First Full Day in Zimbabwe

We did so much today and I am so proud of everyone for keeping up and trying so many new things! This morning after breakfast we went to two different marketplaces in Harere.  The first we saw medicine men and they explained what they can cure and how they do it.  At the second we looked at crafts and I began teaching them how to negotiate payments!! We talked about how important of a cultural experience it is, and they even began using phrases in Shona (the local language) to engage the crasftsmen/women.  Also, today ShaRayna turned 21 so we have had mini-celebrations all day! After the market we went to the national Art museum and saw Shona stone carvings as well as paintings from artists all over the continent.  We discussed how the image of "African Art" is very biased and single minded in the West and what an amazing experience it was to see Art created by African people instead of "African Art"....after the museum we began making our way towards Victoria Falls and Zambia.  It will take us a few days to reach, so for now we are up in the mountains for 2 days.  Tomorrow we are actually climbing a mountain!! I can't wait...even with my fear of heights you have to realize this may be the only chance you get to do something like this so you just have to push things aside and do it!