Andrea and Bessy

So today was the big winery day! Andrea and Bessy work at the YHA, cleaning up the rooms and common areas and generally making it look spiffy. I saw a walking vacuum cleaner in the common room early in the morning and was perturbed until I saw it was just the vacuum cleaner wearing Andrea for propulsion. They stay for free in exchange for work. A lot of places that cater to backpackers in Oz have this kind of arrangement, according to Andrea. She’s doing this because picking fruit for 10 hours a day is not her cuppa tea (she’s English).

Andrea on the left side from LHR, Bessy’s to her left from YYZ
Florio also joined us. He’s from northern Italy. The part of Italy where they learn German in addition to Italian and the nearest airport is in Austria (?). I think he was either camera shy or was taking pix of the girls too. He learned english in four weeks using CDs and books and he’s more articulate than many of my frens in SF. Of course a lot of them are in IT so they speak an completely different language.