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Yep we actually did it - when we went to work today, we wore the cloth we bought at the market just like the Rwandan women. I was worried they'd think we were mocking them, but they thought it was great and everyone laughed watching us try to act like we knew how to put them on. I had three different women show me how to wear it even though all three different "arrangements" looked the same to me. Oddly enough, both Jessica and I thought we looked more Asian than African. Don't you see waitresses at Asian restaurants wearing long skirts that start above the belly button and go all the way to the floor? Right? Hmm, I wonder which came first...

After work we got on the "Volcano" public bus to Kigali with Olivier who is attending English classes here. Now we're at Bourbon Coffee having an oh so cultural experience: on the internet, drinking coffee, eating sandwiches and fries... Our excuse is that we're reaccomodating our stomachs to American food since we're going home sooner than we thought. Pretty convincing...? Maybe then while I'm at it, I'll get another breakfast sandwich... wait, no I can't- today I interviewed this guy who has five siblings and they only get to eat only one meal a day. Not as if my uneaten breakfast sandwich will magically transfer itself to his dinner table, but I still feel guilty now that I thought of him. Darn it!!