The long way home
Today our big trip back to Nairobi started where we had to go back to catch our plane. Yves picked us up right on time at the guest house to bring us to the bus station and we discovered he … Continue reading The long way home
Today our big trip back to Nairobi started where we had to go back to catch our plane. Yves picked us up right on time at the guest house to bring us to the bus station and we discovered he … Continue reading The long way home
Yves had told us about a memorial we should see and since we didn’t have any plans we decided to do it today. We took the bus at 10:30am and were supposed to be in Nyamagabe at around 1pm. The … Continue reading A cemetery instead of a school- the Rwandan genocide
The morning was unusually quiet, but I still was up at 7 o’clock, because the sun was shining right on my bed and it got incredibly warm. When I get back home I want to sleep in and have a … Continue reading One day break to explore Kigali
Today’s alarm was probably the best of all. At 5 am a group of Germans was leaving and I guess they thought that if they’re up everyone else should be, too. They didn’t even try to whisper! Worst of all … Continue reading Who draws the prettiest design?
Today we had absolutely no plans and could sleep in. Well, sleep in meaning we got up at 8am since it was getting loud again. After breakfast we went over to the bank to get some money. It turned out … Continue reading No plans for today
This time we had some variety in our daily routine and had to take the bus to Muhanga first before working there. Anita was late again and told us she didn’t even have time to eat something, so I gave … Continue reading We built a garden
As usually our day started early since the volume of African tunes reached us at 7 o’clock. We got up and went to get some breakfast. This time we had some awesome (extremely dry) waffles… Nellie asked Jerome if she … Continue reading Making mud bricks
Today Nellie and I again got to enjoy a wonderful bucket shower in the morning. We had some tea and dry bread for breakfast and played some Skip-Bo until noon. Then we left to go to the bus station to … Continue reading A visit to a crafts fair
Oh beloved Africa! There’s a new surprise waiting for us every day. This morning my alarm was Emile, one of the employees we met the night before. He was calling at 8am to ask about our plans. Really?! 8am on … Continue reading The only Mzungus in town
We thought we were able to escape from all the noises in the morning in Uganda, but no.. Rwanda has a lot to offer, too. It started to rain during the night and because all the roofs were made of … Continue reading Let’s throw mud at a house