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Its been about a month since I last wrote so I will try to summarize and add some good details as much as possible. After our adventures in naples we went off to meet Rosa, the quirkiest little italian woman. She lived alone in Monte Falcione close to Avelino in Campagnia, though she had a husband and son in Naples. Monte Falcione was on the mountain side at a semi high altitude. We had mostly good weather, mild but sunny until our last day when we left to avoid the predicted snow. Rosa was cute and old and lived off the land and survived using natural medicine. The house we stayed in was very cold and to get the heat and hot water going a fire had to be built and reach a certain temperature. To keep warm at nightwe had to use hot water bottles. We ate mostly food she had grown, bottled or was fresh and in season from the market. The work was nice and relaxing. We pruned the branches of grape trees to prepare for grape production on a series of vineyards along with random yard work and cleaning. She had two dogs; frets and boss. Frets was the new arsenico because he destroyed all. During the time we stayed in Capagnia we got days off and had some time before heading to sicily (our next farm destination) to make a few tours of local coastal communities. We did day trips to Sorrento, Pompeii and Almafi and spent a night in Ischia- which was more or less a deserted island. Pompeii was really cool but got boring after the first 2 hours. The main attractions were the amphitheater, brothel and field of the dead bodies. In total we stayed at the hostel of the sun 3 times and it would later be known as our head quarters. It was there that we met many interesting people traveling like us.
From Naples we took an overnight train to Catania in Sicily. We spent 2 nights there. The first day we arrived very early after taking the overnight train and had some time to explore the city and get food from quite possibly the best market I may ever experience in my life. The food was so fresh and the market went on for many streets. There was fruit, vegetables, fish, meat, cheese, crepes and candy- this description doesn't do it justice. The marlets in the main square which has a really cool elephant statue made from volcanic rock, much like most of the city buildings due to mount etna being really close. The elephant is the protector of the city.
The first night we were exhausted from traveling but went out for a few drinks and dinner but went to bed early. The next day we attended the most famous Sicilian carnivale celebration in Acireale. The floats were amazing. The parade started off with a float featured Brarack Obama, Michael Jackson and the statue of Liberty which said Black power. The streets were filled with people, many dressed in costume, and confetti and silly string. I was of course in a homemade red tutu I fashioned with some tooling and a gold mask. It was a great celebration. Afterwards, back at the hostel we made friends with a beautiful quebecois man biking through europe. Becky ran into her friend from high school who was abroad and happened to be staying at the same hostel, ironically, and there was another girl from uvm... Small world. Also, the room next to us had male italian models who were in town for a photo shoot. it was quite an interesting situation.
The next morning it was time to head out and catch a few trains and buses to find our next farm in borgo tudia.. TO BE CONTINUED

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