Author Archives: dodd
Our Pride
Good morning to our lovely friends at home as we prepare to hit the hay back in Livingstone, My inner zoo camper heart (Yes, that’s a thing. My parents let me go each summer and I even was a camp … Continue reading
Staying for (High) Tea
Hello everyone! This is Clare Cibula reporting live from outside the Basil Cafe in the Fawlty Towers Lodge. The time is 7:37 pm, and I am sitting at a table with a few fellow zags (Hattie, Grace S., Kylie) eating … Continue reading
The long journey to Victoria Falls
At 5:20am my Nintendo Wii (Hip Hop vine remix) alarm goes off. GOODMORNING for us here in Lusaka! Room 17 slowly starts waking up, climbing down their bunks and getting ready for the day ahead of us. Our bus to … Continue reading
When things don’t go accordingly to plan
Hello to everyone keeping up with the GIZ blog and the thirteen of us students! We have collectively agreed that today counts as our first “real” day in Zambia. Yesterday, we were a pitiful sight with our rumpled clothing and … Continue reading
A busy first day in Lusaka
Good Afternoon for all of you and Good Evening to us here in Lusaka! We have finally finished our initial journey, so no more planes and airports for at least a few days. Although, all our travel has already laid … Continue reading
Preparing for arrival
For those of you who’ve followed this Gonzaga-in-Zambezi blog over the years, you understand the Jesuit posture of accompaniment that animates our annual return to the town of Zambezi in Northwest Zambia. For those of you who will are seeing … Continue reading