When we are not busy with work we have to find ways to entertain ourselves. I study and practice Spanish on the porch which overlooks the vineyard, or take rides on the tractor. We added playing with numchucks to our activities as Jaille brings them to work. Jaille is Brazilian so he speaks Portuguese, of which I speak none, but somehow Katie and I communicate with him pretty well. He is ridiculously strong and always helps Katie and I when we need it. He lives ...

A normal days diet here consists of a lot of meat, rice, bread, and wine. Despite being on a farm, they just don't have a lot of love for vegetables. Because of this Katie and I decided to add jogging to our day of manual labor to offset the effects of a meat and wine diet. Since by the end of the 11 hour day, we are less motivated, we decided to start getting up at 6:30 to jog unfortunately in the pitch black, as we are in the country and it's dirt roads and ...

Life on the Bodega is so simple. Im living in a little house, with a kitchen, living room, bathroom, a bedroom where Katie and I sleep, and a darling little porch that overlooks the vineyards and farm. Aside from Katie, our room mates are a family of little frogs that hide behind our kitchen counters and jump out and scare me whenever I'm not expecting it, or jump on us when we are sleeping, a large spider I named Charlotte who is very shy and never comes down fr...

Uruguay, so many people asked me where it is when I said I was going that I decided to write a few facts about the country, because it is wonderful. Truth be told, I did not know much about the place I was going to live for the next few months. However now I am in love with it, we are in a relationship, and please don´t be mad when we pass out maps at Christmas. :) Uruguay, which means "River where the painted birds live", was listed third in the world's Env...