Volunteering

Okay, so I had planned this whole trip around the idea of WWOOFing. I stay at whatever farm will take me, meet the people, immerse myself in the culture, learn the language and then continue on. Since I seem to be having a ridiculous time getting the farms to get back to me, why not just do other types of volunteering?

In college I participated in Habitat for Humanity during two of my spring breaks and wanted to continue this, but did not have the energy or time, when working. I have looked into it in France to allow me to continue with my cheap travels. I found one where I can teach English to a family for about 15 hours a week and they will be my host family. This sounds pretty good. I will continue to look into it.

I have also looked into volunteering for other countries. It is just crazy to go to so many places for a week at a time. I do not know if I could keep up with it, or even pay for the travels. Perhaps I will just stay in France, WWOOF, volunteer, and travel. When I need to leave I can go to Israel for a month or so or Switzerland, which is a lot closer. When I looked up some information about Switzerland and traveling alone I got a ridiculous number of conversation threads talking about how much they did not like the place. Perhaps Israel will be my one month layover until I go to London. It is just hard to be in London and not go to Ireland or Scotland. Or to be in France and not check out Italy. I guess I need to think about running around and possibly volunteering so many places or just getting to know a couple. I do wish that Greece was out of the EU...