Wednesday, September 29, 2010

closing down for the winter

Four days since I arrived and I have a feeling I'm not going to want to leave this place at the end of the week. The group of fellow workers I have landed amongst include two French, two German, one New Zealander, two Americans and three fellow Brits - lovely all! So far we have taken down the staff tents, done lots of gardening, and begun the packing away that signals the end of the season here at Kalikalos. The yurt is staying up for a few more days and is coming in useful for sleeping in, and impromptu 'quiet time' or massage sessions. The ducks have still been unsuccessful at flying - despite the best attempts of helpful humans to assist them in their aerial endeavours...
The food here has been excellent and I only wish I had signed up for MORE shifts in the kitchen as it is such fun working alongside the people here to create something with love. Lunch today was much appreciated after some physical work in the garden, digging and raking.
Tonight we are being treated to a meal at our sister centre Anilios, where we worked this morning on the land, creating a large raised bed for growing vegetables, knocking down a wall in the main house to create a bigger room, and various other little jobs that needed doing.
Tomorrow is 'Taverna Night' and we will probably eat in the village of Kissos so we can walk home afterwards. Whether the meal will be as tasty as we could create in the kitchen here remains to be seen, but it will be nice to be 'out and about' sampling the local vegetarian Greek dishes. Bean stew perhaps?
Off to Anilio, kalispera!
Catherine, Brighton UK

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