Today was a day just like any other

Today is Easter. I would never have known, except I found out on Friday that it was Good Friday. The only sign of Easter I have experienced today is it being mentioned a few times on the Tanzanian radio station my baba was playing most of the day ("Pasaka" is Easter in Swahili).

So since it was a normal day off, I did much-needed laundry (hadn't been able to since two weeks ago, before site visits), cleaned and mopped my room, helped cook, and tried to study but ended up napping sweatily in the heat of the day.

What I ate today: breakfast: tea, mandazi (slightly sweet fried bread), and a hard-boiled egg. Elevenses: tea, a bread roll, mandazi. Lunch: beef broth soup, ugali, potatoes with beef, and mchunga (bitter spinach-like plant). Dinner: stewed plantains with potato, a banana, tea. 

A few notes on the food: yes, it's pretty much carbs, carbs, and more carbs. Also, when I say "plantain" I really mean just green banana. I find it a little funny that cooked plantains and ripe bananas often have a way of appearing in the same meal. :)

Typical food, typical day, in a tiny Muslim village in the heat of Tanzania.