Day 10
July 19, 2011
This morning was amazing. We started our day at the Spinners and Weavers, which is a place for women that are divorced, widowed, or in problem situations to learn a trade of spinning and weaving rugs and shawls. Part of that complex is also a school. We had the privilege of visiting the school. We interacted with pre-school kids, who were just amazing! At 3-4 years old, they were learning English (including writing skills) and arithmetic. The kids were full of life- we danced and played with them. We spoke with the teacher and toured their classroom. From there it was on to a mall (the African "Target"), where we got various little items including a new suitcase.
We then had the afternoon free. We went back over to the animal orphanage, which was great. We were able to interact with the animals again, which we thoroughly enjoyed. We also played some bad mitten and walked the dogs at the hotel.
Dinner did not go well. The service was terrible and they had some problem in the kitchen. For a Fairmont, it was not handled well. They did not even tell us what was going on. Abbe said this was pretty typical for Africa.
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