More olive picking

And the new olive oil has arrived. Everybody relieved. The result of 10 days of hard work is 400 liter. This is for 1 family only.

The consumption of olive oil is very high in the villages around here, contrary to the city. I’ve seen people drink it and lick their fingers as if it were honey.

As if we couldn’t get enough of picking olives, we have been helping out Mohamed’s youngest brother the past 3 days. He is living in the city and married to an “Aleppina”. His wive and daughters do not pick olives. This is why he asks his brothers and sisters to help him out.

The sun is still shining from sunrise to sunset. No clouds.

After sunrise, it is much colder, and it is not possible to live without heating anymore. I’ve bought a super deluxe stove working on diesel with electric ignition and turbo. When the turbo is put on hot air is blown. There are 2 levels of turbo. 1 stove is enough to heat 100 m².
;<BR>All visitors admire this stove, as they have the small round manual version. When they hear it is 4 times more expensive than the usual model, they cannot believe someone spends that much money on a stove.

I still haven’t figured out the set of values. It is totally different from mine. Food, water, electricity, heating, etc. are necessities for which I spend what is needed or more. On the other hand, I don’t need the most fancy washing machine, I can live without television, etc. And that the locals find very strange.

Here are many houses in which there is no running water, but they have satellite television. Many days there is no bread nor vegetables (forget the meat), but they have a big screen television.

It is a different mentality which many Europeans have too, but here it seems to be the rule with very few exceptions.

Today we are levelling the entrance towards the back of the house. We will not only have a garden, but also camping facilities for the many adventurous travellers with campers and tents that come into the country via Turkey. A project for the winter.