We arrived here in Dar last night, took a quick bus ride to the Catholic Guest House, crashed on our beds, and then had breakfast bright and early at 7:00 this morning! Let's just say, the jet lag is starting to take affect today, as it is only 10:00 and nearly everyone is already asleep.
After breakfast, we took another bus ride to the seminary, where we will be staying for a majority of our trip. This bus ride was much more hectic than the first! We had our first real taste of Dar traffic, which was pretty exciting, interesting, and sometimes a little scary. At one point, I'm sure there were only supposed to be two lanes on the road, but there were definitely cars on both sides of us. Like I said, it was interesting to say the least!
After arriving here at the seminary, we had a quick lunch and then had some time to settle in. So far, we all seem to really like it here! Well, except for the slow internet connection! For all of you LOST fans, I think the seminary grouds looks a lot like Dharmaville! There are mountains in the background and palm trees all around. (I will attempt to upload a picture at the end of this post, assuming a good internet connection)
So far, it has just been a lot of free time for us here at the seminary. Some of us have discovered new card games and we have even started a winner/loser board for our games! For each game played, the winner gets a mark on the winner board and the loser (last place) gets a mark on the loser board. At the end of the trip, the ultimate loser has to buy the ultimate winner a pop! So far, we have only played a few games and no one has neither won nor lost more than once. It will be interesting to see how it turns out!
We also got our first taste of Tanzanian food today. In general, it is pretty good! We stopped at a little restaurant on our way from Dar to the seminary, where we had a dish made of what looked like french fries and eggs. I can pronounce the name, but I am not even close to spelling it, so I am not even going to try! We also had some type of meat-filled pastry. Also, we finally got to try the pop that we have been hearing so much about -- we found out that Passion Fanta is delicious! In general, everyone was pretty impressed with the food, and I definitely don't think anyone is going to starve!
Tomorrow, we start our Swahili classes. It will be nice to finally know a little bit about what everyone is saying! So far, we have picked up a couple of greetings and how to say thank you. It seems like everything we see or hear can be made to relate to The Lion King. Also, tomorrow we will be making our first trip out to the orphanage. I think this is something most people are excited for, so we will definitely let you all know how it goes!
For now, that is it! Thanks for reading and we will update again as soon as possible!
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