Well only another day or so and our girls leave us...
The whole thing has been a great experience for us, and for them I hope. We've had two lovely girls, Natasha & Phillipa. They've both been pleasant, polite and hard working, they've eaten everything put in front of them with gusto! And done the dishes afterwards...
They0've been helping out with the main task of weeding the veg patch, but i've tried to vary the tasks for them as well, we've also added in some fun stuff like picking and making Elderflower Champagne, 15litres in all. We spent a peaceful morning picking wild Lavender and hanging it in bunches in the kitchen to dry for medicinal remedies this winter, great for headaches and in a hot bath at the end of a busy day... We've also had tons of cherries so yesterday they stoned some for cherry crepes for dinner and we then made some cherry liquer to put away for Winter Solstice. Just Aguadente, 8oz sugar, and as many cherries as you can push through the top of the bottle... we did 2 litres...
The day before we cut a whole row of Coriander... then the girls spent the morning, chopping garlic and the coriander then proccessing it together with olive oil and salt and putting it into sterilised jars to keep for the winter... we then had it on spaggetti with parmesan cheese for lunch.... mmmmmnnn yummm but did we stink.... heheheh
Ive just got used to having them around and now they are leaving...
Today they are off to Coimbra for the day sightseeing, then we are out to a local resturant for dinner tonight...
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