Week One on the Farm!

Hello everyone,

Just wanted to send a quick update before dinner and some wine on the terrace (can't miss that!)...

The week has been great kinda getting into the swing of things here on the farm. For the most part our days are full of various different work activities with some afternoons being 'informational'. We have started language lessons although I am very intimidated still by the language. This past few days have been filled with lifting logs (a lot of logs), some pruning of the vines getting them ready for harvest in a month or month and a half, and some bottling of last years wine in the cantina. It has been great switching from task to task as a get a bit of ADD when stuck doing the same thing. Tomorrow we have the day off and are going to a artisanal, small pasta maker in Greve (Chianti) and a vineyard in the afternoon. I know kinda ridiculous. I will take notes for sure, as my first attempt awhile back at homemade pasta was a pretty epic failure.

All in all the people here are great. The people in the program, while all different, have interesting points of connection...passions, past jobs, etc.

Highlights this week:
1) Last night's dinner which included (all homemade of course):
Bruschetta
Lasagna
Venison braised with chocolate and pine nuts (crazy right?)
Coffee Gelato! - Delicious
Limoncello

2) Trail runs around Spannocchia

3) Ongoing sustainable food/gastronomic conversations and debates

4) Slowly finding my rhythm here

Anyway, just wanted to toss out a quick update! All is well over here!
Forgive the bad grammar and misspellings as I am not proofing this as I am paying by minute :/

More later...I miss you all and can't wait to touch base as I can!