so then we left

so we left the farm
we had to have one of those super awkward talks where you tell someone you hate them but try to make it seem like its about something else; maybe thats not a common conversation, i guess we were kind of breaking up with them.

we wanted to say: we hate you, you are annoying, you need to treat us better than hired help, i will not pick up rocks anymore, it was a mistake to come here (maybe less harsh than that)

we said: it is a health hazard to be here, ariela will die if we stay (or just the health hazard part), its ima and abbas fault because they said we have to leave, we wanted to pick lavander and make jam, sorrryyyyy

wow, i am glad that is over. i am also glad that we made friends with their cleaning lady who is 24 and she let us stay with her the night. she lives in a big house with 9 people and we had a little bonfire party and it was really nice. especially nice not to stay at the farm after THE TALK.
we spent thursday taking the french trains north and arrived in montlucon in the afternoon and wondered how we would find the family. but we spotted them, a woman with two little kids all dressed in farm clothes which are not any different than kibbutz clothes.

sooo new farm. Eve, Filip (which i managed to call pierre for a few days), marius 6 who i called maurice until he whispered to his mother to correct me; and sarah 3 who we have to befriend every morning before she will talk to us.
super super cute family who works REALLY hard on their farm with lots of vegetables. we pick potatoes, beans, lots of tomatoes; plant strawberries and leaks and turnips.

but it is so different than baume rousse. we live in a room in their house, eat every meal with them which takes an hour and a half each time and goes like this: breakfat 8:30, lunch 2:30, dinner 9;30 its a little unusual. we help cook and clean and watch the kids sometimes, we are basically let in as a part of the family; what a nice change.

there have been lots of visitors; eves sister and her two screaming kids who we lost marius and sarah to, they couldnt talk to us with all the excitement of their cousins; eves mother and father and stepfather; and friends-soon-to-be-business partners and thei baby paul. lots of people lots of excitement.