Saturday, 29 March 2014

Day 18: Hidden Oaks: My First Day

When I woke up I just basically followed my new roomies around since I had no idea how things worked or what I would do. I met a korean couple in the morning who also volunteered.

The schedule of the day was:

8:00 to 9:00 breakfast
9:00 to 10:30 work
10:30 to 10:45 tea time (break)
10:45 to 12:30 work
12:30 to 1:30 lunch
1:30 to 3:00 work
3:00 to 3:15 tea time (break)
3:15 to 4:30 work
And dinner at 6:30

Work basically involved sorting hazelnuts and picking them out of the husks after harvesting. They should basically just pop out, if the husks are hard to peel off then the hazelnut is most likely empty. Hazelnuts with dark red husks are generally empty since they are older. So educational!
After work we all swam in the pool. Unfortunately it was really cold... oh well.
I felt that it was nice to finally unpack my things a bit and know where I was going to be for the next few weeks...
Harvested hazelnuts

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