Dala Dala Ride to Campus |
Climbing up 8 flights of stairs with two suitcases is NOT my idea of fun |
We woke up the next morning at 8:30 in time for breakfast at 9:30 at the cafeteria. We ate chapati (flatbread), andazi (fried dough), omelettes, and fruit (watermelon, papaya, banana, oranges, and strangely enough, cucumber). There was also juice, which we think was made of kiwi and plantain. We had a quick little tour around campus and got to see Professor Godde's house and then went to the security orientation at the police station. We saw many monkeys and an egret on our way! We also received our schedules for classes and realized that we start Swahili on Monday and Research Methods on Friday. We are so excited to learn swahili! One interesting thing about the professor's house, is that they have 2 guards that watch it 24/7. How crazy is that! Although I don't feel too unsafe here, so far, no one has done anything remotely pushy or offensive. We headed back to the dorms to relax for the afternoon and many of the jet lagged took a nap. Later, we went to dinner at the cafeteria and it was quite an adventure. We didn't know what many of the words on the menu board were, so we guessed and just ordered blindly. We ended up with rice and beef, rice and okra, or rice and sardines. I tried the sardines and almost gagged. I'm not so sure I could have choked that plate down. We found several stones in our rice and that was a little bit surprising. I also had some watermelon to wash it all down.
Now we are hanging out in one of the dorm rooms. Thankfully I found someone's outlet that worked and was able to charge my dead computer. I'm not sure if the internet here is good enough for skype, but we are still figuring things out. Tomorrow, we are hoping to go to the market in town after breakfast at Mr. Godde's house. The store here on campus has everything anyone could ever want, including towels, school supplies, flip flops, and shampoo. So far, I don't think I have forgotten anything, but I do wish I had a converter that worked! I'll hopefully be able to post pictures when the connection is better. Talk to you soon!
Erin
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