Lately we've been getting out more. For various reasons. It's been nice to visit with some of the friends we've been making here. It helps our language skills and it demonstrates that we are willing and trying to become part of the larger community. It's also a lot of fun.
This past weekend I helped some friends buy a pig for the holidays by donating the use of our vehicle. Actually, I drove cause it sounded like an interesting trip. First we drove to the owner's house and chatted with him for a while. Then we got a guide - the owner's son - to drive with us to the pig farm which was up in the mountains a ways and show us the pigs.
I don't know if the breeze was right or if they keep the place really clean, but there really was very little smell - nothing like that awful smell when you drive past a pig farm in the States.
There were several stalls like the ones in these pictures. I never counted, but I would estimate there were at least 50 pigs there.
Once the pig was chosen, it was put in a sack and put in the back of our car. It seemed to be pretty content to just be left alone in the sack. I heard a rumor they were going to name it Christmas.
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