This is my first blog EVER and it's coming out of a rainy Sunday afternoon in Bujumbura, Burundi. My husband, Jan, is playing with our kids (sounds like some version of horsey/lion pride, if I had to bet) while I'm in my home office working/hiding/writing. Instead of sending out emails over life and times here, I'm switching to a blog format with the hope that I'll write more regularly and be able to share photos with friends, family, and anyone else considering a move to Burundi (I know you're out there - we were in that situation a mere 7 months ago...).
If it weren't raining, the view from our kitchen porch would be this: down the mountain into central Bujumbura, with Lake Tanganika and the mountains of DR Congo in the distance. Not a day goes by that I'm not thankful for this landscape.
It's the rainy season now, which sometimes means crazy loud thunderstorms, but today means one of those damp fall-like days where it's just gray and rainy. No better way to interject a bit a life into such a blah afternoon than a quick trip to Ice World, the latest edition to Bujumbura's kid-friendly scene: a soft-serve ice cream joint! Here I come, boys!
