I'm so excited, I'm coughing up butterflies!

So it's almost the big day! Just one more night in Campbell River. Oh my god, I made it! I survived two months of sleeping in my parents basement in Campbell River (in case it hasn't been clear, Campbell River has got to be my least favorite town that I have ever lived in. I just find it so lackluster and uninspiring). And of course I love my parents, and it's not that they are difficult to live with (at all!). It's living without my independence that is difficult.

I moved out on my own the second I had the chance and oh what a glorious day that was. Just seventeen. The year I sported a rather stylish black and burgundy mohawk.  Now I'm 25, but that no matter how old you get you will always feel like a kid/teenager again the minute you're back living (or "extended visit", as I'd like to refer to it as) with the folks.

But very soon I'll have my independence back. I can see that light glowing warm and bright at the end of this tunnel... and that light is the sunny weather of Tuscany! FINALLY. It feels like I have been waiting forever. But first a quick stop in Vancouver with some very special ladies for Caribbean food and rum cocktails at the Reef and then two nights in London, catching up with an old friend and roommate I met in Victoria, BC. Che vita! 

And then there were two...

It has now been confirmed that my friend, Julia, will be joining me on the farm in Tuscany. So exciting! The funny thing is the one thing I was trying to avoid on farms was being the only volunteer. Not only did I know that being the only volunteer was a big possibility, but the owner of the farm often spends evenings and some weekends with family in Pisa. And being March, it's not quite tourist season yet, so that would mean fat chance at very many travelers renting out one of her holiday apartments.

A couple weeks ago I was feeling a bit of regret for having chosen this farm, thinking I was going to have one lonely month a head of me. But then I decided to change my thoughts and told myself that there had to be a reason I chose that farm. And here it is!

Julia had spoke of an interest in WWOOFing a couple times but no concrete plans of any sort. Then just two days ago I got a e-mail from her asking about the farm I was going to and if they had a need for anymore volunteers. And they sure do! Oh what a lovely twist to the start of my Journey....

At the end of the road another one begins.

July Farm#5 Truro, Cornwall, England

Woodland Valley is a 170 acre farm situated in a secluded valley just outside the town of Truro and in the very heart of Cornwall, UK. It is a family run, organic farm with a residential study centre and group accommodation. Here's there website! http://www.woodlandvalley.co.uk/

This will be the last of my pre-arranged WWOOFing farm placements, as I have decided to leave August open. August is my last planned month in Europe, with my flight leaving from London on September 6th. But I have a feeling I will be missing that flight...