schwabauer Hatfield

thanks for the link

First of all, I appologize for cross posting in the European Section.  I'm planning on travelling Portugal, Spain, France, Italy and Greece over 5 months.  Does anyone understand the implications for a U.S. citizen trying to do this?  It seems my limits for a tourist pass are 90 days, 2 months short, and possibly more since I'm contemplating sticking around there with the high coast of boat travel and my aversion to planes(which aren't cheap either). 

Has anyone jumped around the schengen countries?  Is 90 days a country limit or a collective country limit?  When you enter countries to WWOOF or HelpX, do you tell them you're just a tourist, or do you tell them your intention to work in exchange for food/shelter?  Can you get by on a "vacation" or do you need a "working" visa?

I know this varies between all countries and countries of origin.  I'm particularly interested in the schengen countries but someday would like to travel in other regions so I'm interested in any advice regardless of region.  Thank you!

Hello all.  I have a plan to visit Europe this fall, winter, and spring; hopefully volunteering through Helpx.  I was hoping to visit Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, and Greece over 5 months but it seems these are all schengen countries and apparently the limit may be 90 days for tourists.  I'm from the United States so I don't think I need a visa to visit for these 90 days but it could cut my trip short by two months, or I'd have to go somewhere else before coming back. 

Also, does anyone have experience working for cash or making money while helpxing or wwoofing?  Hopefully not too off topic but it's interesting nonetheless.  20 or 30 hours per week still leaves plenty of time to do more, if I'm not in the mood to do my own thing.

Does anyone have experience crossing borders, particularly schengen countries, to do these activities?  Do you just lie and say you're a tourist?  Or do you tell them you're volunteering/workiing?  Do you need a "work" visa to do volunteer work?  I'm checking the web sites I can find but so far have found no clear answers.

Thanks!

Hello Permies.  My name is Matt.  I've been familiar with Permaculture for about 9 months now and it has in many ways started to put my crazy nebulous of ideas about life into focus.  I started gardening when I lived in San Diego and started to get things rolling but renting and working 60 hours a week did not help.  I moved to Vancouver BC, I was transferred by my company, and learned about Permaculture from a friend.  Since then I've quit my job as a construction engineer (I have a BS in Mechanical Engineering) with the intention of seeing family in the States this summer and then hopping a cargo ship for Europe in the fall.  I suppose what I'm seeking is general advice or "I really loved ____" stories from people who have wwoofed or farmed or did sustainability work in Europe.

I'm interested in learning languages, cultures, farming and getting my green on if you will.  I'm a 26 year old man and strong like ox   I love to work and be outside, not that these traits are special among this forum, but since they are written, let them rest.

As my 1 hour of library computing time is almost up let me just say I'd love to hear people's stories of wwoofing Europe.  I'll certainly perous the forums for old stories but if anyone has and up-to-date info that'd be sweet.

Thanks!

Matt