Up at 5 and away at 6.50. Pretty fast for us. We wanted to get to Eureka campsite before 5pm so that we could have a good long evening with Ines and Michael.
We stopped at a shopping mall outside Kabwe in order to dash round the big Shoprite for some essentials. It was a bit amazing to visit a well-stocked supermarket with everything we wanted and more. Couldn’t buy Amarula, though, because we were pre- 10am. On towards Lusaka and there were a lot more cars on the road as well as trucks.
In order to miss the lunchtime rush-hour in Lusaka, we had lunch at Fringilla Farm (and it’s so much more). B had one of the famous Fringilla meat pies and really enjoyed it. People there were unbelievably friendly and welcoming; even more than Zambians are anyway. At the sausage kiosk (!) we bought some pork sausages and some scrummy-looking fudge. Then on. Getting through Lusaka was not as bad as we expected, except that we had to stop twice for me to dive in the back. I had stupidly eaten the salad at Forest Inn. That’ll teach me!
We rolled into Eureka at 3pm, and Michael and Ines were there waiting for us. It was lovely to see them. Ines cooked us a wonderful vegetarian meal, and we had the fudge for dessert. Since we had said goodbye to them at Kisolanza there was quite a bit to catch up on and we sat up talking until well after 9pm, even though it got really cold. Lovely people, and we hope that they will stay in touch.
We stopped at a shopping mall outside Kabwe in order to dash round the big Shoprite for some essentials. It was a bit amazing to visit a well-stocked supermarket with everything we wanted and more. Couldn’t buy Amarula, though, because we were pre- 10am. On towards Lusaka and there were a lot more cars on the road as well as trucks.
In order to miss the lunchtime rush-hour in Lusaka, we had lunch at Fringilla Farm (and it’s so much more). B had one of the famous Fringilla meat pies and really enjoyed it. People there were unbelievably friendly and welcoming; even more than Zambians are anyway. At the sausage kiosk (!) we bought some pork sausages and some scrummy-looking fudge. Then on. Getting through Lusaka was not as bad as we expected, except that we had to stop twice for me to dive in the back. I had stupidly eaten the salad at Forest Inn. That’ll teach me!
We rolled into Eureka at 3pm, and Michael and Ines were there waiting for us. It was lovely to see them. Ines cooked us a wonderful vegetarian meal, and we had the fudge for dessert. Since we had said goodbye to them at Kisolanza there was quite a bit to catch up on and we sat up talking until well after 9pm, even though it got really cold. Lovely people, and we hope that they will stay in touch.