What country was that in? like what temperature was the air? And where did you get food/water? not just for eight or ten days but for months at a time!
Sorry, I won't say the country. The temperature was different. There were days when the temperatures were falling to -5C and once -8C. I was sleeping with a jacket and two blankets then. And there were days when it was 30C meaning the summerhouse on the second floor was turning into sauna (windows on west side).
There was a well with a very cold and yellowish water used for shower, and water for drinking I could buy in the shop in several miles. As long as I did not have money, I was buying the cheapest cereal they had. I was eating that cereal long enough, after 2 months I found a job and after 3 moved.