We went away this weekend to a small lodge with individual cabanas, a POOL, and beautiful gardens. The highlight of this jaunt was the interaction with some more exciting, interesting people. A German married to an English lady own the place. They met in Zimbabwe. A German girl works there for several months; goes home to earn money and then returns. Two Austrian couples who have worked in Tanzania as volunteers in a hospital for 15 years, 2 German doctors on their honeymoon, and a tour guide and her spouse rounded out the visitors. The conversations, their attitudes about people and travelling and learning new cultures; wow what a learning experience for all 3 of us. Ann IS getting an education here. And to top off the weekend we met a Belgian veterinarian and her Italian vet. husband who own a hospital in Arusha. This guy is fascinating; having worked in Afghanistan for 2 years, Zambia, and Uganda. He used the word “beautiful” a lot; which describes our opinion of him, Dr. Giuseppe Di Giulio. Hugh has found a German chef who will give a Christmas cooking class. So we WILL have a “Stolen” for Christmas with hopefully some cool Italian cuisine. Our Sunday outing to the polo match, Kenya vs. Tanzania was quite a dose of the leftover colonial influence.

Kate comes in a week. We are very excited. Now our blog will be much more imaginative, as well as grammatically correct. There seem to be many exciting challenges for her here.