Even though we are still in our first year here in Zambia, we are in our last year of service with MCC so every season from now on is the last one we will experience here in Africa.
We’ve begun talking about going home (next July) and the things we’ll miss about
Zambia.
One of the physical attributes of
Zambia that we love is all of the blooming trees.
We are just at the end of Jacaranda season now and I seem to have missed the perfect photo opportunity on that one but there are still a few of the beautiful lilac coloured flowers left here and there.
We are in the peak of the season for the Flamboyant tree which is also known as the Flame tree because of its firey colour. It seems the whole city has erupted into this glorious colour…
Our mulberry tree is giving much more fruit than we can handle but we’ve made some wonderful milkshakes, pavlova and some jam that turned out to be syrup.
Mango season is just ahead and it’s promising to be a good one.
How do we cool off in the heat? Nice cold watermelon, another one of our local crops. We bought our first watermelon of the season on the side of the road on the way to Kitwe last week and then we immediately bought another in the Kitwe vegetable market with our colleague Cheryl.
Happy Independence Day! Today is the day 43 years ago that Zambia gained its independence from the British. To celebrate, the girls’ school had a Parade of Nations assembly where each person dressed in attire from their home country. There are 48 nations represented by the student body and 15 nations represented by the teachers, it is truly the International School of Lusaka.
Three Canadian girls: Erin, Danica and Katrina.
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