October 1

I left Christine's house this morning for the city of Bastia. I believe that I left the olive trees and almond trees in good order. Before the harvest seasons all of the trees must be "prepared." This means that all of the dead branches need to be cut, all of the prickly plants that live under them taken out and the grass cut with a pair of clippers (call me crazy but there has to be an easier way to cut grass than a small pair of clippers-weed whacker maybe? oh well). Then we put down a cheesecloth sheet to catch the olives and almonds that fall. The work was really fun towards the end of the week when I got to start using the chainsaw to cut dead branches and unwanted trees. If I could have a job in which I used a chainsaw everyday I think I would be happy.

Anyways, I am now in a cyber cafe in Bastia. In about 6.5 hours I am going to take a huge ferry to Toulon and then Nice from there. I will arrive at the next farm (making cheese in the Alps) on Monday after 2 days of relaxation in Nice.

I am going to try and post some pics right now but I am not sure it will work.

Au revoir!