An update on life in Nairobi

Here are a few pictures that I took in October/November. Our life here has settled into a pleasant routine. Sascha's school goes until 3pm and afternoons are for playdates or activities like swimming lessons, riding lessons and just hanging out at home. I go into the center of Nairobi twice a week for Kiswahili lessons, a total of 4 hours a week. Otherwise work for Goethe from home, spend a good deal of time with German School Board necessities (since I was voted onto the Board a while back) but also enjoy life here. :)

Downtown Nairobi has a very pompous side to it, particularly the government buildings.

And has a few tall buildings, thought they are rare.

Sascha practicing recorder in the garden.

Playing with Mimi, our tortoise, in a Kenyan Kanga material dress.

Knight, our household help, who is a Godsend and who I will miss very much when we have to leave next summer.

Sascha with her friend Lieselotte in the treehaus in the garden. This was before Sascha's encounter with a large male monkey in the house. She is not as happy out there on her own anymore since then.

An amazing flower bouquet I bought. I still don't know exactly what they are. But, the leaves thin out to a long thin stem that winds itself within minutes around anything it touches. Very cool!

Eating out on the patio, before the rainy season started.

Big News! Sascha lost her first tooth (in October). A second is wiggling also.

The personel from Clanson Court exchanging gossip. I bet it's good!

Sascha with the neighborhood clan: Rafik, Kendwa, Naima and Isadora (last two missing from the picture)

Sascha is starting to look good on the horse.