27 January 2013

A day in our life


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Getting up at 7 am, just when the sun rises, starting to work an hour later. 
 view from our hut at sunrise

We weed, plant, build or clean. Every mon, wed and fri is harvest day, then we start an hour earlier, so the goods will arrive at the Auroville market in time. 
At 10am there’s a tea break, where the best and sweetest chai tea is served I ever had. After that we either continue work or help in the kitchen, so lunch can be served to all the workers (usually min. 20 people) at noon. Every work day we have one chef responsible for the menu, and some helpers, who cook vegetarian or vegan food. Last week it was Klaus and my turn, and everyone was very happy with our creation.
Lesson: cooking for a large mass. Check.
After lunch we’re free to do whatever we want. Dinner we have to cook ourselves. Bedtime? Doesn’t exist, though we SHOULD be quiet after 10pm, but sometimes you can hear drums until late at night.
So what do we do in our free time? Well, for example a course here in Auroville.
Lesson: doing a drum course. Check.
Or we go out to play ultimate Frisbee…
 

Or we drive around on our moped...
Or we just hang out with the others on the farm, playing music. (this is in the kitchen)
And finally, a photo of our home:
More photos to come. Internet is slow and not always available. Thank you for your patience!
Lia + Klaus

3 comments:

Johannes said...

Do you play Ultimate with a "real" club or is it just some people who enjoy playing with a disc?

Unknown said...

It is a real club with over 30 People per practise day. We're playing at the end of the practise always a little tournament with 4 teams. They are quite goods players and the young guns (6-10 years old) throw at least really good.

They are Top 5 in India!
On Friday the HAT Tournaments starts here! Very excited

Unknown said...

but to be honest, half of the players are quite new (in Auroville and to ultimate), so even to do a stack can be difficult... ;)
and yes, the HAT will be exciting! more stories about it after the weekend!