Harvest

WORK
We have helped with the harvest every morning starting at 7:30am. We even worked in the rain. We are working along side the Hungarians, who drive every morning to earn €5 per hour. Heidi, I know I will never really be able to fully understand Hectors life in Mexico, but I now think I may now have a better idea of what he went through. We work when they say we do, yesterday we left the house in such a hurry that we did not bring our rain jackets. Of course, it rained most of the day. We were cold and wet. We also take brakes when we are told. Monday we worked 10 hours with one brake! The Hungarians have to do the hard work though, as they are the ones getting paid. The have to take the wheelbarrows up and down the ramp to the truck. It is odd how they work so fast even though they are paid hourly, but as the work if never done here they have job security. We now know that the work is very hard but has to be done by hand to maintain the quality of the wine. I earge you all to take a moment a think about all the labor and love that goes into making a good product next time you sit down to have a bottle of wine.
FAMILY AND FRIENDS
Every evening after harvesting, we are shuffled to another persons house. Most of them are somehow related to Ryan. We have looked at many photos, some people we know, some we do not know but they are happy to show them to us anyways. Sometimes their is an english speaking person there. Today we had lunch with Ann Koller, the wife of a cousin of Ryan's grandfather Joeseph. She speeks absolutly no english and our German has yet to inprove. I understood some of what she said but do not know enough to answer her questions. She made us a wonderful meal and walked us home too. This weekend we will do some sightseeing and go to a mini octoberfest for my birthday on Saturday. Check out the new photos!