Braai

Saturday in Rehoboth is Braai day. Braai (pronounced bry as in cry) is Afrikaans for a barbeque. Namibians are in to meat in a big way and so our lunch today consisted of a kebab and a mutton steak with roasted bread and melted butter - so healthy and delicious!

The good news is that we have now seen where we are going to live.

Our "flat" is actually a semi detached bungalow and is on the campus of Rehoboth High School Hostel. The hostel is the place where learners who live too far away to travel in each day, board during the week. It has three double bedrooms a large open plan living area and kitchen. The flat is a stone's throw away from the high school

so there will be no excuse for me being late in the morning even if it does start at 7am! Our patio (!) looks out over the rugby pitch so we will be able to watch the games for free.

The bad news is that there is another teacher temporarily living in the flat whose home is having some building work done. The work has over-run so the latest is that we can't move in until Friday next week. I think we almost expected that things wouldn't be entirely straight forward.

It looks as though I will be teaching more ICT than Maths and maybe even teaching Physical Sciences - a combination of Physics & Chemistry. The last time I did any Chemistry was 30 years ago - help!

We hope that Ruth & I might visit Rehoboth again on Wednesday - they want me to attend the assembly which starts at 7am so we will need to leave Windhoek at 6am. The principal told me that the teachers all take a turn at taking the assembly leading bible readings and praying - I think I need to be prepared for that to happen on Wednesday! I will spend the day looking around the school and we hope that Ruth might get to visit some primary schools to see where Jaydon & Courtney might go.