After school on Tuesday, Mike showed me some of the tourist stops in Windhoek. There are two malls in which we did not spend much time. The major grocery stores are on the first levels of the malls. Outside one of the malls is a outdoor walkway where many local have booths/area to sell tourist souvenirs. What looks like an ordinary sculpture from afar is large collection of iron meteorites. They were apart of the largest known meteor shower on earth. (Sorry not photo)

As we walked through downtown, people in traditional dress were appearing frequently. As we walked up toward the landmark church, the roads were closed to cars. A police officer told us the roads were blocked for the memorial service of a politician in the gardens at the parliament building. He must have been a Herero.

I enjoyed the Christuskirche (Christ Church) built by the German Lutherans and consecrated in 1910.

I also became more educated regarding Namibian's history and battle for independence at the new history museum. Namibia gained its independence 21 March, 1990 after years of fighting.

We were able to enter the courtyard for the fort Alte Feste, see the Parliament building and gardens from a small distance, and drove by the President's house.

Yesterday, Mike, a friend of his, and I ate kapana for lunch. Kapana is a native food. It is fresh (slaughtered at 4:00AM) red meat cooked over a grill with fire. It is the experience that is cultural not just the meat. One aisle at the market is men cooking meat over the grills. The cow is literally right behind them being butchered just prior to being cooked. One walks down the aisle stopping to sample meat at as many vendors as you want. After finding one you like, you decide how much meat you want. N$10 or N$20 will get you ample meat. This is equivalent to about 1-2 USD. The meat slices you selected are cut in to bite size pieces and placed into newspaper for you to hold and eat. The flavor toppings are hot chili or red spice mix or salt. Some will eat the meat with a tomato and onion mix. If you want more meat, you begin the process again.  Yes, I did eat the red meat from the market, but I did not eat mopane worms. (sorry no photos)

Mopane worms are caterpillars that come out during rainy season. There are two types, green and black. They looked dried. If one wants to have the delicacy of the cow's liver or stomach, they are available as well  For dessert, fat cakes. These are a semisweet ball of dough that is fried.

I also have sat in on a seminary class, small group, chapel, and met many students at NETS.

It has been a great few days here seeing what life is like in Windehoek.