The last and the forthcoming weekend
After the fantastic weekend spent in the capital of Tanzania we're now back to school, since monday, but only for a few days - cause on friday we're leaving for Bagamoyo!! It is a city near the coast and Dar es Salaam, famous as the city of art, music and other culture. We will spend our weekend there with our african history teacher Philamon, who will guide us at the historical places in town since there are many traces from the slave trading time. I really hope to learn a lot about history while there so I can share it here on the blog when coming back! We are also planning to spend some time at the Bagamoyo festival of arts and culture.
Since Matilda S already wrote about our weekend in Dar es Salaam, I won't bore you repeating all the happenings. We really enjoyed the wedding, bot the ceremony in church and the celebration in the evening, though we felt sorry for the bridal couple since the electricity was out for a very long time, just before the dinner was supposed to be served. But, since this is something the tanzanians are very used to, they remained calm. I admire them because of this. Back in Sweden people would have panicked, haha. Luckily, the electricity came back after maybe 40, 50 minutes.
I am not a fan of big cities, but I still appreciated all the things we experienced - the wedding, the dala dala:s, the nice view from the restaurant we had dinner at friday evening (at the 11th floor) and many other things.
Today we've had Kiswahili lesson with Esther and Irene. We learned about the most heavy grammar part; the noun classes and the possessive pronouns. There are nine noun classes (or at least there should be) and the plural forms of the nouns vary a lot! For example, you say mkulima (one farmer), wakulima (several farmers). This is the first class. But then your say mti - miti (tree, trees), which belong to the second class. The third class says that jicho (eye) becomes macho (eyes) and according to the fourth class kitabu (book) becomes vitabu (books). Then there are five more classes and, of course, lots of exceptions... So, we've got much to learn in a short time!
I forgot, I've got a anecdote to tell: This morning, I went up and was supposed to go having breaktfast in the cafeteria. The problem was, couldn't get out of my room, because of the door. Something had happen to the door lock! I looked and found that a part in the lock was broken. I went to my window, waiting and hoping for someone to pass outside. Emma became my rescuer and tried to help me, she called for the others and they also tried to help me. Ludvig was kind and brought me breakfast, so that I was able to eat through the bars beneath the window, haha. Emma joined me. Suddenly our teacher Philamon showed up, he laughed a lot and brought the carpenter who removed the whole lock so that I could get out for class. So now I can't close my door properly, waiting for a new door lock! And for you mum, isn't it ironic that you told me yesterday, just before i went to bed, about my sister's son Alexander (2 years old) who had locked in his grand mother in the earth cellar, by mistake! And then the morning after I wake up and can't get out of my room, haha!
However, one day left in class and on friday, we will go by bus to Dar again and from there, to Bagamoyo.
Tutaonana baadaye!
Since Matilda S already wrote about our weekend in Dar es Salaam, I won't bore you repeating all the happenings. We really enjoyed the wedding, bot the ceremony in church and the celebration in the evening, though we felt sorry for the bridal couple since the electricity was out for a very long time, just before the dinner was supposed to be served. But, since this is something the tanzanians are very used to, they remained calm. I admire them because of this. Back in Sweden people would have panicked, haha. Luckily, the electricity came back after maybe 40, 50 minutes.
I am not a fan of big cities, but I still appreciated all the things we experienced - the wedding, the dala dala:s, the nice view from the restaurant we had dinner at friday evening (at the 11th floor) and many other things.
Today we've had Kiswahili lesson with Esther and Irene. We learned about the most heavy grammar part; the noun classes and the possessive pronouns. There are nine noun classes (or at least there should be) and the plural forms of the nouns vary a lot! For example, you say mkulima (one farmer), wakulima (several farmers). This is the first class. But then your say mti - miti (tree, trees), which belong to the second class. The third class says that jicho (eye) becomes macho (eyes) and according to the fourth class kitabu (book) becomes vitabu (books). Then there are five more classes and, of course, lots of exceptions... So, we've got much to learn in a short time!
I forgot, I've got a anecdote to tell: This morning, I went up and was supposed to go having breaktfast in the cafeteria. The problem was, couldn't get out of my room, because of the door. Something had happen to the door lock! I looked and found that a part in the lock was broken. I went to my window, waiting and hoping for someone to pass outside. Emma became my rescuer and tried to help me, she called for the others and they also tried to help me. Ludvig was kind and brought me breakfast, so that I was able to eat through the bars beneath the window, haha. Emma joined me. Suddenly our teacher Philamon showed up, he laughed a lot and brought the carpenter who removed the whole lock so that I could get out for class. So now I can't close my door properly, waiting for a new door lock! And for you mum, isn't it ironic that you told me yesterday, just before i went to bed, about my sister's son Alexander (2 years old) who had locked in his grand mother in the earth cellar, by mistake! And then the morning after I wake up and can't get out of my room, haha!
However, one day left in class and on friday, we will go by bus to Dar again and from there, to Bagamoyo.
Tutaonana baadaye!
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