Blogs from Città della Pieve, Umbria, Italy, Europe

After six months of constant travel I was ready for something different. I landed in Rome on the 3rd of February and within a couple of days I had been caught be every tourist trap and was ready for the countryside. The Roma - Florence train dropped me about halfway in a small town called Chuisi where I was picked up and taken to Campo Grande. In the hills of Umbria Campo Grande is an organic farm that has one farmer, two dogs, four donkeys, five chickens, eight cats, and countless olive, walnut, cherry, fig, peach, and apple trees. I found the place through WWOOF (World Wide Opportunities On Organic Farms) and spent a perfect three weeks working for room and board on the farm and getting to know some amazing people. After years of neglect ... read more