Tag Archives: Expat files – Have you ever heard of a black mamba? I mean, besides the black lady that gets killed by Uma Thurman at the beginning of Kill Bill.Yeah. Thaaaat black mamba. The [arguably] deadliest snake in the world?Well, it’s plentiful on this farm.I first heard this fact from little Christoph on my first day on the farm, […] While many people spend Sundays “finding themselves”, I have spent the last two getting massively lost.On the whole, I had a lovely weekend. Yesterday morning, I went into Harare and had a relatively productive (keyword: relatively) shopping spree. Last night I was invited over to the neighbors’ house for pizza and cards. They are a […] I’m finding it staggeringly difficult to start exploring Zimbabwean culture. I mean, I’m learning a lot about certain aspects of the culture, primarily from the lenses of the white, upper-class farmers. But what about the “african” Zimbabweans? The black people? They make up the vast majority of the population on this farm, yet I have […]  Today was Christoph’s 3rd day of school – he knows this, because we are keeping track using straws, which we put in a jar and he counts each day. I learned this from my first practicum teacher and it’s a great way to get students counting by 10s. Once there are 10 straws in the […]  Yesterday, after teaching, I decided to take the leisurely route home and stop to take a few photos of what I see during my drive from my cottage to school. The first picture is a view approaching D section, where I live. In the front, are newly-planted tobacco crops. It turns out that this is […] |
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