I woke up on Christmas morning to the greatest gift Libby could have possibly bought me: a chicken! We are now the proud owners of Uwamahoro Claudine and Kyogomishu Denise.
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| Meet Kyogomishu Denise and Uwamahoro Claudine |
The chickens,
although originally quite shy, now wreck havoc in the garden. They spend a lot
of time next door, making a mess and eating the neighbour's food. However, we
were paid back over the past couple of days by Claudine laying 2 eggs! (which
were fried and put on a pizza for our New Years celebrations – more on
that later!)
Our Christmas Day
was quiet and filled with chocolate and gifts from each other and home. Miri
bought me some flip-flops that all of the Rwandan girls wear so that I can
become a better Rwandan.... I bought Miri a Catholic hymn book so we can sing
along in Church and learn the responses, and I bought Libby a Rwandan football
shirt and a Rwandan flag belt. (I originally wanted to get her an MTN or Tigo
t-shirt, but after asking in every shop in Butare and even visiting the MTN and
Tigo centres and getting both funny looks and outright laughter, I had to give
up). The little girl next door (the family have just moved in) hung out with us and we gave her Welsh cakes and a Christmas hat.
On Christmas Eve
Miri cooked us Kartoffelpuffer – a typically German dish of potato pancakes
with apple sauce and vegetable soup with mulled wine and Welsh cakes. We visited the Christmas Mass at the
Cathedral which was the most wonderful service – the Cathedral was decorated
and the choir sang Gloria in Excelsis Deo so we joined in for the choruses. I
felt really Christmassy for the first time!
Tomorrow I promise to do a post on our New Years Celebrations!
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