Thursday, May 8, 2008

What do you do after visiting Murambi?



Well, you drive to Butare - the first town built in Rwanda and as Yves said, the intellectual center of Rwanda because it's the home of the National University. We went to the Hotel Ibis and had lunch. The drive gave us some distance and we were able to talk about other topics than massacres. I saw a stationery store called "Google". Found out that Kassim, the driver lost his parents during the genocide. Kassim grew up in Burundi but was moved back to Rwanda because "it is my country". And this Sunday is the Kigali Marathon, which he is running in. Maybe I will be on the sideline and cheer everyone on - they expect about 4,000 participants.
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