Hey everyone! Just a quick note to check in. Everything is still wonderful here. We're now reaching the end of the workshop on human rights with particpants from both the U.S. and Rwanda. We have explored a definition of human rights, what qualify as fundamental rights, America's perception of Rwanda (and vice versa), and have also studied specific rights in the context of Rwanda's history. I have made many new friends since the workshop began. Rwanda's are much more open than Americans, and gaining their trust and kindness is much easier than back home. Everyone here tells me to come back soon, and the truth is - if I wasn't expected to continue at Macalester I would cancel my ticket back home. How does that sound mom?
I've been staying with a beautiful and spunky Rwandan woman this week. She is also participating in the workshop. Her hospitality has been amazing. One night we were talking about American food and I explained that we eat fries with ketchup in America (here they eat them with mayonnaise). The next night at dinner, a bottle of ketchup was sitting in front of my plate!
There was concern among my family and close friends about me losing weight here, but you don't have to worry. Every meal consists of carbs on top of carbs. For instance, this morning we had bread rolls, donuts, and eggs for breakfast. For dinner there is always meat, sauce, fries, AND rice.
Oh, speaking of food I must go - it's getting close to dinner time.
Much love.
2 comments:
Good thing you have that very expensive ticket home.
I promise there will be more trips.
xoxo
Mom
yknow, technically, bread rolls + donuts + eggs and fries + rice + meat/sauce would be carbs and carbs on top of protein ;-p
...just thought I'd point out that discrepancy. Was ketchup invented in the states? Or in Europe? For instance, fish n' chips comes from britain, though the traditional condiment would be tarter sauce...but I've never eaten fish n' chips in britain; the closest I've come to that seminal experience is fish n' chips in Steveston, BC...it was delicious, but I don't remember if we had ketchup for the fries. And how "french" are french fries really? Did they originate in france, or did someone randomly decide that france was their region of origin? And do the french eat their fries with ketchup?
If you somehow discover the answer to these questions while in Rwanda, do be sure to let me know, because now I'm all flustered...k not really, but I am curious :-)
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