Wednesday night was once again, another night of farewells.  This one beyond compare.  Last night we were at the home of a middle class Angolan family.  Words cannot adequately express/describe the extra-ordinary effort they must have gone through to make it special .... I will post some pics later this week.

Given the various language challenges, it was an evening of .... English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Bahasa Indonesia .... yikes, what a challenge .... but fun too !!!! (I swear, I heard some French too !!)

During the evening, we ate funge (tapioca root, that is used like a mashed potato), calulu (a seafood soup), codfish, and a seafood (shrimp and oyster) rice.  It was fantastic, and the best I have ever eaten in Angola.

Company was great ... and we ate and visited until about 12 midnight.   Even the children were engaged, and I looked at drawings of an up-and-coming artist (probably 6 years old as of last night) .... he was so cute !!!!

Saying "good-bye" was Sooooooo difficult. We could not without tears .... so we only said "until next time".

Wish I could say more ... but I am barely moving forward with only 2.5 hours sleep.

Ciao Ciao.