Friday, December 16, 2005
The Eagle Has Landed
Wow! We´re finally in our house in Nacala! Except it isn´t a house- it´s an apartment! We have a lot to tell, last weekend was our swearing in ceremony at the ambassador´s house. There were two great speaches from volunteers... you can already guess that I gave one of them :-) I didn´t think it was that bad, but an english teacher, Kris, gave the other and when the Moçambican minister of education (or representative of) gave her speach it was, Kris this, Kris that (5 times!) and she never mentioned mine. Eli says I´m bitter but I´m really not.
Ok, here´s our address in Nacala really quickly before I forget! Send it to us at-
Escola Secondaria de Nacala-Porto
Caixa Postal 187
Nacala, Nampula
Moçambique
Ok, so we flew up on Monday morning- leaving Boane at 4am!! Between the two of us Eli and I checked 9 peices of luggage and had 4 carry ons. Thank you Peace Corps for paying for the extra luggage. Some people brought huge stereos, foot massagers and even a bike so we werent that bad! Our first day in Nampula we tried to go to Nacala and move into our house. Well, to be polite we met with the district administrator of education first, and thats when I heard them saying that they had changed our house at the last minute without telling Peace Corps! They also said that our house wasn´t ready. So we stayed in a really nice hotel on the beach for 2 days while they got the ´new´ place ready for us.
Sounds good, but then I get a call from the director saying the new place is going to take a little bit of work, so we won´t be able to move in until march maybe. So its back to the original apartment until then! So currently, today is our 2nd day in our new place. Its HUGE!!! We have 3 bedrooms, a gigantic living room (it came with a giant tortoise shell!!) and a long porch. We have a two room kitchen, running water (sometimes... usually in the morning) and electricity. 1.5 baths. Its a fixer-upper, but we won´t be staying long enough to fix er up. Our director did get us a brand new refrigerator and tv, as well as a little electric stove top and some dishes, pots etc. There was already a bed with a foam mattress. We´re pretty much settled in, things are good. Someone from the administration has been over helping to cook, clean and show us around. Soon we´ll be getting a dog and an empregada (maid). It really is a huge house. The new place that we´ll eventually go to is smaller, but in a much nicer neighborhood, and perhaps will have a view of the water.
I´m really afraid the internet will die, so more later!
Ok, here´s our address in Nacala really quickly before I forget! Send it to us at-
Escola Secondaria de Nacala-Porto
Caixa Postal 187
Nacala, Nampula
Moçambique
Ok, so we flew up on Monday morning- leaving Boane at 4am!! Between the two of us Eli and I checked 9 peices of luggage and had 4 carry ons. Thank you Peace Corps for paying for the extra luggage. Some people brought huge stereos, foot massagers and even a bike so we werent that bad! Our first day in Nampula we tried to go to Nacala and move into our house. Well, to be polite we met with the district administrator of education first, and thats when I heard them saying that they had changed our house at the last minute without telling Peace Corps! They also said that our house wasn´t ready. So we stayed in a really nice hotel on the beach for 2 days while they got the ´new´ place ready for us.
Sounds good, but then I get a call from the director saying the new place is going to take a little bit of work, so we won´t be able to move in until march maybe. So its back to the original apartment until then! So currently, today is our 2nd day in our new place. Its HUGE!!! We have 3 bedrooms, a gigantic living room (it came with a giant tortoise shell!!) and a long porch. We have a two room kitchen, running water (sometimes... usually in the morning) and electricity. 1.5 baths. Its a fixer-upper, but we won´t be staying long enough to fix er up. Our director did get us a brand new refrigerator and tv, as well as a little electric stove top and some dishes, pots etc. There was already a bed with a foam mattress. We´re pretty much settled in, things are good. Someone from the administration has been over helping to cook, clean and show us around. Soon we´ll be getting a dog and an empregada (maid). It really is a huge house. The new place that we´ll eventually go to is smaller, but in a much nicer neighborhood, and perhaps will have a view of the water.
I´m really afraid the internet will die, so more later!
# posted by Paul and Eli @ 7:40 AM 
