here! in kampala, the capital city of uganda! i got here on thursday, and have settled in nicely to my new home for the next 2 months. what am i doing here exactly? i'll be taking a course on rural development at Makerere University through UMB. this course was the reason i ended up in norway for 6 months, so needless to say... i'm very excited to be here! we won't be getting the detailed schedule of what we're doing til next monday, but what we've heard so far - lots of field, out of the classroom stuff sounds superrrb.
so yah... the course starts next monday, so i'm here a little early with lots of time to get settled in. we're staying at a student hostel, a quick walk from the university...
(when the traffic's not too bad! our hostel's the white building)
and i've got a beautiful little room overlooking a pretty garden and my own little balcony!=)
i'll be here with about 20ish other students, mostly from norway. there's 8 of us girls here so far, all norwegian except me...
marte, linn, rebekka, eldri, mari and heidi... and christina, who missed the picture. but yah, super nice girls, and lots of norwegian practice for me again! =D
we also got here in time to go to my friend patrick's wedding on saturday!
we were friends in norway, and he actually lived 2 floors down from me. so yah.. very fun, to be at a real ugandan wedding reception to celebrate... complete with cake
and drums, singing and dancing!!
so yah, just a little first glimpse of life here, and more to come soon...internet here seems like SUCH a deal after france, so ill be in touch again soon!!
much love!
rainbow =)
7 comments:
wow rainrain that's so cool. sounds like lots of fun. you need to have one blog where you put ALL your adventures there! It'd be easier to keep track of you haha
you are definitely shaping up to be a first class world traveller!! =) you've had more mind-boggling experiences in the past 6 months than most people have in their entire lifetime!!
anyway I look forward to more of your stories from uganda!
love
grace =)
did you wear your pink dress from pinkie for the wedding??
by the way the wedding seemed beautiful.... we'll have to show the pictures to Chris! ;)
gen
xxxx
wow, your meal in that picture looks strangely familiar...can anyone say "chips and kuku?"
can't wait to see some more food, sites, and people :)
love ya! and yay for meeting up with the Tanzania guys!
you are back in africa!!! oh good times ahead =D
Hello Rainbow,
Now that you're not with me in Norway anymore, I will be MUCH better at reading your blog! It was cool to run into someone from Uganda yesterday and when we were talking about Patrick's wedding, be able to tell him I'd already seen pictures! It all looks really cool over there so far.
I really look forward to reading more about your experiences later. :)
Are the Norwegian girls speaking lots of Norsk to you?
Snakkes snart,
Debbie
PS I signed up formally as Debbie Arnold so other Debbie and I don't have to get confused! :)
wowwwie.. i have actual access to internet again, for the first time since i left norway!! on campus anwyays, hehe... so exciting to open up my blog and see all you guys here on it! really is much appreciated!! =) and for you with blogs, i'll actually be able to catch up and keep up with YOU guys now!! and yah its definitely exciting to be here... though lots to think about about everything.
looking forward to sharing more soon!
love you all! MUAH!
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