Portacomaro in the background, overlooking the farm
Ciao ciao everyone! After almost a week going internet-free, spending the majority of our time deconstructing sheds, planting native shrubs, tending to the horses and eating lots and lots of pasta, we're finally back!
Worldwide Opportunites on Organic Farms (WWOOF) has been incredible so far. We're staying with a family of four in the tiny village of Portacomaro. Together, David, Chiara, Samir (6) and Oliver (2) have created an amazing farm where they keep about 20 horses, or Cavalli as it is said in Italiano, and are slowly creating a little chunck of heaven where they teach members of the community to ride.
Since we've been stationary for a bit, its been quite a dramatic difference to our previous travels. We eat lunch and dinner together as a family, and I can't begin to describe how amazing the food is here. Chiara is an incredible cook - using the simplest recipes, but all fresh ingredients and herbs. We eat pasta everyday for lunch (usually accompanied with fresh salad and bread), then dinner is when we eat the meat. They also have cows on the farm strictly for eating, so we've had beef the majority of our time here, though last night we had rabbit, a first for me. Hopefully over the next few weeks, I will be able to learn as much as possible from Chiara and bring some traditional Piemonte recipes home with me.
I'll go more into what we're actually doing on the farm in another post, but just wanted to let everyone know that we're still around, very well fed, and enjoying a brand-new type of travel.
Buono notte!
Worldwide Opportunites on Organic Farms (WWOOF) has been incredible so far. We're staying with a family of four in the tiny village of Portacomaro. Together, David, Chiara, Samir (6) and Oliver (2) have created an amazing farm where they keep about 20 horses, or Cavalli as it is said in Italiano, and are slowly creating a little chunck of heaven where they teach members of the community to ride.
Since we've been stationary for a bit, its been quite a dramatic difference to our previous travels. We eat lunch and dinner together as a family, and I can't begin to describe how amazing the food is here. Chiara is an incredible cook - using the simplest recipes, but all fresh ingredients and herbs. We eat pasta everyday for lunch (usually accompanied with fresh salad and bread), then dinner is when we eat the meat. They also have cows on the farm strictly for eating, so we've had beef the majority of our time here, though last night we had rabbit, a first for me. Hopefully over the next few weeks, I will be able to learn as much as possible from Chiara and bring some traditional Piemonte recipes home with me.
I'll go more into what we're actually doing on the farm in another post, but just wanted to let everyone know that we're still around, very well fed, and enjoying a brand-new type of travel.
Buono notte!
David riding Samir's horse, Milo
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