Clara and I have having cold ones on the little balcony of our hotel. What else is there to say?
Slept in this morning -- way in. That was after having claimed, in a previous email, to have arrived well-rested. I guess there was more work to do. The good sleep testifies also to a decent hotel. Cool temp, comfy enough enough mattress, and -- once we put the bug net in place -- no bugs.
Today was surprisingly productive. Surprisingly because I was sort of avoiding having a first day be a productive day. I didn't want to hit the ground running, I wanted to wander around first. But: it's a busy city, it's a little bit warm in the middle of the day, and pretty soon moving around without a mission felt, well, unproductive. Anyway, we got a bank account and a phone number and an appointment with a real estate agent to look for a house tomorrow am. Sheesh. And completely by surprise we were tracked down by Clara's future colleague, the Technical Director of the Burundi Film Center, Papy. He found us at the hotel to invite us to a screening tonight of the first five short films produced by the center. Nice!
Back to the beers!
Well, I promise not to expect a daily email to the MZJ blog--but I will be on the lookout for them from time to time.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you have a busy year ahead of you--no escape from great opportunities! Love to both!