Don't worry, we haven't been eating more dodgy food... Last week we went to our dear old Queen's Official Birthday Party at the British Embassy! Did you know there are about 300 Brits in Rwanda?...and I've met two! Heaven knows where they are all hiding! I think a lot of them are VSOs and another organisation, but after that there are still 200 random floaters! I actually met a very nice VSO worker who will still be in Rwanda when I come back, if all goes to plan, so I'm going to keep in touch with her despite the fact that she lives in the sticks!
Well, they gave us fish and chips, beef sandwiches and cheese and biscuits - classic British Cuisine (I'm sure you'll agree!)...and houmous, which would have been a nice accompaniment to the cheese and biscuits had it not turned out to be horse-radish sauce (thanks for that Pam!)
They also plied us with enough alcohol to sink a battle ship...and considering we're not allowed to drink out here in real life, for fear of being reported for our un-Christian behaviour, we were well away! Tracy offered to drive home...so Pam and I made the most of the free supply of wine and spirits...and had a simply marvellous time, what ho! Though, for future parties it might be advisable for them to move the tree with the lumpy horn-encrusted branches out of the path of people making a beeline for home...
Tracy was just disappointed that they didn't let us sing the National Anthem, or Rule Britannia for that matter...I was rather pleased myself! Unfortunately she was also disappointed that she didn't meet her future husband...but I thought it was a pretty narrow escape when we found the one she had her eye on, on his hands and knees outside the front gate!
While we are on the subject of Tracy, apologies to anyone who was offended by the appearance of her nose on the birthday blog. As I keep explaining to her, it is difficult to take photos of her WITHOUT the nose...but she worries about these things! Personally I think it is a lovely nose and should have as much airtime as possible.
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It's a good job you mentioned Tracy's nose as somehow I'd completely missed your pictures from the birthday posts! Not entirely sure how though given the colour of your shirt in one of them tho Em!!
I'll have you know that was my birthday shirt given to me by Tracy - and I have trousers to match...and in fact another top...and spare material to decorate my house with!! I fully intend to wear them in England so you had better buy some sun glasses!!
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