For the past two weeks we've been in Cascais, Portugal visiting my Aunt Kathy who has been spending the past couple summers there. We spent most of our time touring the city and exploring the ins-and-out of Cascais, which is an adorable beach town not far out of Lisbon. One of the cool things about Portugal is that all of their museums are free. Needless to say, we took full advantage of that. Unfortunately, Andrew ended up getting pretty sick our last couple days, but luckily it was at my aunt's place and not at our first WWOOFing home. So he was able to sleep and rest and get well without the worry of being on someone else's time.
From there Andrew and I headed east to Marseille, France. Andrew and I have just arrived in Serres, Southern France at our first WWOOFing host home. They are a lovely family of five who own a quaint bed and breakfast. For the past couple days we have been helping with cleaning and gardening in preparation for a group of visitors from Australia who are arriving Monday. The family we are staying with has been wonderful and has sought to really make us feel a part of their family. We eat meals together, regularly talk or politics and religion, and work side by side.
Emmanuel, our "host dad," is a mountain guide and has been planning hikes to take us on. In addition, Geraldine, our "host mom," is taking us to visit Aix En Provence, one of the large neighboring villages. Where we are currently located is quite literally off the grid, as we are smack dab in the middle of the mountains near Grenoble. Our afternoon sunsets have been absolutely beautiful.
Other than that life is pretty simple. We have been tasked with taking care of the horses, chickens, guinea pigs, rabbits, dogs and cats, and it has been entertaining to say the least. Sometimes we help with cooking and setting up the table/doing dishes. We have most afternoons off and simply enjoy the scenery by taking a walk, or reading our books on our outside patio. It's been real rough.
Well, that's our update for now. We have two more host homes that we will be splitting our time between over the next couple months but I'll attempt to keep everyone posted as things progress this Fall. Au Revoir!
