We go to CCT twice this week. I took a daladala into Morogoro then walked to CCT. It was a beautiful morning and I was able to exercise and drop off a letter and postcard at the post office. I wish I had my camera with me because the lighting of the mountains was amazing. I also would like to try to capture how I saw the cemetery; maybe I’ll bring it tomorrow.
Our morning sessions were run by 2 current PCVs and were really good. Later in the afternoon was sports time. We walked to the seminary school to use the field and courts. [I had made sure to clean and superglue my Chacos last night so I wouldn’t have to carry my sneakers to CCT and they’ve help so far.] At first, we were just haphazardly throwing or kicking a football, soccer ball, and Frisbee. Eventually we got organized and I joined in the game of Capture the Flag while others played volleyball. It was a bit hard to run on the dusty field in my sandals but I only fell one. We had a lot of fun and one of the Tz women on our staff (Vicky) even joined us. After a few games, Carly and I went to play some basketball with some of the staff members. It wasn’t really like a game but still fun. For snacks, we got apples(!!), some pieces of sandwich with jelly & spinach, soda, juice, and bags with peanuts, muffins, and meat or veggie pastry triangles. Apples aren’t in season so we were super excited to get them – I’m supposed to be going hiking on Sunday so I saved mine. To end our “game day” we had tug-of-war between the guys and girls. The staff joined in too but the guys (not surprisingly) won.
I tried to help my sister again today in the kitchen. I was able to practice peeling a potato with a dull knife but it was a bad potato so we didn’t eat it. Tonight was also chapatas (~like thick crepes) and I used the remaining batter to make a slightly smaller one to practice. I was able to flip it in the pan! Woohoo!