It would not be true travel without something completely ridiculous occuring. Our day started out a bit frantic and ended a bit overwhelming. We were a bit slow moving in the morning, not sleeping much the night before as we had spent most of the night out saying our final farewells to friends, so natuarally we were a little late leaving Sicignano for Salerno. We arrived in Salerno approximately ten minutes before our train departed not having bought our tickets yet. Alas, with a little lady luck on our side the train was running five minutes behind. All was good until we arrived in Rome where we had fifteen minutes switch trains. As we are in line to get off the train and grab our bags we hear the sound of rocks falling on the ground. Our stomachs immediately sink as we remember Maggie had stuffed the outside pockets of her bag with rocks and stones from the river in Piedimonte. People are stepping over her bag and looking at the rocks on the ground like 'what crazy idiot stuffs their bag with rocks!?' Feeling stupid and embarassed we decide not to pick up the rocks on the ground and continue to grab my bag only to find that the strap has gotten jammed in the door not allowing it to close. Worried that the train was going to soon leave Maggie frantically pulls out a pair of fabric scisors (we purchased in Sicignano for 5 euro to cut my hair) and we cut the strap off (sorry Michelle, I'll get it fixed once we get home) grap our bags and get the hell out of dodge just in time to catch our final train to Cecina. The train was hot, stuffy and smelly but we didn't care. We were on our way.
Arriving in Cecina we were greated by Marina, our new host! After about two minutes we learned that someone had told a little white lie, on the WWOOF Italia farm list, stating she spoke a 'little' English. Va bene, va bene. Looks like our Italian is going to continue to improve! Feeling very tired from our journey, and lack of sleep, dinner was a bit overwhelming as Georgeo, Marina's husband, spoke a millions miles a minute to us as if we spoke the language. We had a pretty good laugh about the entire day once we got back to our room and wished you could have all been here to experience it with us!
The farm is beautiful and so is Tuscany! The farm itself is huge and it is hard to believe that only Marina and Georgeo run it by themselves. Pictures to come.
Ok, that's all for now. We are sitting in a supermarket using the internet, weird I know, and our time is about to run out. Love to all,
C & M
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