WWOOFing

Hi, guys! I want to leave for Ireland end of this month, but my plans are last-minute and I am sending out my application for a lay volunteer visa tomorrow morning. So I'd love to know - when you got your visa, how long did it take?

I called the consulate and asked if I could just go for 90 days and then apply for an extended visa while in Ireland, but they said I had to be in my home country to do that. :/

Well, if I don't get my visa in time (...at least, I hope they return my passport in time!!) then I guess I'm just going for three months! :D

Thanks for any input!
Sarah

Hello,

I hope i won't sound like an alcoholic but more like someone discovering the good specialities of Ireland.

So, do you think it's possible to learn how to make stout beer ? Do you know a wwoof host or a local brewery ?

Thanks

I thought it might be helpful to share my experience with long term WWOOFing for future WWOOFers.

hello,

My name is Liza Riowal and I am twenty two years old, currently studying Education, specialising in psycho/educational accopaniment at the Haute Ecole de Bruxelles Defré in Belgium.

In the second year, we have the opportunity to do a two month placement abroad, officially from mid-january 2012 to mid-march 2012. I would welcome the opportunity of linking this internship to an experience abroad. I would like making my training course in a farm which welcomes persons handicapped person or in a deficient(weak) community of persons.

Hi there

I would like to sort out a few grey areas in my mind. So could people share with me what they know about the following; Is insurance absolutely necessary when wwoofing, if i am a holder of a European medical card?
Also has anyone dealt with a person who is claiming social welfare? Is it possible to work for hosts if signing on?

bex

I am attempting to plan the next year of my life and am hoping to include an extended stay in Ireland next summer or fall. I want to be able to plan my trip around wwoofing but it appears that many hosts are not interested in planning extremely far in advance. I will be coming from the US so I want to know well ahead of time if I have a place/ places to wwoof. Any insight or experience on this matter would be appreciated- thanks!

I'm a little worried about going to Ireland in the winter. I know it will be cold and rainy, which I'm not as worried about--it's better than frigid and snowy, in my book. What I am worried about is sunlight. What is a typical winter in Ireland like? It's not like I won't see the sun at all for three months is it? I've never gotten particularly depressed during the winter before, but we get a bunch of sunny days even if it is freezing. Should I be concerned?

Hello,

It's a little embarrassing to ask but Hey, I'd hate to run out!
Thanks for your time,
Adrienne