Today was a wonderful day. I am slowly getting back into the “school/work” routine of having assignments and deadlines. I feel like I am studying at Cambridge or in Portugal once again, and…

We spent the day in Mpingu, a village just outside of Lilongwe. This was our second village visit in Malawi, and we were welcomed by a beautiful chorus sung by a group of…

     Interesting lunch for a nutrition lecture… Say hello to the African witchcraft egg.  One bite will set your whole body on fire.  Every morning the rooster crows at 4:30am.  Since we have…

 Today was our third day in Lilongwe.  We woke up early to get a ride to the CBF office where we could connect to the Internet and begin our work.  This summer I…

            Our home in area 47 of Lilongwe, Malawi.  Professor George set off very early this morning for his tobacco auction in a nearby city.  Our plans are to head…

We arrived in Lilongwe, Malawi. The first thing I noticed was that Malawi is much dryer than other parts of Africa that we have visited. When we left Tanzania, we left Eastern Africa,…

Today was another early morning.  We left our hotel when it was still dark, around 5:45am in the morning.  Zanzibar is a really safe place due to the high tourist population, but we still felt…

We decided late last evening that we would take a short trip to Zanzibar, the islands known as the African Spice Islands that are located right off the coast of Tanzania.  We took…

 Going to church in Africa is always a treat.  Today Andrew and I had the opportunity to attend church with Tom and Mariam in one of four branches in Dar Es Salaam.  The…

        We started our day with a delicious local breakfast of herbal tea, bread, and fruit prepared by Mariam.  The local experiences we have been having are incredible and I wouldn’t…