This Country Grows on You

We are finding that the countryside down here grows on you. Somehow the harsh stony environment has its’ own attractions. We like the little villages often set on hilltops surrounded by grapevines. At the moment, as the vendage has just finished, it is probably at its best with plenty of action around the place and the vines have plenty of green on them. So we wonder what it must be like here in the winter when the skies are grey and the hillsides bare. There are buckets of English speaking people in most towns and villages and it looks like most places are growing.