Friday, April 24, 2009
Thursday, April 23 only one day to go
Today was extremely busy. After just spending a normal day yesterday, sewing and running around at Amani, today was a very long day. The morning started out with a visit to the bank machine to get out cash to pay off my account here at the guest house. I haven't mentioned much about the money situation here, but the currency is the Kenya shilling. There are 100 shillings to around $.78. So when you go to buy something it may cost 2000 shillings which is like saying 2000 pennies to us. Then you have to divide it by 78! And the bank machine has a limit of 40,000 shillings per day that it will let you take out. The largest bill by the way is a 1,000 note. So I got 40 bills out of the machine today and will have to go get more tomorrow! It was good I thought of it two days ahead of time or I might have had a problem!I spent the morning at Amani finishing up the machine work on my jacket then left at 12:30 with Jackie who had been my staff teaching support person and her little boy, Unni (the ones I spent Easter with). Our driver from Amani, Japeth took us to the Safari Walk at the National Park. It was a 4 mile walk through a section that had been set up as natural habitats for the animals. In spots it was a suspended boardwalk up over the savannah, and in sections we were walking through forest. I got a lot of great pictures. After having lunch there we went into the city to the Kenyatta Market which is an old marketplace full of little stalls like a farmers market. Most of the vendors sold used clothes, beauty products, fabric and sewing services, embroidery services, shoes and many were braiding hair. My friend, Jackie has a tailoring business there and we stopped in to see her shop.I got back just in time for dinner and will start packing after finishing with this note. I leave for the airport tomorrow evening at 7 pm and will be in Germany Saturday morning through Sunday noon local times. I will arrive in Nashville Sunday evening. If I don't get to sign on again, thanks for all your prayers and support! The Amani ladies are praying for you, too!
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Monday, April 20 - The Day It Rained
Today was the first day it actually rained during the day, and of course the only day i didn't have my umbrella with me. I had stayed overnight at Joyce's house, she's the director of Amani and was trying to pack light.She picked me up Sunday morning at 9 am for church at 10. But first let me tell you about Saturday....I slept in a little bit then went with my cab driver and picked up one of my students, Josephine who was my designated escort for the day. First we went to the part of the city called Karen. We visited the Kazuri bead making facility They also do other clay pieces there. We had a tour of the work being done there and then went into the little shop and got a few things. I was a bit disappointed that I couldn't buy any loose beads, they only had ready made jewelry for sale.Then we went to the giraffe center which wasn't too far away. There we were able to pet and hand feed giraffes which were living in their natural habitat. This is where the house of the original lady named Karen is still standing. She's the one who wrote "Out of Africa". We had a soda there and took some pictures of the giant tortoises (for you, Sarah!). Then we went on the the Mamba Village which was a crocodile preserve. We saw baby and giant crocs. and also some ostriches. It was a lovely park around a lake which was shaped like Africa and there was a big company picnic going on with lots of kids. From there we went to a mall with a food court to find some lunch. By then it was getting late, so we dropped Josephine off to meet her husband and my driver brought me back.As I said, on Sunday i went to church with Joyce at her church which is a plant of Nairobi Chapel. It was under a tent with gravel on the ground, but God's Spirit was there! The music was wonderful and the preaching was sound. After the service visitors were invited to a little room for tea and welcomed by people from the welcome committee who asked where you were from and made sure you knew you were welcome to come back!After church we went to Joyce's house, had lunch and Sunday afternoon naps. That night there was a rainstorm and we lost power so we went to bed pretty early after dinner. I did have a short chance to visit with my family on Skype before my computer battery went out.Today we continued working on the jackets at our sewing classes. We are up to setting in the sleeves and encountering a little difficulty. I finally decided to tackle mine fresh in the morning! We did have a special lunch today that one of the ladies made, I'm not sure if they said it was from Western Kenya or Western Africa, but it was from Western somewhere and very good! I even ate the ugali which is the African equivalent to bread served at every meal and is kinda like thick grits. I have pictures to prove it! Well, let me see if I can get those pictures downloaded. Thanks everybody for your comments and your prayers. See you next week!
April 16- Dance, Dance, Revolution
The day I did the marriage dance with a Massai. I think I'm his third wife now!
April 16 - A Surprise
Just back from work at the Amani center. Some friends from here at the guest house showed up and surprised me while I was teaching. What a thrill! I looked up from the demo I was doing on how to do an undercollar for a jacket and there they were! The lady from downstairs had snuck them up to surprise me! It was the host and hostess and one of the other guests with whom I've been friendly. She and I hang out sometimes.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Tuesday, April 14 Nairobi, Kenya
I am really writing this entry, not in facebook and having Randy cut and paste it...hooray, the internet is working tonight. Maybe I'll even get some more pictures posted for all of you if it doesn't get too late!!
I had a really busy day today, starting with breakfast at 7:30 here at the guest house. We had PANCAKES!! I then grabbed a quick shower and was picked up by my taxi to get over to Amani. I ordered my latte (sorry Adrienne, no vanilla :( ), then headed upstairs to MY desk. I went over a few things with the administrator then went on up to the top floor for prayer time at 9:30. The ladies pray in English and Swahili and sing so beautifully, it doesn't matter what language it is! Then it was time for work...and did we ever!! We had one Burda pattern to share so each lady was given a large sheet of brown paper and took one piece of the pattern. We went over which size each lady would be. The pattern was multi-sized with multiple cutting lines. Some of the ladies needed to use more than one cutting line at different points in the pattern. Girls, you all know what I mean! The tables they work on are padded with oilcloth covers, so they just pin through the tissue pattern and the brown paper into the table. Then they used tracing wheels to trace over their size line on the pattern. They then removed the tissue pattern and drew with marker over where the tracing wheel had marked. Then they cut the brown paper out. They had to also mark all the notches, dots and grain lines with a ruler. After everybody had a chance to cut out all of the pattern pieces, they started laying it all out again on their fabric. This was after lunchtime. I had a delicious salad in the garden and spent the time with Janet, one of the ladies who has been assigned to be my hostess. I also stuck my head in the shop while my lunch was being made to see if anything was new. I'm still trying to figure out if I can find room to bring a quilt home, they are so pretty. After lunch we were going gangbusters trying to get all the jackets cut out which involved not only pinning the brown paper to the fabric but then measuring the seam allowance of 5/8" all the way around and marking it with chalk before cutting. The pattern did not include the seam allowance!! Mary Vassar, you would not have survived this, I promise you!! By 4 o'clock we were all ready to call it quits but some of the ladies were hanging in there to finish before leaving. Then Pat, the other helper and I realized we didn't know how they were going to transfer their markings tomorrow. There was no dressmaker's carbon! So we ended the day with prayer and a praise song and she and I headed over to the nearby mall where I had spotted a fabric store (she didn't even know it was there) and I got some dressmaker's carbon for them to use with their tracing wheels tomorrow. You can pray for me because I am supposed to demonstrate making this jacket and there are welt pockets. I haven't made one in at least 20 years and I will have to make 2 of them and they have to be even! I brought my jacket home to cut out tonight! It was fun going down to the storeroom and getting to pick out whatever fabric I wanted!
Tomorrow I will be putting postcards in the mail to all of you. Hopefully they will get there before I get back. Let me know, who's is the first one to arrive!
Thanks for all of your prayer support. I know things wouldn't be going so smoothly otherwise!
I had a really busy day today, starting with breakfast at 7:30 here at the guest house. We had PANCAKES!! I then grabbed a quick shower and was picked up by my taxi to get over to Amani. I ordered my latte (sorry Adrienne, no vanilla :( ), then headed upstairs to MY desk. I went over a few things with the administrator then went on up to the top floor for prayer time at 9:30. The ladies pray in English and Swahili and sing so beautifully, it doesn't matter what language it is! Then it was time for work...and did we ever!! We had one Burda pattern to share so each lady was given a large sheet of brown paper and took one piece of the pattern. We went over which size each lady would be. The pattern was multi-sized with multiple cutting lines. Some of the ladies needed to use more than one cutting line at different points in the pattern. Girls, you all know what I mean! The tables they work on are padded with oilcloth covers, so they just pin through the tissue pattern and the brown paper into the table. Then they used tracing wheels to trace over their size line on the pattern. They then removed the tissue pattern and drew with marker over where the tracing wheel had marked. Then they cut the brown paper out. They had to also mark all the notches, dots and grain lines with a ruler. After everybody had a chance to cut out all of the pattern pieces, they started laying it all out again on their fabric. This was after lunchtime. I had a delicious salad in the garden and spent the time with Janet, one of the ladies who has been assigned to be my hostess. I also stuck my head in the shop while my lunch was being made to see if anything was new. I'm still trying to figure out if I can find room to bring a quilt home, they are so pretty. After lunch we were going gangbusters trying to get all the jackets cut out which involved not only pinning the brown paper to the fabric but then measuring the seam allowance of 5/8" all the way around and marking it with chalk before cutting. The pattern did not include the seam allowance!! Mary Vassar, you would not have survived this, I promise you!! By 4 o'clock we were all ready to call it quits but some of the ladies were hanging in there to finish before leaving. Then Pat, the other helper and I realized we didn't know how they were going to transfer their markings tomorrow. There was no dressmaker's carbon! So we ended the day with prayer and a praise song and she and I headed over to the nearby mall where I had spotted a fabric store (she didn't even know it was there) and I got some dressmaker's carbon for them to use with their tracing wheels tomorrow. You can pray for me because I am supposed to demonstrate making this jacket and there are welt pockets. I haven't made one in at least 20 years and I will have to make 2 of them and they have to be even! I brought my jacket home to cut out tonight! It was fun going down to the storeroom and getting to pick out whatever fabric I wanted!
Tomorrow I will be putting postcards in the mail to all of you. Hopefully they will get there before I get back. Let me know, who's is the first one to arrive!
Thanks for all of your prayer support. I know things wouldn't be going so smoothly otherwise!
Monday, April 13, 2009
Easter Monday
Today we took a long ride to the Rift Valley and then back through the area where they grow tea and coffee in Kenya. It was all so beautiful. Tomorrow it's back to work!
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Easter Day in Kenya
Today at 1:58am EDT, 8:58 Kenya time
It is Easter morning. I am waiting for my ride to church. It has been several days since I have had the internet working. This is being written in facebook and my husband will have to cut and paste it to my blog because it's quicker that way. Blogger doesn't work so well here. Later I will try again to download pictures.Anyway, Wednesday and Thursday I taught my class of seven ladies and we worked on how to take measurements and work with a pattern. I also did a demonstration on how to draft a pattern from scratch using a standard set of size 12 measurements. We also talked about how to alter a pattern for a custom fit. I showed them how to cut notches, read a multi-sized commercial pattern, demonstrated a disappearing quilt marker (that was fun, when I wrote on my white sweater!) and we had many laughs together.Next week we will be making jackets, lined, with welt pockets and two piece sleeves. I love working with these ladies and they are very eager. They asked me to give them a list of all of YOUR names so they could pray for you with thanksgiving for sending me to teach them!I am also thankful for the opportunity to be here with them.Friday and Monday are holidays here.Friday I was totally free and mostly relaxed. Since I would have been the only one at the guest house for lunch,I ended up joining a missionary family with 3 small children and going to the local mall. We had lunch there at an English restaurant (I had quiche when they were out of fish and chips). I got a book and some postcards at a bookstore and the children enjoyed the toystore. I bought them some bubbles. The family are serving in Tanzania. The rest of the day was very restful.Yesterday i was picked up in the morning by Pat, one of the Kenyan Amani staff ladies. She took me to the Massai market which is held in the main courthouse plaza in the city. They hold it there to keep the vendors off the street corners. It was an amazing experience and very helpful to have Pat along! I found a lot of good bargains and fun things to bring back.Then we went to the Bama Center which was a display of village houses, huts, like Jamestown, if you have ever been there. Then there was a dance performance. At the end the guy pulled ME up onto the stage. I almost died of embarrassment but then I realized nobody there knew me so, I danced! Pat did get some pictures!Exhausted (it was a hot day and air-conditioning does not exist here), we returned home for dinner. I slept well last night after dinner and a hot shower!!Hope you all have a blessed Easter!
It is Easter morning. I am waiting for my ride to church. It has been several days since I have had the internet working. This is being written in facebook and my husband will have to cut and paste it to my blog because it's quicker that way. Blogger doesn't work so well here. Later I will try again to download pictures.Anyway, Wednesday and Thursday I taught my class of seven ladies and we worked on how to take measurements and work with a pattern. I also did a demonstration on how to draft a pattern from scratch using a standard set of size 12 measurements. We also talked about how to alter a pattern for a custom fit. I showed them how to cut notches, read a multi-sized commercial pattern, demonstrated a disappearing quilt marker (that was fun, when I wrote on my white sweater!) and we had many laughs together.Next week we will be making jackets, lined, with welt pockets and two piece sleeves. I love working with these ladies and they are very eager. They asked me to give them a list of all of YOUR names so they could pray for you with thanksgiving for sending me to teach them!I am also thankful for the opportunity to be here with them.Friday and Monday are holidays here.Friday I was totally free and mostly relaxed. Since I would have been the only one at the guest house for lunch,I ended up joining a missionary family with 3 small children and going to the local mall. We had lunch there at an English restaurant (I had quiche when they were out of fish and chips). I got a book and some postcards at a bookstore and the children enjoyed the toystore. I bought them some bubbles. The family are serving in Tanzania. The rest of the day was very restful.Yesterday i was picked up in the morning by Pat, one of the Kenyan Amani staff ladies. She took me to the Massai market which is held in the main courthouse plaza in the city. They hold it there to keep the vendors off the street corners. It was an amazing experience and very helpful to have Pat along! I found a lot of good bargains and fun things to bring back.Then we went to the Bama Center which was a display of village houses, huts, like Jamestown, if you have ever been there. Then there was a dance performance. At the end the guy pulled ME up onto the stage. I almost died of embarrassment but then I realized nobody there knew me so, I danced! Pat did get some pictures!Exhausted (it was a hot day and air-conditioning does not exist here), we returned home for dinner. I slept well last night after dinner and a hot shower!!Hope you all have a blessed Easter!
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Wednesday
Well! I finally got on the internet to give you an update! I've had some issues, including blowing out the circuits in half the rooms in my guesthouse trying to use the surge protector my darling husband sent with me. Thanks Rand!! I offered to pay the electrician, but they told me it was broken already before I came.
Anyway...Monday was my travel day and mostly uneventful. I just had the usual....a mean German ticket agent who didn't like Americans and tried to tell me I had too much carry on stuff. This after my checked luggage, which was underweight and had more room in it, had already gone down the shute. Then I couldn't find my Visa card to pay for my dinner ( a nice American businessman bought it for me)...oh yeah, and you know those clear plastic bags you are supposed to put your cosmetics in? They are a different size in Europe. Anyway, I finally got here and after waiting in the slowest line of my life for a visa, found Japeth who was holding a sign with my name on it after finding all of my luggage. YEAH GOD!!
He brought me to my guesthouse which is the quaintest little place with a huge garden complete with a swingset and hot showers (oh yeah!). My room has twin beds, a tiny cabinet for my clothes and huge windows looking out on the garden. It is right next to the bath which is very convenient. I have a regular taxi driver named Ben who picks me up and drops me back off every day in his blue station wagon. He also takes me on errands and walks in with me, it's like having a bodyguard. I hope to have chance to witness to him while I am here.
I am working with seven ladies who come from 5 countries. They asked me today to give them a list of all of your names so they could divide it up (there are 30+ of you supporters) and pray for YOU!! They are so happy you are supporting me in this venture, and so am I.
Today we starting our first lessons. We began with how to take measurements and had fun taking each others! Next they are going to work with pattern cutting and altering.
I had lunch with a few of them today, sitting in the gorgeous garden there on the grounds. There is a cafe at the Foundation and I had a delicious salad with almonds and avacodo. For dessert I bought cookies for everyone. At the end of the day we met for a short prayer service before everybody left for home.
Now I am back at the guest house. Dinner will be at 6:30 .Last night it was lasagna with garlic bread and salad. Breakfast this morning was fresh fruit and baked oatmeal. It was really good.
I will try to post the pictures I've taken so far. The first one from Africa isn't very good, it's quite yellow, but I will leave it in. Just as my plane landed the sun was rising. It was an incredible sight to see the sunrise over the horizon broken by just a tree or two. I was later told that is had been raining most mornings lately, so it was truly a welcome from the Lord!
Anyway...Monday was my travel day and mostly uneventful. I just had the usual....a mean German ticket agent who didn't like Americans and tried to tell me I had too much carry on stuff. This after my checked luggage, which was underweight and had more room in it, had already gone down the shute. Then I couldn't find my Visa card to pay for my dinner ( a nice American businessman bought it for me)...oh yeah, and you know those clear plastic bags you are supposed to put your cosmetics in? They are a different size in Europe. Anyway, I finally got here and after waiting in the slowest line of my life for a visa, found Japeth who was holding a sign with my name on it after finding all of my luggage. YEAH GOD!!
He brought me to my guesthouse which is the quaintest little place with a huge garden complete with a swingset and hot showers (oh yeah!). My room has twin beds, a tiny cabinet for my clothes and huge windows looking out on the garden. It is right next to the bath which is very convenient. I have a regular taxi driver named Ben who picks me up and drops me back off every day in his blue station wagon. He also takes me on errands and walks in with me, it's like having a bodyguard. I hope to have chance to witness to him while I am here.
I am working with seven ladies who come from 5 countries. They asked me today to give them a list of all of your names so they could divide it up (there are 30+ of you supporters) and pray for YOU!! They are so happy you are supporting me in this venture, and so am I.
Today we starting our first lessons. We began with how to take measurements and had fun taking each others! Next they are going to work with pattern cutting and altering.
I had lunch with a few of them today, sitting in the gorgeous garden there on the grounds. There is a cafe at the Foundation and I had a delicious salad with almonds and avacodo. For dessert I bought cookies for everyone. At the end of the day we met for a short prayer service before everybody left for home.
Now I am back at the guest house. Dinner will be at 6:30 .Last night it was lasagna with garlic bread and salad. Breakfast this morning was fresh fruit and baked oatmeal. It was really good.
I will try to post the pictures I've taken so far. The first one from Africa isn't very good, it's quite yellow, but I will leave it in. Just as my plane landed the sun was rising. It was an incredible sight to see the sunrise over the horizon broken by just a tree or two. I was later told that is had been raining most mornings lately, so it was truly a welcome from the Lord!
Into Africa!
I survived long lines at the airport, and finally got my paperwork done. All of my luggage was there after all. What a relief to see someone holding a sign with my name on it when I got out of customs!
I had a wonderful dinner at the guesthouse.I met some people from PA and a guy from Sweden . Most people who stay here are on missions trips so it's very comfortable. After a long hot shower I am ready to hit the sack. I start teaching tomorrow at 10.
I had a wonderful dinner at the guesthouse.I met some people from PA and a guy from Sweden . Most people who stay here are on missions trips so it's very comfortable. After a long hot shower I am ready to hit the sack. I start teaching tomorrow at 10.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Saturday night and Sunday morning
Below are the pictures from the restaurant we visited Saturday night. We had an EIGHT course meal. A friend of Jamie's was in the kitchen, so we were extremely well taken care of. The food was fantastic, needless to say and the service impeccable. We even had popcorn sorbet after dessert!
This morning we went to church with Chrissy's grandparents at the Lutheran church where Chrissy grew up. It was a very traditional service in a slightly more modern setting. Since it was the first Sunday of the month there was communion, but the wine was white! I was quite surprised at that!
After lunch we went back to the grandparents for coffee and then out to lunch. We had a very nice visit with them and then are back home for a while before the Schaeg's will come for dinner. They are bringing Matthias with them, but Frederick is away. Both boys were our exchange students and Chris spent and exchange with them several years ago. We have gotten to know them quite well over the years and they all visited Chattanooga last summer. Jamie wanted to cook for them tonight!!
This morning we went to church with Chrissy's grandparents at the Lutheran church where Chrissy grew up. It was a very traditional service in a slightly more modern setting. Since it was the first Sunday of the month there was communion, but the wine was white! I was quite surprised at that!
After lunch we went back to the grandparents for coffee and then out to lunch. We had a very nice visit with them and then are back home for a while before the Schaeg's will come for dinner. They are bringing Matthias with them, but Frederick is away. Both boys were our exchange students and Chris spent and exchange with them several years ago. We have gotten to know them quite well over the years and they all visited Chattanooga last summer. Jamie wanted to cook for them tonight!!
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Regarding the new slideshow
It has taken me three days to figure out how to upload these pictures from our day in Holland! I hope you all emjoy them!! Next time I will try to figure out how to label them too!! The one with the green leaves painted around a fountain is a water fountain for dogs :) Thought you would enjoy that, Karen. People take their dogs everywhere here, into stores, restaurants, etc.
Today Chrissy and I went to look at wedding dresses. We had an 11 am appointment and they asked us when we got there if we wanted coffee or champagne! (We took coffee) She found one she really liked the style of and it was from the front window so we went back after they closed and took pictures of it so I can copy it! It was a $2,400 euro. gown (add 1/3 more for $$)
Last night we went to a park and cooked out then came back and recovered the kitchen chairs. They always have a project for me it seems when I come here, last time I redid the sofa for them! I guess that's what mom's are for.
Tonight we are going to eat at a restaurant that Jamie would like to work at after he graduates in June. He wants to check it out.
Chrissy's grandmother just called and invited us to lunch after church tomorrow. It will be fun to see them and worship with them tomorrow at the church where Chrissy grew up.
Today Chrissy and I went to look at wedding dresses. We had an 11 am appointment and they asked us when we got there if we wanted coffee or champagne! (We took coffee) She found one she really liked the style of and it was from the front window so we went back after they closed and took pictures of it so I can copy it! It was a $2,400 euro. gown (add 1/3 more for $$)
Last night we went to a park and cooked out then came back and recovered the kitchen chairs. They always have a project for me it seems when I come here, last time I redid the sofa for them! I guess that's what mom's are for.
Tonight we are going to eat at a restaurant that Jamie would like to work at after he graduates in June. He wants to check it out.
Chrissy's grandmother just called and invited us to lunch after church tomorrow. It will be fun to see them and worship with them tomorrow at the church where Chrissy grew up.
Friday, April 3, 2009
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Thursday
Today the weather was again very beautiful! I enjoyed a long chat with my family via webcam first thing, around noon here, 6 am there!! Even the dog was in on the conversation. She was quite confused, though, to hear my voice and not see me!! Then we went out and about, to Ikea and some other stores ending with pizza up at a little shop on the square in the middle of town. It was actually a very nice, low key day with no schedules to keep or places to be at any certain time. We did run into one friend of the kid's on the street, the wife of the friend who had brought them to the airport to get me when they'd had car trouble that day. It was good to see her since I hadn't had a chance to visit with her yet. She was enjoying practicing her English, I could tell! Tonight Jamie managed to download the first group of pictures to the blog here, I hope to be able to remember how he did it and get the rest of them downloaded when I finish here. You'll know if you see them or not. It's getting toward bedtime now, so more tomorrow!
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
The Next Day after that one
Today we went to Holland. It is about an hours drive from Wuppertal, Germany where I am staying with my son and his fiancee, Chrissy. The only windmills we saw were the big new kind. No little wooden old-fashioned ones were around. Sigh. We went to an outlet mall with lots of designer stores. I bought one or two small items and we had coffee there. It was a lot of fun to walk around. Then we went into the little Dutch town which was really fun to see. I took more pictures there of the shops and the old-fashioned squares which were set up with little coffee shops around the edges. We stopped for lunch there. We had been on a search for a place that served french fries because Jamie was craving them and we finally found some for him. I had a Milano sandwich which had mozzarella, fresh tomatoes and pesto on grilled bread. It came with a salad and was great! Now we are getting ready to go to Chrissy's mom's for dinner. Jamie is glad he is not cooking tonight! Ulrike is a good cook too! I am looking forward to visiting with her because she doesn't speak English. It will be good for my German. I will try to post the pictures.
Tuesday
Today Chrissy and I went to visit her University while Jamie had school. He had a math test. Cook's math involves knowing how much it would cost to feed one person if each ingredient were so much per pound and they had so many pounds (or kilos), etc. Not too hard, especially for Jamie. He did fine.
On the way to the Uni. we stopped at a huge art store because Chrissy wanted to look at canvases. I took a few pictures there, it was such an amazing place.
C and I met up with her friend, Nora who also attends the Uni. and lives on campus, had coffee and took a long walk through the botanical gardens there. See pictures on facebook for now. I will try to figure out how to load them here next! So far all blog followers are also on FB and Jamie is asleep to help me!
On the way home from the Uni. Chrissy and I stopped at a shoe store and I got a new pair of Birkie sandals, white with flowers and very comfy! I will leave them here when I go to Africa so they won't get ruined or weigh my luggage down any more!
We had dinner at Chrissy's dad's (Peter's) but Jamie cooked (naturally). He made salmon with a delicious cream sauce. It was great to see Peter again.
Back home we just relaxed for a while and now it is almost 1 am, so I better try and sleep so I am not too tired in the morning. We are planning to go to Holland for the day then having dinner with Chrissy's mom and her friend, Thomas.
On the way to the Uni. we stopped at a huge art store because Chrissy wanted to look at canvases. I took a few pictures there, it was such an amazing place.
C and I met up with her friend, Nora who also attends the Uni. and lives on campus, had coffee and took a long walk through the botanical gardens there. See pictures on facebook for now. I will try to figure out how to load them here next! So far all blog followers are also on FB and Jamie is asleep to help me!
On the way home from the Uni. Chrissy and I stopped at a shoe store and I got a new pair of Birkie sandals, white with flowers and very comfy! I will leave them here when I go to Africa so they won't get ruined or weigh my luggage down any more!
We had dinner at Chrissy's dad's (Peter's) but Jamie cooked (naturally). He made salmon with a delicious cream sauce. It was great to see Peter again.
Back home we just relaxed for a while and now it is almost 1 am, so I better try and sleep so I am not too tired in the morning. We are planning to go to Holland for the day then having dinner with Chrissy's mom and her friend, Thomas.
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