Between Hustle and Bustle

Cale, corn, all sorts of beans, oranges and everywhere bananas as far as the eye can reach. The market here in Nyeri is one of the most colourful we have ever seen, a paradise for fruit and vegetable lovers. We stroll everyday through the market to get most of the ingredients for our evening cooking sessions. Dixson, the caretaker of the college, regularly guides us to make sure that we pay the prices we should actually pay. It normally happens more often outside the market area that locals try to give us "Mozungu" prices, but you never know. "Mozungu" is the official Kiswahili name for all the white people out there and if you hear a Kenyan shout out "Mozungu" - yes, it is you! You would be surprised how cheap some of the fruits and vegetables are, being very expensive in our home country such as avocados which you get here for just 10 cents each or papayas for about 50 cents the piece. Other items such as watermelons have about the same price, so not everything is as cheap as we had expected. So guess what we are eating everyday? Avocados and papayas. As mentioned before, papaya was a completely new experience for Jannik. So, he sat in front of the papaya, cut in half, and asked me if he could also eat the pits and I said yes - I dont know why but people keep on trusting me. It obviously was meant as a joke. But before I actually could reveal the truth to what I have just said, Julia was already curiously chewing on one. Quickly we did some research to find out more about any deathly consequences of papaya pits. To our surprise, they are actually very good for the digestion, can be dried and used as pepper substitute and according to a research study, it can even make men infertile consuming them on a daily basis for a period of 3 month (Not sure about this one though). Therefore, Julia and I decided to add about a teaspoon to our meals everyday - well Jannik, he refused for obvious reasons.

In between all that hustle and bustle, you also find quite some living items to buy. So in a corner of the market, we discovered a little cage with little chicken, not older than 2 weeks. Falling immediatly in love, we are currently considering to liven up the household with two house chicken - Julia and Kathi.