This weekend has been one of, if not the best, since I arrived here
in Zim. We went up to Harare on Friday at lunchtime and got back
yesterday around five. It ended up being only Maria, John and I who went
up and then we left Maria there to go on a houseboat on Kariba with
some of the others for nearly a week. When we arrived at Tom (Maria's
cousin) and Wendy's house we were not the only ones there and it filled
up as the evening went on. Quite a few Swedish speaking people (all
old). After dark sometime we were guided to Tom's office where we three
were staying, on matresses on the floor. Huge big house. Before saying
goodnight we watched the second Sherlock Holmes with Robert Downey Jr.
Sooooooooo funny. We laughed and laughed and laughed so hard. There was
one part were Sherlock rides a little pony and we actually rewinded like
three times because it was so funny!
Next day we took a
short trip to the fleemarket, where Maria bought nailvarnish and we met
some of the Aussies who had come back from the roadtrip and were getting
ready for the wedding as well. After a pizza each with Maria stressed
out about it taking so long time we were going to be late, we got back
home showered and so on and ended up with me doing a french braid on
Maria while John painted her nails... But we got to the meeting point in
time anyway. We jumped onto a bus they had to take us out to the
wedding spot, about 45 minutes out of town, up on a big hill. The way
the bus and cars drove up to it, over fields and big rocks was amazing,
though at one point we thought we were really going to tip over.
The
wedding ceremony was so lovely and pretty and nice. The whole village
below the hill where there and watched as well. After photoshoots we
headed back through the African sunset to a café that Dean's (the groom,
Tom's son) sister and mother owned which was beautifully decorated.
Everybody under a huge tent with a band playing as well. So many of the
Australians were really good musicians, since Sophie (the bride) plays
cello superwell. The reception was full of speeches, food, chatting,
drinking and music.
I decided quite late that since Dean
had a little bit of Swedish blood in him I would play him a Swedish
polska. But there were no violins there, so I asked one of the girls who
had played viola at the ceremony if I could try to play it on her
viola. She said yes, but that it was a really bad one she had borrowed
from somewhere here. It was bad, but I managed to get it to sound all
right anyway. Then the other viola player said I should borrow hers
instead, because it was better, so I said thank you and did. After
playing the polska once the whole African band joined in and it sounded
really amazing, such fun! When I then went to pack up the viola the
owners boyfriend (an amazing cellist) came and told me that yes, that
viola was a real bargain, they got it for 20 000 dollars, when it really
was worth 40 000 ...!!! And the bow as well was worth 6000 ... Ahhh!!!!
Nearly had a heartattack. Apparently it was a 210 year old Engligh
antique viola that I had been bashing around out there!!!! Oh boy, I
still can't get my head around it...
After that we
danced 'til we were dripping. The Australians really were so so so nice,
I loved them! Slowly but surely people dropped off and Maria took the
car home. John and I got back half past four after a truly wonderful
night. In the morning we dropped off Maria and then headed straight for
Pizza Inn. No hangover can be really cured without pizza and a coke. The
drive home was easy and nice with blasting music and only one road
block which we were waved through.
As soon as I got
home I then phoned Jill and asked if I could fetch the car, which I
could and I now have a not so bright yellow Nissan Sunny again!! Yey!!
Amazing, it is so nice to have a car...
Right, this
novel should be finished by now. Filled up with new photos now, so
should be arriving at nellieinafrica.tumblr.com soon enough.
Tjoho!!
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