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Melkerull. Amazing Norwegian chocolate. Often featured in our "chocolate parties" :-). It also happens to be the only word of Norwegian I know :-D
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How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
About Me
Things I'll miss about the U.S.
- anonymity
- Autumn in the Mid-Atlantic
- family and friends (duh!)
- having soap and water readily available in most restrooms
- hot showers
- MEXICAN FOOD!!!!
- multi-story buildings
- my American cell phone
- my things
- not having to worry about malaria every time I get a mosquito bite
- NOT seeing gekkos creeping in the night
- paved roads
- paying for everything by check card
- Public transportation that includes: adequate personal space, air conditioning, and seatbelts
- salad dressing
- seasons
- speedy/ reliable internet
Things I love about Dar
- the exchange rate
- bongo flava (google it)
- East African jewelry
- fresh fruits for cheap
- fresh pineapple juice
- my TZ cell phone
- listening to East African radio stations on my phone
- palm trees
- samosas
- soda in glass bottles
- Swahili
- the indian ocean
- the lack of a concept of time/ urgency
- the weather
- Zanzibar
Reading is Fundamental!
- My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
- The Pact by Jodi Picoult
- The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
- The Ethical Slut by Dossie Easton and Catherine A. Liszt
- The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
- Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama
- A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
- The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd
- The Broker by John Grisham
- Adverbs by Daniel Handler
- Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
- Aman:The Story of a Somali Girl by Virginia Lee Barnes
- Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
- End of My World by Emma Jackson
- Because I Am a Girl (multiple authors for Plan Int'l.)
- Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult
- Leaving the World by Douglas Kennedy
- NOW READING-- The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
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- October 2009 (5)
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- June 2009 (5)
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