I was fortunate enough to be offered some temporary work harvesting the grapes on the banks of the river Sil. Having no other income at the moment it was welcome. This is the famous Amandi region with some very steep precipices which had me wondering why I had cancelled my life assurance. The views were amazing. We were taken to different vineyards in different parts of the Amandi. I had never picked grapes before and it was hard work! We started at 8.15am and on one day finished at 8pm. We were fed four course meals with as much wine, beer and liqueurs or water as we wanted. After two and half days (I did it at the same time as the beekeeping course) I was covered in bruises and sliced my finger but the company was good and the scenery amazing. There were four different nationalities in the grape picking force which also made a nice mixture. How wine is sold so cheaply though I do not know as we scrambled over the rocky terraces and boxes of grapes were carried up and down the steep descents.
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Well I know how you like your grapes Kerry. That looks very hard work but you seem to have had a good time. I'm sure the grapes picked by you were the sweetest of all. I guess there's still no-one around there who needs English lessons then? What about giving some of the English ex-pats Spanish lessons? I know a lot of the older ex-pats never learn to speak the language and you'd be an ideal teacher for them.
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