Life in Lanjaron and the Alpujarras has been wonderful. My brother and I had the privilege of spending the holidays here at La Casa del Viento. Ann has been a wonderful host and created a great home away from home. She has been kind enough to take us around to different places and introduced us to the local culture and traditions. The Three Kings Parade and eating grapes at the stroke of midnight for New Year's was a lot of fun and unique to experience. 

Work here really isn't "work" it's more...
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I have now been at La Casa del Viento for a little over a week and the Christmas spirit is definitely poking out its pretty little head now. I am staying here with my Danish friend Louise and we have escaped the Danish winter cold and gone to Spain and who can think of a better place to spend the Holidays than in the Alpujarras. We have seen great sunny days with half-naked woodcutting in the warm December sun, as well as rainy days involving Christmas decorations and gift wrapping.

I have see...
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First Thoughts and Overall feel. 

Im not sure when or how long exactly it was since i arrived at La Casa Del Viento, i believe i have been here for about 4 

weeks but it has felt as though it was at least two months, time goes slowly in Lanjaron but it in positive way as there is 

so much beauty around to admire no matter what time of day it is. More than aesthetically pleasing, relaxing and meditating 

were a collection of natural highs i experienced for a couple of days when i first arrived and...

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The days here are so long, in a happy way. I start by watering my vegetable garden, my patch which I have nurtured for over a week now. It is so good to reap the rewards and use them in the kitchen; the other day I made a gazpacho for lunch using the beautiful fresh Spanish tomatoes, another time I made lemon meringue pie with fresh fruit from the tree. The pie was actually a dessert for Ann's weekly Sunday roasts, a real treat for locals, clients and helpers alike. 

It feels like a very balan...
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With my phrase book still gripped firmly between my fingers I stepped forward from the back of the station platform and approached the elderly but robust looking driver and uttered, in my absolute best Spanish, the phrase I had been repeating to myself over and over for the last 10 minutes. Sadly the response it drew was not what I had hoped for; in fact the poor man looked at me as if I had just addressed him in Swahili. Undeterred I glanced down at my phrasebook, ran through the sentence on...
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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 wi...
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My name is Belinda and I am allergic to cats. I also don’t particularly like cats. However, right now I am sitting on the couch with one black cat curled up next to me and another comfortably tucked up on my lap. And I wonder why. Let me introduce Kit, or one-white-whisker as he was once known, a former feral 'bad boy' from the wrong side of the tracks rescued by Ann is a statuesque cat who does nothing more than sit on the bench, stare into space, and sleep.

He doesn't seem to be a fan of ...
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I just arrived at La casa del Viento 3 days ago and i m enjoying this new place and all the activities going on around.According to the weather that was a little bit windy and rainy during the last days we had the anyway the chance to do some olive picking. The funny thing is that weather here changes so quickly that it can be rainy in the morning and sunny after ten minutes to start to rain again after a while.But when the sun comes out it s really nice and quite warm and you have a beautifu...

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The 8th of January will mark my 3 month stay here at La Casa del Vieto in Lanjaron and after that there is only one week until I depart to the UK. These last weeks have been a whirlwind of some not so great weather but its all been made up with the company of some very great people. Ann has two sets of clients staying in La Rosa and La Vista at the moment and its so nice having them around for the company. Most nights that they've been here we have been making dinners together and e...

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So i have been helping Ann here at La Casa Del Viento for nearly two and a half months. Working here has allowed me to try a whole variety of new things such as harvesting Almonds from the trees and picking Olives. These are two things that i am sure can only be done here in Andalusia Spain, or atleast its how i imagine the original Spanish culture to be. Living and working here in Lanjaron allows me to experience the untouched Spanish culture which i find to be rare in Western Europe.

Today i...

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Lately at La Casa del Viento it's been setting up and getting ready for the holiday season, with the Christmas tree now up (put up Today by eve and I) the Christmas music is blaring and the kitchen smells of all the delicious food we will be enjoying tomorrow for Sunday lunch.

Ive been helping here at La Casa del Viento for about two months now and enjoying every minute of it, the work days are enjoyable aswell as the two days we get off a week to enjoy the surroundings and take beautiful hik...
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