Nairobi National Museum

I will start with yesterday's adventure.  Charles took us the the Nairobi National Museum.  We first had lunch in their coffee shop.  Ordered nacho's and salsa - didn't taste like anything I'd ever had before nor will order again.  I ordered a chicken sandwich which was okay. Mike ordered a burger, which he will not order again.  Then we went to pay our admission.  Mike gave them a $20, which they refused to take because it was printed in 1990; they won't take anything printed before 2002!!!!!!  Luckily we had some Kenyan shillings left.  

The museum was small, but somewhat interesting.  They had a lot of stuffed animals and we were surprised that cheetahs are so small.  There were a lot of artifacts of different tribes and traditions.  There was a large collection of information about Joy Adamson.  She is the woman who the Born Free movie was about.  She did a lot for preservation of the animals here (but Lisa says that she was known to be a not very nice woman to people).

Then Charles picked us up.  In conversation with him, I asked if the International Casino was near by - funny thing it was!  The sign said it was an international casino, but when he dropped us off at the door, no casino.  We went to another door, but it was a restaurant.  So back we went to the car, and Charles said they should take down the sign.  When we left the parking lot we realized that one side of the sign said casino and they other side didn't have anything on it.

Today we are just staying close at home because Grace didn't have a good night, and we thought Lisa should sleep when she can.  She sent Charles into the city to pick up Grace's birth certificates to get to get Graces' American citizenship and passport.  She paid for quite a few certified copies, because once they leave here who knows how hard it will be to get one.  Well when Charles came home with the certificates she realized that the guy who types them up spelled her name wrong, so they are no good to her and now the city employee won't answer his phone - that's Kenya.

Hopefully tomorrow we will put together some more pictures of the scenes along the roadside in Nairobi.  Also Grace goes back to the Dr. and we think she has gained some weight.  Tonight when her father comes home, we'll have to tell him she looks like him today, we've been saying how much she is her mother's daughter and today is the first day we think she looks like him!

Before closing, I need to tell you about my cooking experiences today.  So Ida was not here this morning (she was at her class) and I decided to use that Betty Crocker Brownie Mix I bought the other day.  Well between trying to figure out the stove and using Sunflower oil (instead of vegetable oil) and the timing - they are certainly not the best brownies I've ever made (although Lisa likes them!).  Next I've tried a zucchini bread - which is all over Ida's oven.  I don't think she'll let me back in the kitchen any time soon.

Love to all,

Mary