Half term treats.

 I thought as I have now been back in Mwanza for nearly 7 weeks I deserved a holiday!

 The only other highlight from the end of term was the teacher team victory against the 6th formers at netball.  When I put on the Goal shooter vest I was slightly worried as it had been 18 years since I had last scored a netball goal but to my surprise I scored 7 goals from the winning 9-6 score line.  My legs did not enjoy the fact that I had played netball the next day!

I decided to have a fairly chilled half term but as normal there was some excitement. I spent the first half of my week off school around Mwanza  and making the most of having Gary to carry  heavy shopping and visit some places just outside Mwanza which normally involve a taxi ride or scrounging a lift from someone else.

On Wednesday, Suzie and I set off for Dar. Our holiday aims were to eat as much delicious food as we could and do as many things we can’t do in Mwanza. Here’s how we did.......

Day 1:  The day began by hiring a tuktuk and driver to take us around Dar.  We really enjoyed dodging in and out of the traffic but as you can see it did leave us with very special tuktuk hair styles as it was a bit breezy.

Our first stop was to a cafe called the Black Tomato for Raspberry Smoothie and  Mozzarella and Prosciutto ham Sandwiches made with ciabatta bread for lunch.

This was followed by a trip to a proper supermarket to stock up on supplies. (Sorry no photos from the supermarket as people already thought we were very strange as were getting very excited at very normal things!)

Our day of fun continued with a trip to the cinema to see a film in 3D!

  We finished off the evening with an Italian tasting pizza before we retired to our executive suite hotel room.  This is not where we had thought we were sleeping but after complaining that we had booked a twin not a double room and that we had found a full ash tray in our room, the manager upgraded us.

Day 2: It started at a workshop that has trained disabled local men and women to make some beautiful things from recycled metal, wood and glass. They are called the Wonder welders.

Next stop another little cafe for another smoothie and a brie sandwich (are you noticing the cheese theme!).

Yum! Chocolate fudge cake with ice cream to
finish off my main of pork chops.

After an afternoon of seeing many local crafts and paintings we ended the day by enjoying traditional English food in the English pub George and Dragon. We even got to enjoy dessert which just doesn’t happen as Tanzanian just don’t do puddings!

We had a very strange bag to pack for the journey back to Mwanza. Thank goodness we didn’t get our bags searched as explaining a bag full of cheese, custard creams, Robinsons apple and blackcurrant squash and herbal essence shampoo would have been interesting!

There is now only 1 day until I go back to school. We are already thinking about the Christmas production so I am feeling the next 7 weeks are going to go very quickly.