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Europe » Italy » Calabria » Zambrone March 14th 2011

Time is certainly flying by!  Mary and I are now down at our second farm in Sicily, but before we discuss that I wanted to describe our last few weeks at our first farm in Calabria.  As you may have seen our last blog update was more pictures from Pirapora (the name of their farm), the view never got old!  Now to continue from Marys last blog entry: Our fellow WWOOFers Sean and Frances left 2 days after our beach weekend to head down to Sicily.  Mary and I were now the only two WWOOFers for the next 3 weeks.  We definitely lucked out with the weather that first week, because over the next few weeks we dealt with the Calabrian winter- lots of wind and rain.  However they did have plenty of activities for us ... read more

Europe » Italy » Calabria » Zambrone March 4th 2011

The last few pictures of the farm...headed onto Sicily for the next!!... read more
Another room shot
Pathway outside the kitchen
Views from the roof of the restaurant

Europe » Italy » Calabria » Zambrone February 20th 2011

Here are some pictures from Rome, and the farm!! Miss everyone!!... read more
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Our first farm!

Europe » Italy » Calabria » Zambrone February 15th 2011

Pirapora So we finally arrived at the first farm! It's located in a small town called Zambrone in Calabria, a region in southern Italy.  When Jon and I walked up to the house we could see the most spectacular view of the sun setting over the Mediterranean Sea.  Its amazing!! A little background on the farm: it's family owned by Giovanni "Johnny" and Franco who inherited the land from their parents. Johnny is married to Lauren who is English, they have 2 children, Luca age 5 and Sophia age 3.  Franco is married to Rosey who is Brazilian and they have 2 children as well, Michal and Sarah, both somewhere between the ages of 14-16. Together they operate a B & B and restaurant in the summer, which is 80% sustained from the farm.  They have ... read more




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