Hello! We´ve safely arrived to our new farm, Refugio Mawenko. It is a lovely Chilean family, both parents from Santiago. They have two young children, 14 hectares of land which all includes a huge view of the fjords of the Chiloe main island. A neighboring smaller island can be seen, where we will visit tomorrow to see a regional folkloric dance festival by ferry. The family is so nice, and the food is almost all produced on their land-- including the wheat they use in the bread they bake daily, jam made from apples, plums, and rasberries from the property, black beans, potatoes (from their nextdoor neighbors), root veggies, salad fixings. We are working in their greenhouses, with their bees (this is so exciting since we´ve been wanting to learn about bees!!), weeding rasberry plots, and more. We work four hours and day, then we have freetime to walk to the beach, through the forrest, or stay in the cozy volunteer house with a book. We have our own room, complete with a down blinkets! The downstairs has a great kitchen with a woodstove for heating and great views of course. We feel so lucky to be able to live here for the moment. We kind of wish we could just live here forever, if you get the idea!
Chao, chao! Hope you are all well back at home. B-C
Afternoon relaxation time
Our kitchen!
The volunteer house
View from the tallest hill on the property. You can see actively erupting volcanoes from the distance on a clear day!
The family´s house (to the left) and a view of the wheat fields
Our picture window from our room!
The nearby city of Castro
Downtown Castro! We skipped mass, not our thing...but a nice view from the outside! ;)
Palofito houses in the bay behind us
Our kitchen!
The family´s house (to the left) and a view of the wheat fields
Our picture window from our room!
Looks magnificant! I always wanted window seats to curl up in to read. I can understand you not wanting to come back but do, please!:)
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