I arrived tired from a long flight only for my employers and I to miss each other at the airport. Fortunately, I had met and made a French-Burundian friend at my layover in Addis Abeba and him and his family brought me to the office. Not only did they bring me to the office, but he lend me a cell phone I can use until I buy one, took me to a good place to exchange money and gave me a lot of advice about Burundi. Along with him, today I met some of his friends and some of the staff of LFW who were all friendly.
Bujumbura is completly flat, hot and not very crowded. There are no street lights and so there is a lot of honking. It is charming in its own way. I have only been here a few hours so these impressions are of course very simplistic but I am definetly looking forward to learning and exploring the city. In two weeks, I will be heading to Riyugi, the field place of the LFW.
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-“Google earth ne connait pas Burundi.”
Google Earth doesn’t know Burundi.
“Ici, les papas ne mangent pas le soir, seulement les enfants.”
Here daddys don’t eat in the evening, only children do.
“Ici, il y a toujous la fete. Meme pendant la guerre il y avait toujours la fete. C’etait des fetes ici et dans les montagnes il avait des bombes partout.”
Here there are always parties. Even during the war, there were always parties. Here (Buja) it was parties everywhere while in the mountains it was all bombs.
Quant tu tourne tu regarde d’abord, si la voiture est neuve, tu vas,puisque il va s’arreter. Mais si c'est un taxi, ou un bus tu attend parce que il ne s’arrete pas.
When you make a turn you see first, if the car is new you go ahead because it will stop, but if it is a taxi or especially a bus you wait because it doesnt stop.
“There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.” - Robert Louis Stevenson
About Me
- Luwam
- After graduating from Princeton, I am spending a year in Burundi working for the Lutheran World Federation in Ruyigi, Cankuzo and Bujumbura.
Books I am reading right now
- Emergency Sex and other desperate measures
- Out of America
Interesting things people have said to me (quoted from memory)
-“Google earth ne connait pas Burundi.”
Google Earth doesn’t know Burundi.
“Ici, les papas ne mangent pas le soir, seulement les enfants.”
Here daddys don’t eat in the evening, only children do.
“Ici, il y a toujous la fete. Meme pendant la guerre il y avait toujours la fete. C’etait des fetes ici et dans les montagnes il avait des bombes partout.”
Here there are always parties. Even during the war, there were always parties. Here (Buja) it was parties everywhere while in the mountains it was all bombs.
Quant tu tourne tu regarde d’abord, si la voiture est neuve, tu vas,puisque il va s’arreter. Mais si c'est un taxi, ou un bus tu attend parce que il ne s’arrete pas.
When you make a turn you see first, if the car is new you go ahead because it will stop, but if it is a taxi or especially a bus you wait because it doesnt stop.
Hey Luwam.....I'm glad to hear that you are having a great time.
ReplyDeleteThe quote about the daddys not eating at night made me really sad :( is it b/c of poverty????
what is nido?? aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh lizards.....remember India.
Lastly, you MUST bring me a sari...:) a really nice. do they also wear the other type of Indain outfit...the suit (pants with long shirt)??
I LOVE YOU & let me know if you need anything.
God bless :)
allo hey meron u need to go back to africa u dunt knoe what NIDO IS!!! well i had a though time remembering what it was but now i do and i am jealous i used to eat it straight out the can yummmmmm well k by the way ur slacking ur like 2 weeks behind on ur blog mademoiselle
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