Now on to other things...

There have also been some really neat things happening the past few days.

First of all, on Saturday we traveled to a house in town where a woman fondly known as "Bibi" lives. As we arrive to a compound of several houses, a group of kids wave to us and we are welcomed into this persons home. On the floor was an elderly woman hard at work. She welcomed us warmly, as Tanzanians often do, and we all sat in chairs facing toward her. We were served delicious tea and another type of Tanzanian fried dough, which is a staple for any meal. However, this was especially fantastic. It was like a ginger flavored sweet donut. People put ginger in evvvverything here, which is just fine with me!

Next we watched as Bibi showed us how to make chapati, the flat bread they eat with everything. It's a very simple recipe of flour, salt, and baking powder, but it takes the right about of folding and rolling to make it extra delish.

We continued to watch as other things were made: coconut rice, buyrani, fish, vegetables...and boy it was amazing! We had to wait several hours but we kept ourselves entertained with the kids that were hanging around until then. One of the coolest processes of the preparation was the shaving of the coconut. You would take half of a coconut and sit on this little wooden block, with a sharp jagged edge on one side. I had a go at using it and it was really difficult!!!

All in all, it was a great experience where we got to eat amazing Tanzanian food that wasn't from the school cafeteria.

Speaking of which, the rest of the students in the university are on vacation for 3 weeks, which means the whole campus is basically empty. Several of the cafeterias are closed as well, which means it's very difficult to get food some of the time. We've all stashed up on some instant food like ramen and oatmeal, along with lots of fruit. It's working out just fine.

Today I had my first day at the Wonder Workshop. It was awesome! #1, I didn't get lost getting there. This makes me super proud. We arrived at the area about half an hour late, but traffic is baaad here, especially in the morning. We left campus at 7 am and arrived at 8:35. a long commute but it will be worth it. First we went around to each of the different areas of workshops on the site. There is welding, woodwork, glass bead making, paper making, paper designs, and jewelry making. A very kind man who knows some english took us to each of the stations and introduced us to the workers. Everyone was very excited to have us and when they found out that they would be learning english, they were ecstatic. We're going to have lots of fun. It'll be about 15 people we'll be teaching. Then we went into the gift shop and looked at the catalogue to get an idea of the kind of things we'll be designing. We definitely have one of the coolest internshiips and I have a ton of ideas already.

Alright. Off to bed. Be well ya'll!