Daisy finally arrived which was exciting! It was nice to have someone else asking my mom and dad questions and to get to talk to her about everything. Seeing all of her questions made me realize how much I've learned about Kenya in 2 days!
After dinner, instead of having ice cream/dessert like we do in America, we had FRUIT! Bananas, oranges, mangoes, watermelon. It was delicious (I definitely was made to live in a tropical climate)…and Daisy brought chocolate from Switzerland (where her layover was) :)
In the morning, I took Daisy to Yaya (my first trip without needing to go with a local Kenyan) to get her a phone. I felt like a Kenyan expert, showing her where everything was and telling her how the whole phone/internet system worked. I was really praying we did something exciting today. I was so sick of sitting in my house (since I can't really go anywhere alone), going to Yaya, and seeing stuff I'd already seen. When we got back to the house, our sister Edith (who I got to talk to a lot these past two days since she is home from school for the weekend) said she wanted to take us to lunch. So we went to Nakumatt and ate at "Swahili Plate". I had King Fish in coconut stew, rice, and CHAPATI (kind of like a fried nan bread, soooo good).
As an answer to my prayers, the University students texted me, asking me what I was doing today. They wanted to take us around Nairobi, so I gratefully said yes! We met them (Alan, Roy, Flora, Mweru) downtown, and first went to Masai Market with them. The market was huge, with many people selling the different things they had made. Of course many people tried to talk to me and get me to buy stuff, but I was just looking for today.
A note on some of the Swahili I've been learning: all Swahili books or tourists resources will tell you that to say hi you say jambo, or to say how are you, you say habari gani. But, like all cultures, there is slang that you use instead. You would say sema for whats up and poa as a response, rather than jambo. Even though this is true, when people see me, they still say jambo to me because I am a tourist. I've learned to not use jambo back though - the university students would just laugh at me.
Next we went to the KICC, which is a very tall round building that you can go on top of. Its like the equivalent of the Boston Prudential Center/Top of the Hub. We went on top, and took a lot of fun pictures. It was so cool to see all of Nairobi from so high, and they pointed out all the different areas to me (where the rich people live, the middle class, the poor areas). It definitely looked bigger than Boston. This was my favorite part of the day, and I can't thank God enough for bringing me there and giving me those students to hang out with.
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| The first girl on the right is my host sister Edith, the 2nd girl is Daisy, from New York, who I am living with. |
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| The KICC - the building we were on top of. |
After, we went to Uhuru Park (Freedom Park - Kenya became independent in 1963). They had a small merry-go-round and swing ride, and paddle boats that we went on! It was so nice out, relaxing, and fun.
We went back home on the bus and then made dinner (I basically just watched Edith cook). She made spaghetti with homemade sauce (and lamb) and cooked vegetables. It was good, and afterwards we had our fruit medley (papaya, passionfruit (which were amazing!!), watermelon).
Today was awesome - I got to know Daisy, Edith, my mom and dad, and the university students better. I had a lot of fun, ate good food, got internet, and took a lot of fun pictures. Life is good, God is good :D
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