Since the roads were blocked yesterday Lisa and I went grocery shopping today. It’s not exactly like going to Wegmans. We had to go to 3 different grocery type stores plus a farmers market. It takes about 2 hours of driving from place to place, not because of the distance between stores, but because of the traffic.
Arusha is estimated to have a population of 100,000. The census is done on foot and I cannot imagine how they’d count everybody. So many folks live in very crowded tiny houses. The store fronts and “manufacturing” places (small craftsmen) are in what looks like a run down version of the motels out west Ridge road, but there are many miles of them. There are people everywhere, and motorbikes and bikes and goats. Traffic control seems to be non-existent. The one who doesn’t back down gets into the line. The police stops seem to be everywhere. Luckily the one time Lisa did get pulled over all the spots were filled, so she got waved on.
We had a delightful lunch after the shopping. We split a panini and a “beet root” salad. Sweetest beets I ever tasted.
We stopped home for about a half an hour before it was time to head to ISM (International School at Moshi- Arusha branch) to pick up the kids. So much fun to see their smiling faces.
Anderson bit a carrot and really loosened his tooth at dinner, so the girls and I got busy and made him a tooth fairy pillow after dinner. Think it will be any day soon he loses his first tooth.
Not too exciting a day to read about, but fun for me. Power is off again and we’re on battery back up for a bit.Sue
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