382/IMG_1756555-1520072805.jpg" /><img alt="" width="100%" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/492383/bg6-1520072826.jpg" /><br />A large stone house in a Natural Park situated&nbsp;at 900 m altitude in a beautiful mountain range. (A&nbsp;large living room, two large&nbsp;bedrooms, a bathroom with a hot shower,&nbsp;toilet, two large fireplaces and a kitchen). &middot;</p><p>A large lot of fruit trees. &middot;</p><p>A natural water source. &middot;</p><p>Access to&nbsp;a&nbsp;lake (200m).&nbsp;&middot;</p><p>A bread oven.<img alt="" width="100%" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/492384/bg7-1520073010.jpg" /></p><p><br />&middot; A dining area.</p><p>&middot; Three wooden cabins to accommodate more people.</p><p>&middot; A camp site&nbsp;and camp fire place.</p><p>&middot; An outdoor bathroom.</p><p>&middot; An obstacle course<strong> (unique in Albania).</strong></p><p>&middot; A volleyball court.</p><p>&middot; A petanque court.</p><p>&middot; A vegetable garden with permaculture technique.</p><p>&middot; A small farm <strong>(for local and organic products) </strong></p><p>&middot; Tug of war</p><p>&middot; Lots of flowers.</p><p>&middot; Handcrafting&nbsp;courses with re-used materials.</p><p>&nbsp; <em><strong>&nbsp;Theme nights and a lot of happiness</strong></em></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img alt="" width="100%" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/492016/IMG_1620-1519940171.JPG" /></p>