Ok, that is not their name, and they are bulls, but seriously. Does anyone know what breed this is? How can you not like cows a little more now? Come on, don't deny it...cows are awesome.I didn't have much to do today because the bio-safety lady is out of the office so I must wait to be trained how to be safe in the lab. So instead I read about my new favorite disease, East Coast Fever. I will spare you the details but it is a big deal here.
After being charged $10 for breakfast I decided I needed to go grocery shopping. My adviser's wife was nice enough to take me to the supermarket where I stocked up on things like rice, lentils, and pasta. I did get some passion fruit though. Mmmmm.....
I walked around the ILRI campus after shopping and took a bunch of pictures. Here are a few: http://picasaweb.google.com/julia.littell/Kenya1#
Every Tuesday they have a social gathering for folks working and living here. It is a weird mixture of a bar, a potluck, and waiters to take your plates away. I met some really great people there. A vet student from Sweden, a couple from Holland, various crazies from Great Brittain, native and non-native Kenyans, and a family from Ithaca. One of the crop science professors is on her sabbatical and has two boys that graduated high school early to come join her. The boys and their friends who were also visiting had been shooting documentaries for various organizations and we got to see one about the school that is taking care of children in the slums next door. There were also lots of families with little kids. One American couple was due yesterday, but got sick of waiting so they decided to join the party. The soon to be grandma flew in from Idaho to help with the baby when it eventually decides to come.
I am looking forward to tomorrow, but as usual, I have no idea what I will be doing.
I love that cow. If they weren't real, people would think that they were not real, just photoshopped.
ReplyDeleteKeep up the posts, these are really fun.