Typical day as a WWOOFer during the Belgian invasion:
Wake up at 8 and drink coffee. Make and serve breakfast. Take a rest when possible, drink coffee, catch up on reading, go for a walk, etc. Plan and cook dinner (and I've recently been assigned to separate vegetarian dishes for us animal lovers). Clean up dinner dishes, hang out with wwoofers/belgians. Repeat.
The property consists of one main house 4 separate cottages, a yoga chalet, pool/pond, hot tub, 2 pigs, chickens, a donkey, and a windmill. The family has lived here for over 20 years and are completely comfortable opening their door to strangers all the time. I learned that the best person who ever stayed in the house was a Tibetian monk named Stardust who had a great passion for life and enjoyed smiling. I'm trying to keep up and hopefully surpass this great man but it has been very difficult as a simple West Virginian. Please post any suggestions so that I may leave a happy legacy in Ireland!
I have really enjoyed observing Belgians and their customs. First, they do not have Great American Chocolate Chip Cookies so that was easily corrected yesterday with a fresh batch from yours truly. Also, they are completely comfortable to openly give one another foot massages at various times throughout the day. Students are allowed to drink alcohol on school trips but are limited to 2 beers each. The students are fluent in English and completely immersed in American culture (which unfortunately means bad pop music).
That's all for now! More soon!
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