Both Anya and I were home today, doing school work at home. Anya needed a day to de-stress from all the immersion, and do some work on her own pace.
I worked through understanding what was written about 3 early encounters with the Maasai, including German missionary Ludwig Krapf (1810 – 1881) in 1854; Scottish explorer Joseph Thomson (1858 – 1895) in 1885-19002; and British explorer and colonial administrator Sir Harry Johnston (1858 –1927) in 1902. The most intriguing is Thomson’s. (Here’s the link to the full text: https://web.archive.org/web/20050425150608/http://www.geocities.com/olmorijo/thomson_preface.htm). Note, this is definitely a colonial mentality and not so politically correct in dealing with the “savages.” But it does give a sense of an early Indiana Jones-like adventure.
A walk to the grocery store for some vitals (Nutella, peanut butter, Wheetos cereal, and milk) gave me a bit of exercise. I went to my bank to see if my PhD stipend had been deposited yet, but it was closed at 4:25 pm and the ATM had only a Norwegian interface. So I took a picture with my smart phone, came home to Google translate, typed in the Norwegian words to learn the translation, and then I made electronic flash cards on Brainscape. This iPhone app and internet website syncs in the cloud, so I don’t have to type all these words into the iPhone. Now, I know which word to choose to check my balance!
With blessings,
Beth