It was also our last day of language classes. Chuma, our main teacher, was back today as he was gone yesterday visiting his family at his home village. We were discussing body parts today and someone asked how to say smile. This launched into a conversation about tourist photography, and how we always automatically expect that Africans will smile for a picture, when in all actuality they are very serious in pictures. He explained the confusion that he feels when people say, "Cheese!" and expect a smile. "There is nothing about Tanzanian food to smile about."
It rained on and off all day, so we decided against going to the orphanage... also because no one was available to walk us there and we weren't 100% sure how to get there. Getting lost would have been quite the ordeal . Since we didn't go to the orphanage, we played bubbles outside with the children of a family who is staying here, climbed trees, played guitar, and read outside instead.
Tonight at dinner, meat kabobs were served on bicycle spokes. Pastor Hafermann and Dr. Strickert returned from their village visit and were both sunburnt. I asked them if they wore sunburn and neither of them had. Pastor Hafermann said that he never had before, and when asked why, he replied, "We all need an exit strategy out of here."
Tomorrow, we leave for the game park at 1:00 after lunch. Language classes in the morning. I will write again in a couple days when we are back from Mikumi game park. We're all looking forward to the safari!
Anna
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