Our last week on the farm began. It was a shitty day. It rained the whole time, there was no sun at all and we just planned our next couple weeks. In the evening we went for a run and got groceries with Kennedy. We´re probably gonna work this week from Tuesday to Thursday. Looking forward to our last week here. Let´s see what the week will offer us 😊
Monday: Lazy, rainy day. But we were productive. We planned our whole trip until mid june. Actually we also rent a car for our RoadTrip from Vancouver to Calgary. There was a lot to take care of. West Coast Trail, RoadTrip, accomodations, transfer… The plan is ready! Looking forward tot he next weeks. In the evening I went for a 5km run. A beautiful run. Weh ad around 12 degrees, it was rainy and I just had my pants, a tank top and my shoes on and just enjoyed running through the rain. I felt so good afterwards and I realised that this kind of weather ist he best one for me to go for a run. I enjoyed every second o fit n I had a good time. 5:17min/km. Pretty good.
Tuesday to Thursday: Our last three days of work were… I guess boring. The work we´ve done can be described with one word: rhubarab! On Tuesday we´ve been the whole day down in the field and harvested the rhubarab. A big field… fort hat reason it took us about 8 hours and the day was over. We had Steak in the evening and watched James Bond. On Wednesday our work can bescribed with: more rhubarb… We harvested the rest oft he rhubarb and after lunch our task was to cut the rhubarb in small pieces (not bigger than an inch). Such a boring task. Finally we cut about 500 kilos of rhubarb. This took us the rest oft he day and half day of Thursday. Of course I cut myself in the finger… Not tob ad but it still hurts.
Friday: Friday was going to be a nice day. In the morning I had a really great phone call with mom and dad. After this I enjoyed lunch. Chilli con Carne made by Mario. I replied to some mails, planned something else for the WCT and we prepared dinner int he afternoon. We invited Christine, Kennedy and the kids for a „german dinner“. Schnitzel, Kartoffelgratin und Bohnen im Speckmantel und dazu Karrtoffelsalat. Christine brought a salad and a dessert over. It was quiet fun and I guess they enjoyed the german kitchen. Mario and I did pretty good. I would say I definitley improved my cooking skilly in Canada.
Saturday: Big day! A new girl would come and for the first time it wasn´t a german girl. A canadien girl from Ontario will arrive at 3ish. I will tell you about her something later:) Anyways, we started the day at 9am. We took Kennedy´s car in the morning to bring our empties tot he depot. We got 24 bucks back😉 Ali came at 3. She is a nice, 20 years old girl from Vancouver, who goes to university in Ontario. We went together to the beach, went for a swim and had some beers. Nice evening. She is gonna stay 6 weeks on the farm until she goes back to university. Luckily we could hang out with her for two days. First meeting with a canadien in my age. After almost 9 months.
Sunday: Planning! I printed almost 20 files in the morning, we planned our Road Trip and I started to pack my backpack for the WCT and that was almost the day. We went for playing basketball in the evening and had Dinner together 😊
Mario and I are gonna leave the farm on Tuesday. We had such an amazing experience here. So much fun with Kennedy, but also with Christine and the kids. Thank your for having us @damali lavender & winery, we would love to come back one day.
Tom and Mario
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