Buon Viaggio a Viareggio

I have a farmers tan…
Yep, it’s true. I have officially made it. After three amazing days in Viareggio, we arrived at our new wwoof farm, Casarossa. This organic farm/Bed & Breakfast is on the outskirts of a little, unimportant (non touristy) town called Piacenza, about forty-five minutes south of Milan and is home to Francesco, Laura, and her daughter, Ginevra. There were two other wwoof girls here when we arrived and they told us that their experience here had been very bad (no hot water, Francesco is moody, they had to work all day 8-6) and that they were leaving in the morning. However, our experience has been very different. The entire family has been extremely pleasant and hospitable, Francesco showed us how to turn on the hot water the first day, our working hours are they same as at Villa Lina, (six hours) and we have eaten all our meals together which Laura has prepared for us. Every meal gets more delicious than the last. So far, we are very happy here. Brian has been working in the vineyard and I have been pruning the hedges. Which is how I got my farmers tan. Yippee. The only frustrating thing is not being able to access the internet on the farm. Yesterday, Brian and I took a long walk outside of the farm and its so gorgeous. We are looking forward to doing that more often. Brian has gotten two recipes from Laura for some of her delicious cooking. Her apple torte is published with Slow Food. As soon as we find a faster internet connection with more time, we will post our pictures from Viareggio and the farm. We will try to make another post soon, but it might take a little while…thanks for keeping up with us!
Jessica and Brian

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