Monday, May 10, 2010

Plans and transitons

Now that everyone has arrived I have no idea what I was so worried out in the first place. Sometimes I really do psych myself out for no reason. Saturday I finished cooking and just started the dishes when I heard the door bell ring. I had been expecting a 30 year old Brazilian but Rosa Maria turned out to be a 24 year old Colombian grad student at Berkeley. She is a vegetarian which means that now I am not the only one now who get puzzled and shocked looks when I say I don't eat meat. The food I cooked surprisingly turned out well there were a few minutes there when I wasn't sure, she even liked it. Now I have someone to go to travel with already we were planning on going Nairobi National Park, the Giraffe Center, the Safari Walk, a real safari and a trip to Mombasa. She is only going to be here a month so we are going to try to cram in as much as possible. The next day Natasha came back from California and she is going to stay this time for two months. It does feel very different to have so many people in the house but its nice to just walk into the room across from mine and have someone to talk to. After a nice long talk with Natasha checking in on how things have been since she had seen us last. She entrusted me with taking Rosa around and on Sunday we walked to Ya-Ya to the Maasai Market and got some lunch at french bakery there. I feel kind of strange pretending to be this street street Nairobian but in comparison to her I am and I am sure that she will get the hang of it soon.

1 comment:

  1. This just got me thinking: I've traveled as a vegetarian before, and it is pretty amazing the stares I've gotten. In some places, I just gave up (otherwise I'd have literally had nothing to eat!) and ate a bit of meat (which led me down the path of becoming a carnivore again!) though I suppose when you can cook for yourself it isn't as difficult. Glad you now have a new friend :)

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