I worked the night shift for the busiest week of harvest. Four days in a row of 15 hours at work wasn't exactly fun, but I did get to see the sunrise on my way home. A couple times, I was still working when the morning shift arrived. The good news was that most of harvest was finsihed. But just when I needed sleep, I had to wake up early to go get my work permit ID card from Immigration.
The weekend was relaxing. I went to Pecs for shopping, learned some Hungarian words and basic verb conjugations, and saw some statues created by local artists on the hill near Villany. I discovered two good imported beers; a dark Czech beer and one called Kaiser from Austria.
Yesterday, we worked early but couldn't finish the harvest before a big storm blew in. The horizontal rain drops hurt when they hit us. I visited the doctor again for strep throat that won't go away, so Alain gave me the rest of the week off to recuperate. The only thing left to harvest is a bit of Syrah for rose this week, then we wait two weeks for red grapes.
I received an email from Alain's winemaker friend in West Australia and she asked for my resume, so hopefully that will work out for February. I will probably go to Tokaj for one week in October, then back to Villany, then back to Tokaj for the late harvest sweet winemaking called aszu in November.
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