Blogs from Lower Austria, Austria, Europe - page 6

Hey everyone, So how has snowy Austria been treating us? Well.....on thursday evening we was invited to an awards ceromony as both the children have won karate awards, we were so excited to actually get out and wear non farm people clothes!! we were told to dress casual and comfortable...so i put on jeans and davy wore joggers! we arrived and all we could see was people in suits and ladies in long dresses! as we walked in there was cameras flashing in every direction and a long red carpet leading up some stairs!! the photographer was chatting away in german and im assuming he was asking us to stand still for a photo! and before we could explain that we were literally just helpers that work on a farm the camera was going mad at ... read more

i have just been asked if i want to learn how to slaughter a chicken! i feel that the answer is no did u know that chickens are snow blind, so when it snows you have to make a path for them to follow otherwise they will get lost! thats literally it im afraid.....busy busy farm girl but at least u know im safe xxxx... read more

I have just sat here and wrote a really long blog entry and it deleted Only have limited time now as only paid for 20mins We heading to a place called Melk very shortly and staying on a small farm for 2 weeks and working there, not sure what internet access is like there so dont know when we can next update but hopefully soon Have to go collect rucksacks from luggage room now and get on train from westbahnhof Sorry this is not very long but i did type lots! silly computer Cannot wait to unpack and take snow boots off Love u all The helpx experience is about to start... read more

Geo: 48.2271, 15.3296Salut tout le monde,Nous avons du beau temps encore et encore (YAAH!), Aujourd'hui 8.8 Celcius vers 9 heures ce matin. Nous avons quand même besoin de bons vêtements.Nous avons visité l'abbaye de Melk. Impressionnant. Nous avons aussi été a St-Pöllen, parce que nous nous sommes perdus et devions aller voir un chateau dans une autre ville. C'était encore de vieilles affaires mais vraiment beau.Pas d'achat extravagant aujourd'hui. On est un peu cassé, mais France regarde les bijoux intensément. On pense avoir trouvé une solution pour la Porsche mais c'est à confirmer (pour répondre à la question de Chantal, malheureusement il ne restait que la blanche pour mon choix).Nous avons rencontré les mascottes de la ville : deux boucs bien pénar... read more

On the first of this month I came to a small organic farm called Al Ma'awa, located in a small village called Eitental, near to the town Melk, in Lower Austria. The farm is a family-run affair with the aim of leaving the household as self-sufficient as possible. Other than the couple who own and run the farm (Leila and Hartwig), their two children (Hannah and Yannic) and Hartwig's mother, the farm is also currently home to four other helpers: one Austrian, one Luxembourger and two Americans. In addition to the human inhabitants there are also two dogs (one of which is an absolutely adorable but enormous komondor), a lot of chickens (one of which lives in the house and thinks it's a human), several cats (including four kittens), three goats, one sheep, two pigs, four ... read more