One nice thing about being somewhere new, and meeting all sorts of people who have also been uprooted, is that you get invited to all sorts of parties. Ha! I’ll give a short report of the most notable recent social activities. Last, last weekend my mother and I cooked dinner for our neighbour Katrina’s 29th birthday (on the same day as another special somebody!). We (and when I say we, I mean mainly my mom) cooked this huge feast of roast, mashed potatoes, salad and pie. It was great, and felt like home (minus the archaic, way too hot oven haha). The party with the Czechs was held under the stars and watered by a lot of Czech punch and local beer.
The next night we went to a Swiss embassy party (way more high brow than the Canadian ones!)… It was a pretty shwanky affair, full of old Swiss people (and a couple young girls I spent most of my time with). We ate great food and even better cheese and chocolate. Mmm mmm. Also, I had a nice chat with the Swiss ambassador who told me I should come to Zimbabwe to meet an excellent Swiss AIDS researcher he works with. We’ll see if certain mothers of mine allow me to cross into Zimbabwe ;)
… last week was pretty relaxed, Friday my mom and I got Indian food and watched Dexter all night (our new favourite show!) and Saturday I went to an American girl’s birthday party. But this wasn’t just any party. There was a huge blow up castle and a pool! As expected (by Miranda) I made myself right at home in the castle and had a fun (but pretty early) night out with Marcelle, Catherine and Dr. Julie (the fun visiting Toronto resident)… next weekend we go to Kafue National Park (elephants and hippos!!). I’m so excited! More on that soon…
A few more photos @: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2172422&l=27b16&id=13613119
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