Part 2 of 3: What I Will Miss About Rwanda
gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous green hills in every direction
all my food for a week costing $2
four day work weeks
playing the muzungu card
awesome birds everywhere, and bird noise outside my window in the mornings
the omnipresence of lizards
Senior 5
students saying "hi teacherrrrrrrrr"
the giant smile on Louise's face when I go to La Bonne Addresse for tea
fabric markets
brochettes and ibyari from Kiyovu Pete's with my Kigali friends
the range of wonderful and horrifying things people strap onto their bicycles and/or carry on their heads
torrential equatorial rain and thunder that still makes me gasp after a year
the simple, stress-free nature of my house
fetching my own water
sitting on my porch in the morning and saying hi to everyone who passes in front of my house
the double-handed wave
constant nuns
the singing that's part of every routine school day
daily life bowing to weather conditions
8am Economat breakfasts
being extremely flexible with the rules/getting out of any sticky situation with a firm "ntakibazo"
seeing people's joy when they hear me use even the simplest phrase in Kinyarwanda
tiny little Ange, who faithfully trots along after me on my runs
heading into Bourbon at any time of the day or night and knowing that one of my friends will be there
the process of picking rocks out of my rice before I cook it
my cellphone ringtone
sleeping under my awesome mosquito net
being around my whole WorldTeach gang
the students who often make me want to smash windows but even more often make me smile, especially when they launch into unprompted versions of Imagine :)
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