Anyway, we are very excited. We have been "Skyping" people all weekend, which seems to work ok. We had a few dropped calls, but managed to have a few very overdue conversations with missed family and friends. Even managed to download a movie for the kids in little over half a day! I think in the states the same download would have taken 30 to 40 minutes tops, but oh well. We have internet, I can get daily news from around the world while I drink my morning coffee at home! A big deal for us.
Other than that we have been having a good weekend. Last night we had some new friends of ours and their kids over ordered take out pizza. The kids, seven of them, watched a movie and the "adults" relaxed on the front porch drinking wine and beer. [Jennn, thanks for bringing us that wine from the states. It was great. Still have one more bottle.] Today, we went to the American Embassy with the kids and watched Kung Fu Panda and played on the lawn. Ava and Ian had a great time. We made last minute plans with said new friends and went to a restaurant we had not been to yet called Papyrus. We had a great meal! Tomorrow we are having lunch with friends and going to dinner with another couple! Our social life is really filling up here. We are meeting a lot of great people.
The big news this weekend though has been the opening of a new store in town. It is a Kenyan chain called Nakumat. The store feels like a Target compared to everything else here, but in reality is more like a bigger Woolworth's. It is basically a grocery / department store with everything from electronics to baked goods. Found a lot of stuff here that I have seen nowhere else. The store is open 24 hours and I am sure that we will find ourselves there a lot. They were very busy, but need to work the kinks out. I tried to buy some toilet paper and it rang up as 21,490.00 francs. This is about 43 dollars! I mean it was some nice tissue, but...I put it back and bought some elsewhere. I am sure they will figure everything out, but 'til then I will be checking my receipt closely, and munchin' on the Lay's Thai Sweet Chili chips I bought. Man, I hope these are good (have not tried them yet).
That is all for now.
5 comments:
Hi all, I hope you are well. It sounds like you are settling in and enjoying yourselves. Keep those blogs coming!
Tiffany
we are going to be in Atlanta in a couple weeks. It will be a bummer not to see you at the roastery. Glad to hear you got internet and toilet paper: )
Do you need me to bring affordable toilet paper!?! I just got my ticket today... I am so excited to visit and I am really glad everything is going well. You have a better social life in two months than I have hear in ATL in two years!
Drinking a Fuller's ESB in your honour my friend...certainly miss having you here, but I'm glad everything is going well so far! Hope I get to see you guys soon...lt
It's good to read up on your life in Kigali. I sure miss being in nearly the same time zone. Send me your Skype information. I'm "peggytipton"
Peggy
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