Taking it Easy on Veteran's Day

11-11-15

The cooking school

Veteran's Day. We kind of took it easy today. We had breakfast with Bo & Juli, then went with Juli & Michelle to the cooking school, which was about a 20 minute walk. It is a convent where they have a daycare on one side and a cooking school on the other. They cook in the morning, then in the afternoon, another building holds a sewing or embroidery class. Juli likes to buy some things there – we got somosas, potato chips, and peanut bars.  All are very delicious.

From there, we walked another 10 minutes or so to a store where we picked up some souvenirs. Juli knows all the hot spots to shop. :) Then we went to the Diocese to meet a couple people. One is a pastor who is trying to help women start up businesses. She had a couple baskets on hand from Ihemi so I bought some.

War cemetery in Iringa

Then we met another friend of the Skillman's, Bonito before we had to leave for an Armistice Day celebration at the War Cemetery.

We had lunch at the apartment, then went to the market with Juli & Michelle. There was a beggar who followed us from the Lutheran Center to the market and then some. It was kind of disturbing, but not unusual, I guess. The market was interesting: any kind of food, lying on tables to buy. There was fish, grains, beans, spices, candy, fruit, vegetables, etc., etc., etc. Juli bought some groceries and then we went on a hunt for more souvenirs.

After the market, we rested. We had supper with Bo, Juli, and Michelle at a wonderful restaurant called The Haven. It was a pretty good day!

The Haven