The weather has gotten nicer the last few days, which has made for a lovely time on (and off) the farm. Yesterday, we took advantage of the dry, sunny-ish weather to do some foraging. There were 8 of us in total, and we gathered loads of rosehips and pears, as well as a few apples and walnuts and some questionable mushrooms.
After the foraging, we were treated to a lunch of vegetarian goulash cooked over an open fire, along with stickbread and some veggie kebobs. Afternoon stretched into evening and our cooking fire became a bonfire. We had sing-alongs and played a few rounds of “guess that tune” as we took turns belting out ballads on a kazoo.
Today was another fantastic day. I spent an hour or two peeling and cutting pears for preserving, then the rest of the working hours out in the garden mowing. The weather was really nice so there were several of us out in the garden all working on different tasks. Because today is a holiday in Hungary and schools were closed, the kids were out there with us for a bit, too. The Spanish couple prepared an amazing lunch today: pasta, salad, a lentil and vegetable soup, and individually plated tapas of Spanish tortilla (a bit like an egg frittata and crazy delicious), bread toasted with homemade alioli (garlic mayonnaise), and a mushroom ragout-type thing. It was heavenly. We always eat well here, but this week has been especially fantastic, what with all the good cooks we have here from different parts of the world whipping up an incredible variety of delicious foods.
In fact, everything about this past week has been great. We have a huge group of people from 7 different countries who are fun-loving, easy-going, and who enjoy each others’ company. It makes everything we do here a good time.
Beyond that…I’m coming up on an important decision point, folks. I’m about to hit my 90-day limit in the schengen zone and I don’t know where to go next. Got any thoughts? Suggestions? Requests? Someplace warm, certainly. Daytime temps here are in the 40s and 50s and that’s already cold enough for me.
TL;DR: Really getting spoiled on the farm these days, and still learning something new every day.
