Karibu Kenya

May 12
Location: Nairobi

The excitement of being in Kenya kept me up all night.  I skyped, facebook, and tweeted till 6 am knowing that I had to wake up at 9am.  In tghe morning we had breakfast in the Sokoni Restaurant of the hotel. We had a lot of introductions, first to our two assistants Carlo and Hellen then to the managerial staff of the hotel Chef Andrew, Illi, Mr. Godfrey and Mr. O.  After the professor briefed us on his expectations as well as what today's daily activity would include.  The next stop was downtown Nairobi.  Soon, we were stuck in the infamous Nairobi traffic.  Our driver Charles navigates the roads like a beast...he gets through the most narrowest situations.  The city had many tall buildings.  The funniest thing is that there is traffic lights at the intersection but for what purpose; No one follows the light., it's like decoration.  I saw a street called Simba street which made me excited but I was not able to capture a picture of it.  We passed a huge park which our professor told us is called Uhuru Park.
The city was congested with cars and people.  The roads seem to have their own laws and only Kenyans knew the rule.  We went to lunch at a restaurant.  I had Chapati, rice and beef stew.  After lunch we went to University of Nairobi where we met Professor Wang'ombe, our host, and another professor.  Listening to them answer our every question illustrated that they would be a wealth of knowledge for us. From the University we went to Uchimi a local grocery chain to buy groceries.  Of course, I had to find the aisle with all the seasonings.  I bought bread for nutella(that I packed), rice, chicken, peppers, tomatoes, onions, etc. Once I got home I was so exhausted but I decided to cook some stew chicken anyways.  Let's just say I put my foot in it despite the fact that I did not have any Maggi cubes lol.  After I turned on the television to one of the best stations Citizen Live and watched a Nigerian movie which was followed by the news.  On the news they talked about some of the border issues especially with Ethiopia in Turkana and Musweini's swearing in as the fourth Ugandan President.

I love the calm demeanor that many Kenyans possess.