shopping day

Tuesday was a shopping day. I made my first purchase at Masaai Market. Whitney and I went with my cousin Cheryl and it was a good thing she was there to bargain in Kiswahili, and to be a non-foreign presence. She was able to bring down some prices for us : ) I ended up getting a really cool pair of sandals for Ksh 250.

We had our first Culture and Communication class today with the “drunkard” professor, as students here call him. All of our classes are supposed to be in 3 hour blocks because they only meet once a week, but we have yet to have one for more than two hours. Today’s was one hour. It was nice to actually have class though.
When I got to Kariokor, I decided to try and brave the markets alone. I ended up getting some really cool stuff, including a lot of really pretty beaded jewelry. I got about 10 or 12 different things and brought the total price down from 5,500 to 2,250, though I did have to get rid of a 3 small items : )

After dinner and after everyone was in bed, I discovered a large selection of movies in the cabinet next to the TV. So I spent the next hour and a half watching Sister Act. It was wonderful.