Muraho, Megan here! After 32.5 hours of travel, we have finally arrived in Rwanda. We have been here for one day now, and although we are all still jet lagged and exhausted, we are soaking everything in. The people here are so kind, the food is amazing, and the views are stunning. The morning after we landed, Jean D’Amour’s friend Yvonne showed us around Kigali. We were treated to coffee and fresh fruit from the market (stay tuned for a poem/ode to coffee in a future post by Aria). We then took motos to the genocide memorial, which was powerful and sad to say the least. In the afternoon, we drove to Musanze from Kigali through beautiful rolling hills of farms and small communities, little kids grinning and pointing at us shouting “Muzungu!” as we passed. To my delight, we also passed lots of goats and cool-looking trees.
We are now staying at Jean D’Amour’s beautiful house in Musanze. He has dogs, chickens, Guinea fowl, and pigeons, one of which is now (albeit jokingly) named after me. We finally got a chance to relax a bit this evening over some beers and reignite the debate over wanting to fight snake sized worms or worm sized snakes- as a result of this discussion, it was discovered that Aria hates worms, I have a worm-themed playlist (happily available upon request), and there are no worms here in Rwanda to torment Aria. We later had an incredible home-made, garden-grown dinner of potatoes, peas, and vegetables.
Today, we will be visiting the site at Kadahenda for the first time. We are all so excited to see the progress that has already been made and get to interact with the community.
We will back back on the blog in a few days. Until then, dreams of chapati will fill my head and I will do my best to come around to coffee and beer!
Megan
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