Friday 16th of may 

Friday is our cleaning day, but Bryan had some hours left to do so Megan cleaned most of the camper. Cleaning with 6 little kittens running around and chasing each other and your feet isn’t an efficient way of working. When they finally stopped, Megan could clean a little more. The little ones find really unusual spots to sleep now, but it always brings a smile on our faces when we find out. In the evening Megan watered the plants and called with a friend.

Saturday 17th of may

The blog had to be on time this week so we worked most of the day on it. The weather was nice and warm so we also enjoyed the sun. Megan is trying to learn some more Portuguese again and worked on some Portuguese crossword puzzle. Then we heard something around the camper and some really nice people from the camping came to see the kittens. We talked about our plans and they did the same. A little time passed after they left before the man came back with a painting. He didn’t say much, just gave it to Bryan and we thanked him. It was a painting of our camper at the current location and we loved it! It was their way of thanking us for cuddling with the kittens, but we would just give them that for nothing. 

Sunday 18th of may 

We had to get some groceries again so we packed the camper and got ready to drive to the supermarket, but it was raining a bit and the driveway was slippery. Too slippery for our campers liking. So we started slipping and couldn’t get over the last bump. After a few tries we finally made it, but it will be a problem if we can’t make it every time. 

The kittens had to stay in the travelbox so when we got home they were very active and they played with anything they could find. The rest of the day we played with the kittens and rested for next week.

Monday 19th of may

In the morning Megan got a text from Merel asking if she could check in 2 campers. Ofcourse she didn’t mind and even enjoyed it. When they were settled in, the real work started. We worked in the garden. We also sat down to see what our plan would be, because it is almost the end of the month and at first we wanted to stay here for only a month, but we truly enjoy our time here!

Tuesday 20th of may

In the morning we helped the people from the camping out of the steep driveway. They had a similar camper as us and were scared they couldn’t make it. We blocked off the road and he made first try, luckily. After that we had to get to work. First in the ducks place freeing the trees. Then we went down and helped Jaime and Tarik. We needed to wait and decided to call it a day. Back at the camper we worked for our jobs and enjoyed the sun. Bryan helped Merel in the evening with cutting a tarp, before calling it a night.

Wednesday 21st of may

We worked on the gravel path. When we were done with it we went down to the other volunteers and helped them for a little bit. The petrol was empty so we were done sooner than usual. When we got back it was a cuddle and relaxing time.

Thursday 22nd of may

In the morning we got a call from Merel to move the camper away because a tractor is going to mow the road behind us. We decided that it was a short way so we could check how the kittens would react if we didn’t put them in the travel case. It went better than expected and they never stopped playing. So we moved everything and went to work.

We worked on the gravel again for batch 2. We had a little bit extra so we made a sitting area and even after that we still had 2 hills of gravel extra. Bryan went down to help the other volunteers and Megan had a tutoring lesson. After that we were going to put the camper on the new gravel path we made, but the camper got stuck again so we could park it on the camping spot for a night. In the evening we had a lovely time and even talked with another volunteer till late in the evening. When it was time to go to bed we had a bit of a new experience. The kittens can climb on the bed now and they are ready to stay the night there. Jan didn’t like that and went up and down the stairs meowing like usual. But the kittens loved it. At one point we had all the kittens and Jan on the bed with us. (a bit crowded for our liking) And if we put them down they would just climb back up again.