I have been living on the farm for two weeks now and so far really love it. There are two other volunteers here, a couple that is half Chilean half Spanish, and they are so great! The family is very nice as well, and the two teen-aged kids are nice and really funny. Every morning I milk the cows with the other volunteers and some member of the family. Then we clean the stalls, put the dirty straw into the compost, and go to breakfast which is bread with toppings. Afterwards we work in the field until lunch which is the big hot meal and it is followed by a siesta. Then more field work until 6 when we go on a hike in the mountains to fetch the cows which have been grazing all day. Then we milk again and have dinner. The food is really good, mostly stuff we grow and make ourselves like cheese, yogurt, jams, and peanut butter, but we don´t eat much eggs or meat so I feel a little protein deprived. The area is absolutely gorgeous, so here are some pics.
Oh and they have a mailbox in town so you can send me a letter!
Esther Rose-Wilen
c/o Nuria Soler
c.c. 64
5194-Villa General Belgrano (CBA)
Argentina
