A full weekend in Lusaka! The first Saturday of the month is the Dutch Reform Market- a big arts, crafts, food, and farmers market that happens in the lawn/parking lot of the Dutch Reform church. Carvings, paintings, jewelry and more. Problem is not much of it is so incredibly unique to Zambia. You find that travelling in Africa most of the wooden bowls, animal carvings rubbed black with shoe polish, and other trinkets all start to look the same. But, that doesn't mean you can't find some gems in there somewhere! Our country director, Walter, and a colleague from USAID, Elizabeth, and I went on Saturday morning for a few hours. It's basically a big expat hangout- where you see all your friends, stock up on fresh butter & milk, and maybe pick up a gift or two. But the best part are the Afrikaners selling boerewors (farmer's sausage in Afrikaans) rolls (basically a really big brat)- fresh from the grill with mustard!
Here's what Wikipedia has to say about them....boerewors or farmer's sausage. Ingredients include game and beef, usually mixed with pork or lamb and with a high percentage of fat. Coriander and vinegar are the two most common seasoning ingredients, although many variations exist. The coarsely-ground nature of the mincemeat as well as the long continuous spiral of sausage are two of its recognisable qualities. Boerewors is traditionally cooked on a braai (barbecue). YUM!
With full bellies and a few new trinkets in our bags, we headed back to the hotel. The bright warm Lusaka sun was gaining strength. Worked in the afternoon and had dinner with Walter at a Pakistani restaurant called Arabian Nights. Lusaka is so small and there are so few really decent places to go that we ended up running into two different groups of people we knew!
Today was JSI's football match against a rival team (can't remember the name- some internet service company) at the field at the American School. Walter and I went with his son, Mark, Mark's friend, Calvin, and the new addition to their family, Snowy, a dog! JSI looked pretty pathetic in the first period. Losing 0-5. Mark and I kept ourselves busy with Snowy and the American School's three-legged cat, Alice. Apparently Alice was run over but lived to tell the tale- just lost her front right leg. She gets around fine, and she and Snowy were definitely checking each other out. But it must have been the Orange Fantas and Cokes our team had at the break that jazzed them up. We came back up and won 6-5!
So a wonderful weekend in sunny Zambia. After a room service dinner, I now retire to finish up some work and plow through my last week of my trip! Wish us luck that we'll figure out what to do with this PMTCT (Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (of HIV) logistics system)). Love to all!
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