Today was amazing. It was Saba Saba, meaning the 7th of July, in which Tanzanians celebrate small farmers and businessmen. There are huge trade fairs in the cities, and it is a national holiday, so we got the afternoon off.
As quoted by Heather during "muda binafsi" (literally self-time) "we found a couch" and we sat outside and read :)
When we got homes, we went for a walk for hours around our neighborhood, and our brother made Hannah and Cecelela lead us, while he and I pretended to be tourists. We walked everywhere, asking lots of questions, like whether the cows crossing the road were lions and if all Tanzanians lived in huts and hunted elephants :) We took lots of pictures too, and we laughed and ran through forests and cornfields under the giant shadow of the looming mountain above.
A lot of the neighborhoods through which we passed were Maasai areas, and for once we were not the ones that felt like outsiders. A lot of the Maasai didn't even know basic greetings, and when the kids did respond, even we noticed their very different accents.
Off for a weekend safari to see all sorts of wonderfully fantastic animals :)
Bye from beautiful Tanzania!
-Laura
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