Hi guys! Everything is going well here--yesterday we had some Swahili lessons, which were awesome--I want to keep learning it. Today was our 2nd and last day though, which is a bummer. But we know enough to greet the locals appropriately and say some basic phrases. It's a big part of the culture here to greet people you see. You say "Habari?" and they answer "Nzuri" if they are older than you, and "Mambo" and they say "Poa" if they are the same age as you. Also yesterday our Swahili teacher took us on a walking tour of Arusha which was fun. Everyone wants to talk to us, and most people want to sell you things, but everyone is really friendly so it's fun. We have Stephen, a large African American guy with us and all the Africans think he is related to 50 Cent or Mike Tyson and think he's really cool, so he's our bodyguard. Today we had Swahili class, then had lunch at a cute little "culture cafe" and walked to a museum that has info about Tanzanian national figures and stuff, it was cool. Then we had a health meeting where we learned about all the different diseases we could possible contract and then walked around some more. We have our first day of class tomorrow so I have to start doing the readings (boo homework!!). The weather here has been beautiful--sunny and like 70 degrees. Today we had a view of the Mount Meru in the distance, it's really breathtaking.
Jenna
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