Anna Villa , Rome

My new work was at a farm and B and B called Villa Anna about 40km outside Rome. It was owned and run by an English couple called Mick & Angela Brown. Mike had been in the air force and after leaving the service they had opened up B and B's around England in area like the Lake District. They had finally got sick of the English weather and had moved to Italy to start up Anna Villa and some farming. They grew all their own vegetables and grapes for wine. It was so lovely.

Mike and Angela are really nice people and a pleasure to work for. When I arrived they made me a cup of tea and we waited for the other worker Sharon to arrive. Sharon was a blast. She was in her thirties and had just packed up and sold her life at home for a one-way ticket to Italy and the world. She did not have any really plans expect she wanted to go to India and China and Tibet. We spent hours swapping ideas on where to travel to. I loved it.

Working at Anna Villa was great. We would work for one day and then have the next day off to explore Rome. The work involved gardening and general farming. Both Sharon and I liked manual labour so it did not take us long to get through most of the days jobs. In the evening we would have dinner with Mike and Angela, which was always amazing, and get to sample some of the farms wine. Yummy! I could have stayed there forever. The weather was really hot around 35 everyday but the we had a pool to swim in so Sharon and I spent our lunchtimes relaxing in the pool. After a week however I had to say goodbye to Mike and Angela and start the train trip up to Sweden!