Today started with two sleepy-heads (Bri and I) getting up at 5:30, very reluctantly. We trudged our way down to Mama's house and I got a cold shower. Afterwards we ate some breakfast and had a cup of tea on the porch. When the traco (a bus) came, we all clambered inside. I think the group had an eye opening ride today. We weren't going through the major towns today. Back country roads are where poverty shows the most. We saw people carrying a stretcher; there are no ambulances. You rely on your neighbors to carry you to the hospital. We saw kids with parents nowhere to be found. It was a real eye opener. Then we headed off to King's Palace for some information on pre-colonist Rwanda. Then we headed up to the Art's Museum. They had lovely pieces. Sometimes the best art can reflect the worst tragedies. I picked up a pottery book there. After that we stopped at a small market place for a snack. We had sambosa!!!! If you don't know what that is, it is a beef filled pastry that is absolutely delicious. Wish I knew how to cook it. Next we went to Butare History Museum and saw a lot of the farming tools, crafts, headresses, clothing, and overall the evolution of Rwanda. Then it was off to lunch. We waited an hour for our food; Rwandas isn't so fast as the USA. We Americans found it a long wait. The picture is from the restaurant.Bri and I got PIZZA!!! The others got goat kabobs. We then took a long drive home. We skipped dinner due to how late we ate our lunch. Pastor Sunny spoke at worship tonight and did a wonderful job as always. Deborah did a lovely job translating as far as I know. She could just be saying whatever she wanted..I wouldn't notice. Anyways we returned to Mama's house and I ate the rest of my pizza, cold of course along with sucking down a luke-warm fanta. Then it started to rain and I am not walking to my room while it is pouring so here I am, blogging at 8:33, tired and disoriented. Goodnight!
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ReplyDeleteDoes pizza taste the same in Rwanda as it does in the US? The goat kabobs sound good:)
ReplyDeleteActually it was better than American pizza. They made the dough fresh, had to let it raise and such. They actually put the toppings under the cheese. Plus it took over an hour to cook it better be good.
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