weekend rain

So many plans and then the rains came. Saturday was to go to the waterfall. ‘Which?’ you might ask. The one at the end of the road and through the village. I don’t know any more than that. But we woke up and it was raining. And not just raining but proper downpour. All morning. But we had a stream of visitors come by (good thing Rhona had made brownies). That afternoon the rain stopped so we borrowed (rented) a truck and decided to go to Lilongwe for lunch…which turned into dinner as we didn’t leave until about 2:30. 7 of us ‘in’ the truck…a stop by the supermarket, open air market, and then Mammamia’s for pizza. And it was good pizza! (probably helped that we hadn’t really had any other food other than brownies/cake for the morning). The drive back was the most exciting as of course we put all of our shopping in the back seat of the truck and 5 of us rode in the truckbed. It was dark which is a time that we try not to be driving (I don’t really trust everyone to have lights on their cars here or to not walk in the middle of the road) and it was kind of chilly (not for those of you actually experiencing winter but hey). In the middle of one of the round-abouts there was a tent mosque going up which we found intriguing…who would use a round-about mosque? And it wasn’t there when we came into town. Home safe and sound and not too terribly cold.