Well the weekend of May 16/17th had me accepting another
work away in another location – I guess it was time for a new experience in a
new location with new people.
So I am off to Bant, Netherlands, which is located in the
province of Flevoland north of where I am now. Flevoland is the newest and
youngest of the Netherlands provinces, as it was created by dykes to make more
land. I am told by Erwin that the soil is clay (which I thought I was already
working in) and it’s true clay at its finest and can be a pain in the butt to
work with – so I guess I will have to get bigger muscles!! Emerlood is the largest city around with
around 25,000 residence and Bant is about 6km’s away, a perfect 20 min bike
ride. Bant itself only has about 1300 residence, so it will be a bit like
Grandview, MB.
I will be volunteering on a biological fruit/vegetable
garden/farm – so I am excited to see what the new experience will hold and also
excited to hear that I may be meeting up with previous volunteer Rachel
(England) again!
My final week on the Bamboo farm has been a good one to end
the chapter in this book. We got a lot done with only myself being the only
volunteer at the farm and worked hard. I think I even managed to make it into
Jared’s (my supervisor) book of best hard working volunteers, yay!!
The weather turned warm this week reaching 25-30 everyday,
which made for heavy rainfall and thunderstorms in the evenings, but thankfully
I didn’t drown.
Jared and his wife Deanna, we kind enough to invite me over
to their home for diner and enjoy a home cooked meal with them, their youngest
daughter and Deanna’s sister who was visiting. A great evening out and visit to
be had, followed with some great info and pictures.
The following night, I stayed at Kyra & Erwin’s house in
the evening to watch over the children while they attended there meetings,
thankfully no one went bump in the night and I even managed to make it back to
the farm before the rain. Although I think the dog was a bit jealous as I
cuddled with their cat for a bit and she could smell it all over me.
A few of the nights Kyra & Erwin let me join them for
diners and various salads were had as the vegetable garden (mostly that I
planted) is booming and on it’s way! I just hope that it continues to grow.
I also tried to attempt to get my Sofi number, which
hopefully will all work out in the end, then I am good to go – hopefully for
all of Europe for however long I end up staying. Also picked up my official
residence card in Utecht and got to see my horrible picture after being
jetlagged at day 3 of being in the Netherlands, but at least I got it!
Friday night we had a potluck at the farm or as they call it
“American Party” and good food and company were had by all!
And the weekend found me relaxing, biking, walking the dog
by the canal and getting things sorted out before I start my next adventure.
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