Sunday, May 23, 2010

Changing Again

New plans:
Dec 1st- Close of Service- official end date of Peace Corps Tanzania
Dec 2nd-18th- India to see grandma and relatives
Dec 18th-25th-Michigan to see parents
Dec 25th-Jan 18th-Australia: NYE Sydney, Tasmania Overland Track, Cairns Great Barrier Reef.
Jan 18th- back to Michigan
After that...who knows! :)

Saturday, May 15, 2010

pears and more pears

So I am currently making pear and guava wine..we'll see how that experiment goes. So far when I take the bucket lid off it smells like wine. :) The pears here are more like the Asian pears in the States (crisp and not as fragrant). The guava though has a nice smell, right now it just smells like fruit. The funny thing is in swahili pears are pears and guava is mapera...it almost sounds the same when you are at the soko (market). I remember when I first got to site I mixed the two up..when asking for pears I got guava. We shall see as weeks pass on. This is my first time making wine at site, no initiative till now.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Changing Plans

I will be now leaving TZ Dec 1st..but going to Australia Dec 16th-Jan 18th- my last continent..yippee! :) So my 30th bday will now be spent in TZ and I will have completed my 7 continents plan at the age of 30.