Images: The journey and the first day

I have arrived in Dar es Salaam. I had been prepared for a cultural shock, but I felt rather like arriving at an unknown playing field for a football match. That does not mean that I was not nervous or excited. It simply felt surreal und I was surveying my moves and body functions more closely than usual. After some sleep we went to the bank, my credit card survived a system shutdown of the ATM (Windows XP, but I already knew that from Deutsche Bahn) and I saw the first real shotgun in my life, it belonged to a security guard. We were offered very good Italian ice cream and a man talked to me in French. Europe must look tiny from here. At least for me looking at the map of Tanzania in our living room is like looking at a section of outer space. And if Europe is even beyond, that is quite a lot of light years. The surreal feeling has not vanished yet. Tomorrow we are going to see the hospital, the fire department and our house. I am looking forward to it. Thanks to our great mentors Adson and Daniel, we are like children exploring the park in a new neighborhood. New people, some new rules, but humans like around the corner. Laughing, chatting, working.