Avacados are on my of my favorite food. Spainish is a language I love. Good company is a must while traveling. None of these where in short supply while at La Casa Del Viento. During my two weeks here: I met numerous local people, more than twice their number in house hold pets, ate lots and lots of delicious food, saw some of the local area, enjoyed glorious sunsets, jumped into the pool (I was the only one), explored trails, found lost articles, and of course, no helpX would be the same without a generous splattering of good-ol' muscle moving manual labor to go along with it! Our work schedule was rythmic even if the work itself wasn't. The weeks before I came broke records in the amount of rain for Lanjaron and the two weeks I was here seemed to be jealous because they tried to catch up. When it was not raining (to be fair it was sunny the majority of the time) I waterproofed houses, dug a sealing trench for our house, moved dirt to help with rain repair damage, and painted. On the days where we didn't have enough time to finish a project sometimes I and the other helpers would get on with the olive picking. This was something that I had never done but had always expected to be rather entertaining and romantic even. It really just consistes of nets and shaking tree branches, but hey, that is pretty entertaining too! On the nights where it was raining and all of us were a little tired from the cold we would all cuddle up in Anne's house for dinner, maybe some wine and a good wood fire while the "animal television" went on in the background and several of the cats conspired as to who would be the easiest to coerce out of a few scraps. Overall, La Casa del Viento has gained a reputationa amonst travelers, volunteers and locals alike for reasons made obvious to anyone who stays here. ---Hasta Lluego
