Day 220 - Food, Both Mexican and Grocery
Monday, February 11th, 2019.
Today we got up at 9:00 because that's when the construction workers get here. We had lunch and went to Shopper's Market, the nice supermarket for wazungu. Francis, our "house" driver, took us but as we were leaving, he accidentally hit the curb and caused a flat tire. Sunshine and I went for a walk while the guys changed the tire.
The house where we are staying is next to the very upscale Arusha Coffee Lodge and surrounded by many kinds of trees. We took a pleasant walk away from the main road and saw the van go by. They didn't see us so we had to run to catch them. [Gregory's note: when you go on a walk, walk towards where you're going, not away. It doesn't take an hour to change a tire! I texted Lili saying we were leaving and asking where she was. Her response was: look behind you. We actually had to circle back to pick them up.]
When we got to the market, it was lunchtime (just as I had predicted) and we were hungry. We all got excited to find a Mexican restaurant. We looked at the menu and the prices were like California or a little higher, but we wanted Mexican food so badly that we stayed and shared. It took forever but the food was good. We found out that the restaurant is owned by an Italian and, Sunshine added, served by Muslim African girls!
We did our groceries, met a woman from Norway who agreed that everything here was so expensive. We came home and hung around relaxing for the rest of the day.
Today we got up at 9:00 because that's when the construction workers get here. We had lunch and went to Shopper's Market, the nice supermarket for wazungu. Francis, our "house" driver, took us but as we were leaving, he accidentally hit the curb and caused a flat tire. Sunshine and I went for a walk while the guys changed the tire.
The house where we are staying is next to the very upscale Arusha Coffee Lodge and surrounded by many kinds of trees. We took a pleasant walk away from the main road and saw the van go by. They didn't see us so we had to run to catch them. [Gregory's note: when you go on a walk, walk towards where you're going, not away. It doesn't take an hour to change a tire! I texted Lili saying we were leaving and asking where she was. Her response was: look behind you. We actually had to circle back to pick them up.]
When we got to the market, it was lunchtime (just as I had predicted) and we were hungry. We all got excited to find a Mexican restaurant. We looked at the menu and the prices were like California or a little higher, but we wanted Mexican food so badly that we stayed and shared. It took forever but the food was good. We found out that the restaurant is owned by an Italian and, Sunshine added, served by Muslim African girls!
We did our groceries, met a woman from Norway who agreed that everything here was so expensive. We came home and hung around relaxing for the rest of the day.
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