Buruburu day 1

This past weekend I went to stay at Rebecca's house. I was supposed to go over Easter but after I had been robbed I didn't feel up to it and I was excited to finally be able to make it up. I packed up all my stuff and got ready to head to her house right after work. On the way to her house we made a stop in town to go shopping. The few times I have been to central Nairobi I never really saw any really nice places to shop I guess I just wasn't looking in the right places. First, we stopped off at Village Market which I had been to before but when I had gone most of the stores were closed so I didn't get to see it in its full glory. At village market there is a bunch of little stores that sells crafts, jewelry, shirts, nice well made stuff and even though they have little stores you can bargain. In the first and only store we went into I saw some of the most beautiful jewelry I had ever seen and it wasn't the usual kind of stuff that you can get at any Masai market. Rebecca and I both really liked a necklace and bracelet set that they had. They were made from this really beautiful stones that was beaded together in layers. I was impressed with Rebecca's bargaining skills because she was able to get two, one in white and one in blue, for less than the price for one!After that we went to a more traditional shopping center. She had promised to take me shoe shopping and at the store we went to there was some nice stuff that was my size but I didn't end up getting anything. We ended up having to rush out of the store because her husband was waiting outside for us and he had been waiting for a while. The area that Rebecca lives in Buruburu is actually pretty nice. The apartment she lives in is really central and she can walk right to the bank, grocery store, hair salon, restaurant in 2 minutes. I thought I lived close to everything but after seeing where she lives I am not so sure. We ended up getting to her house at 8 and we still had to cook dinner. She made these really good peas and I made sure to take mental notes of everything she was doing so I can make it again. We all watched a movie, Up in the Air, and I went to sleep I needed my energy for all the shopping we were planning on doing the next day.