Today was an unexpected change of plans if you're following us based on the itinerary. Yesterday Esther (the Head Teacher of the Malemia primary school) told us that school would be cancelled today because all of the teachers were asked to attend a mandatory government meeting. Because there was no school today, we got the chance to sleep in for the first time since coming to Malawi. Once everyone woke up and had some breakfast, we all piled into the bus to go on another little adventure. We rode the bus to a lodge at the top of Zomba mountain. Fun fact: the first study abroad group from Radford stayed at this lodge before decided it was too far from school and the rest of town. Once we got to the lodge, some people decided to go for a little walk (that I soon realized was more like a hike), to a beautiful little waterfall. While some people went on the walk, others stayed at the lodge and relaxed, enjoyed the scenery, and shopped at the nearby vendors. Once the group got back from the hike, we enjoyed a nice lunch at the restaurant in the lodge. Originally we had planned to go to an indoor market after lunch, but we decided to head back to Annie's Lodge to relax some more. The students that decided they wanted to get something made out of the fabric they bought yesterday then went to the tailor to have their measurements taken. At 6:00pm, we sat down for dinner and decided to call it a night and discuss our plans for tomorrow at breakfast in the morning. I'm looking forward to going back to the school tomorrow and continuing our research!
Until tomorrow,
Alyson!
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