Staying with Matt and Idoya

March 26^th

Stayed at Matt and Idoya’s house. Talked to Martin. Evidently Martin was having a string of bad luck too. Sometimes I feel like I am having a string of bad luck too, like I can’t do anything right, so I had total compassion for Martin. We talked to him and then I let David talk to him while I cleaned up the kitchen so he could rest. Martin is a woodworker from Austria, so is his partner Minion and Dax as well. There is a very interesting thing that happens with this trade. It seems that you go to school and then when you graduate you have to leave for 2 years or more and travel to different places so you can learn about how to do the work for different people. They wear a traditional outfit, that looks kind of Amish and they need to wear it all the time so people know that they are doing what they are doing. People will put them up and give them things to help them on their journey. It’s really an amazing learning experience. Turns out Martin hurt his back so he was laid out for a while until he could get to the chiropractor so we were able to have some good Martin time for talking. We caught up with Minion, Idoya, Matt, Deni and Dax later that evening and Idoya made Paia.