NoËl!

Noël? Vraiment?
J'ai du rater quelque chose... Ce n'est pas possible...
Être dans un pays extrêmement catholique et de plus extrêmement pratiquant devrait renforcer mon esprit de Noël, mais c'est tout le contraire...
Finalement, il y a beaucoup des choses auxquels nous nous habituons extrêmement rapidement, j'ai grandis en passant Noël sur la plage, mais 15 ans de Noël dans le froid on effacé cette carte mémoire, et Noël chaud n'est plus reconnu par mon système d'exploitation... pas de père de Noël, pub coca cola ou autre pour me le rappeler non plus...
Est-ce vraiment Noël?

Finally some photos!

I have added photos to the first posts I wrote, so scroll down!

This blog awaits your comments!
me? of course not! the blog!

Electricity versus water

I started a post about things I lost in exchange and things I won... But then I thought to myself: should I really write about this? I am not particularly superstitious but we dont want good things to be lost... The first month we had very random electricity (every other day) but for the past 2 weeks and a half it's been constant... So finger crossed! Oh yes! the whole point about this post was that I was used to not having water in Mongolia (sometimes hot water, sometimes cold water) and in Burundi I had to get used to not having electricity...

I did write about it after all didn't I?

Muzungu!

I hear that everywhere I go...

If I'm in the city it's maybe a bit more discreet as for the countryside it becomes actually a big event! Muzungu means "white person" or some say "the person that comes from far." Whatever the case, is shouted by the children in a beautiful chorus. In the countryside when we pass by car the children wave at us, run after the car, run to where we are and the less shy start touching, shaking hands. I have found myself more than one time surrounded by little ones, and I have to say I could've take them all home! Burundian children? Biological clock?

The country where I learned to show my teeth...

I just realised how that sentence could be interpreted the wrong way...

It is complete opposite of what you might be thinking of... The other day I was in the car and kids started shouting and waving at me, I turned around and gave them a wave and a shy smile, and milliseconds later realised I needed to show my teeth, so I did the biggest smile ever! When people smile here their face brighten, the contrast of colours put us whitties in the very bottom of the scale!

Hence, I'm working on my smile!