Here I am in Paris. I am about to go work on bio farms registered in the Wwoof organization (http://www.wwoof.org/). (There is also Helpx http://www.helpx.net/ which might be useful). These farms, in principle, give you room and board and some teaching, in exchange of five days of work per week day. The idea is to encourage teaching and exchange in the world of bio farming.
I wish to keep a blog during the travel, which would serve as notes for myself, and would potentially be interesting to others.
The first stop will be in the Creuse, in the very center of France, with a Scottish couple who tries to live self-sustainably with respect to food and energy. After this, I will see. I do not have a plan.
It was funny to hear the reactions of my family, in Paris, when I told them that I am going in the Creuse. They would either laugh, or ask me where it is. The main city of the Department is Guéret. And yes, who has ever heard of Guéret?
Why I chose to start with this place, I am not sure. I think that I was compelled by the Scottish's description of the Creuse as being one of the wildest region of France, untouched by industrialized farming and tourism.
"Wild"? When I looked at the images of the area on Google Maps, I saw only fields and pastures. That, as a Canadian, does not sound very wild to me...
