Straw logs

Back in Slovenia again for another workaway 20 minutes South of Gorizia. Here Manca and Sebastian and little Luca are making a straw bale house with the help of a regular succession of workawayers. In Slovenian even proper names are declined, (grammatically,) and long names declined, (habitually.) So since Sebastian is too long & difficult to translate into Slovenian, he is known here as Tchopko, which makes everyone laugh because it translates as "Tweetie Pie."
Whilst I have been here we have placed and painted the eaves, installed rafters on the roof to take tiles, started filling the walls with straw, (notice the big mallet in the photo!) and applied a mud render to various parts.Les mer