Dateline July 4, Kigali, Rwanda. As the photo shows, the view from my home office in Kigali is wildly different from the view in Chicago.
Tag: Rwanda
Arrival in Kigali, Rwanda – 1st week
Welcome to the city of Kigali! This city is the capital of Rwanda and home to all of its foreign embassies. It is relatively small,
Rwanda Bound!
June 21, 2015 It’s a cool June day in downtown Chicago and I’ve taken my malaria medicine. I’m finally packed and have downloaded enough books and
A Visitor! (part 3)
Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park is home to the world’s largest population of mountain gorillas, with a range spanning into Uganda and the Democratic Republic of
A Visitor! (part 2)
At the end of our long Nyungwe hike, our legs were begging for mercy. By breakfast the next morning, I wasn’t sure if I could
A Visitor! (part 1)
Not long after I returned from Kampala, a new arrival showed up in Kigali: my boyfriend Joe. After three months of poor Skype connections it
Frisbee in Kampala
As I mentioned in a previous post or two, I’ve spent some of my free time here in Kigali playing ultimate Frisbee with a group
Hospital Visits and Gorillas
Well the past week or two has certainly been interesting. We now have a new advisor in the department I am working in who is
HRH and Umuganda
And now you can flip your calendars to the end of August. As we approached September, we also approached the beginning of a new academic
Gisenyi and Lake Kivu
Screeeeeeeech. Rewind way back to the beginning of August. This is when I took my first trip outside the city limits of Kigali. This will
Whoops!
Phew, it has been longer since my last blog than I realized. I’d like to attribute it all to having found my place in Kigali,
Adapting to Different Cultures
I’ve been thinking a lot over the past few weeks about how I’ve now become so used to living in Rwanda and the Rwandan way
Home in Kigali
More substantial posts to come! In the meantime, I wanted to share photos from around Kigali. I’ve actually surprised myself with how few pictures I
Getting started
I arrived safely in Kigali Friday night after about 24 hours bouncing between airports and airplanes. I checked into my hotel and promptly began Skyping
Rwanda, Rwanda
And so it begins, the journey of a lifetime. I’m sitting in JFK airport waiting for my midnight flight to Istanbul where I’ll connect on
