Hi, We are Dirk and Christa from Belgium - we are looking for people who can take care for our two lovely cats and water some plants in the house and the garden from thirsday, june 19 till Sunday, june 29, 2025. You can come earlier and/or stay little longer as well, which would be nicer in fact. So, we can pick you up from the airport for instance if necessary and guide you during your first days up here.
We live in a lovely village, called Begijnendijk, close to the village-centre. It's not huge but you have almost everything necessary there : 2 grocery stores (1 km), post office, pizza and pita restaurant, pubs, train station Begijnendijk (2 km), "flexbus-station" near the house but you need to reservate. If you are looking for something particular, we can help you find it of course.
Especially if you like (sports)-fishing for instance, Begijnendijk is your "place to be" - although we don't catch fish ourselves. But we see lots of people just "fishing" here, even in winter. People come from Brussels in the weekends, where they have their second home - caravan or chalet, to escape from the city and enjoy the silence - which doesn't mean it will be always silent here - but compared to Brussels it will definitely feel like holidays for them.
Of course we also have plenty of nice cities nearby which you can all reach easily by train. You can easily travel by train from here to Bruges for instance in 2 hours. Other nice cities to visit and easy to reach by train are Leuven, Lier, Antwerp, Brussels, Gent and Hasselt.
You have plenty of walks and cycling roads as well. Cycling in Belgium is very common and of course we will have bicycles at your disposal if you like.
Henky and Panky - our 2 cats - are easy cats to deal with - mostly in summer they will be outside. But they do like some company as well - especially Panky. We have a nice garden, which you can enjoy during your stay here. From time to time it will need some extra water from you when we are abroad.
We live in a lovely house - the house where I grew up as a kid in fact but renovated several times since then. I took some pictures of it for a first impression. If you are a musician, you would probably like the digital piano here.
We are looking forward to see you.