May 3, 2012 - Kumlinge, Finland

Hello, world!

I am writing at 7:08 pm, and the sun is completely and totally still up. And will be for another 3 and a half more hours. I'm up north, and in a couple of weeks we're going to get a few "white nights," where it's bright for 24 straight hours. Life is crazy.

Here's a very, very big pictures-only update that will catch you all up from our experiences in Hungary. The next post will be some experiences traveling from Zaleagerzeg, Hungary to Budapest, Hungary to Prague, Czech Republic to Berlin, Germany to Copenhagen, Denmark all in one massive day of train riding, after Max had gone home. Hope you enjoy, and if you're reading this there's a very good chance I miss you and hope to see you soon.

Love,
Roger Clemens

Hungary (before and after Max left):

These pictures were from our first big project on the farm, which was building a big fence for their sheep.

Tree sap!

Inexperienced hammer-ers

That's right.

The quatro.

Post-Max, a Hungarian WWOOFer couple named Eniko and Laslzo (i definitely spelled those wrong) came to the farm, and they are the ones responsible for ruining the hair of that little boy that Jennifer and Jonathan sent off to Europe. (unfortuneately the dreadlocks didn't stay in, and I'm back to normal buckethead style.)

Eniko (in front) doing some weeding and Laszlo sporting his overalls.

Mike and Nadine's grooviest tool.

The compost pile gets a little bigger.

Laszlo and Eniko again. Some of the coolest people I've ever met.

Workin man.

Nadine and a puppy.

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Eniko and puppies

The caravan where we ate meals before switching to the summer kitchen when it got warm enough.

A cd of native american spiritual songs that Mike, our farmer, taught to Max and I. We returned the the favor by singing back to him the Siyum song, which is a song we sing at camp every night before going to bed.

The toilet!

The outdoor bathtub! That chimney-looking thing heats up your water.

This was taken inside a little temporary greenhouse/tent thing (like the above picture). We were cutting the straw from the picture above with this crazy shredder machine, and the machine was pumping the shredded straw into this tent. It was really hot and stuffy and the air was full of straw. The guy is Mike, one of the farm owners.

Thomas (Mike and Nadine's neighbor) standing next to the hole he was helping them build for a ntural, dirt-and-clay-only swimming pool.

Nadine relaxing in the grass.

Me, Freidalina (mother of the puppies!), and Laszlo. These four pictures were taken by Eniko!

I built this fire and I know I'm a badass so you don't even have to tell me.

The picture's a little fuzzy, but I think that's Mike talking.

Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.