Kristen and I started the new year very relaxed as we ate coffee cake, drank hot cocoa (Ghirardelli – Kristen got it in a package from America), and Internet. We did not hurry to get to the soko (market) to buy veggies. However, I was glad to have gone since I was able to buy an eggplant (!), green pepper, and tomatoes. In the afternoon, we went with her counterpart and a few other people to a family’s house where there was a large meal prepared. I’m pretty sure they slaughtered a goat for the New Year and made pilau (seasoned rice) and some other dishes; the meat was rather good. Kristen had made a cake so we all had a small piece for dessert. The family was very kind and said that we are welcome back anytime, that today was a like an introduction. The thing is, how do you go back? DO you just show up on some random day at some random time? I guess that’s how it used to be done in America but I’m used to people usually calling before showing up on your doorstep (unless it’s family). Don’t get me wrong, surprise visits are nice, but there are unwritten rules in every society on when it is okay to show up and I don’t know what they are here.
P.S. kitty caught another mouse tonight J
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