A summary on English for my Zambian friends in Norway

In case some of my Zambian friends in Norway are visiting my blog, I want to write a summary on English!


Now we are in our fourth week in Livingstone and the time has gone by both fast and slowly! Sometimes I think that it is so long till we are going home, and other times I think that we have been here for such a long time! I’m sure you recognize the feeling from your staying in Norway.

We have experienced a lot every day during our stay, both typical tourist activities and “global knowledge experiences”! In the beginning most of the things we saw and heard were like a cultural shock, but now we are starting to get more used to it. It was very nice to take the bus from Lusaka to Livingstone when we arrived, so we got the time to just sit on the bus, look outside and take in all the first impressions of Africa! The first week we mostly relaxed, got used to the heat and got to know Livingstone. We also met some of the Zambians who went to Norway last year, who planned a lot of activities for us. We have had quite a lot of contact with them and they have been very helpful and been with us to different places. A very good and comforting arrangement for us, at least in the beginning, so next year you from Livingstone know what to do! ;)

The second week we started in our different practice places, and then we really got a lot of different experiences! Almost every one of us came home a bit shocked and wasn’t quite sure how this would work out! I saw that the Zambian pre-school was nothing like the Norwegian “barnehage”, and in the beginning it was (and sometimes still is) difficult to understand why they do the things they do. Where were the playing and the free activity? Now I’ve been in the pre-school for almost three weeks (!) and I’m starting to understand more and more, and I also see all the things the teachers do which are very good! In the beginning it was easiest to see the things that I didn’t think was so good, so Ane is right when she says that we have to stay in one practice place for some weeks so we can understand why they do the things they do, and don’t only get shocked! I’m quite impressed that you teachers in Zambia manage to have so many children on so few adults! I (and probably the rest of pre-school teachers and teachers in Norway) would have some problems with that! ;)

We have been to Victoria Falls, which was amazing! First, we walked down the Boiling Pot. It was a very hot day and we were glad when we saw the end of the hill on our way back! After that we went to look closer at the Falls, and it was a wonderful feeling to take a “natural shower” after all the sweating up the Boiling Pot!!! I can see why the Falls is a religious place for many people!

Last weekend we went to see the lions at Makuni Village, but we didn’t walk with them (but we want to do that another time!), and we went to the border bridge between Zambia and Zimbabwe. We thought we were just going to look, but Stine decided to do the glide, the swing AND the bungi jumping!! The rest of us were nearly as though as Stine, we were scared enough just watching her! :p

This weekend we are going to Botswana, but we haven’t decided much yet! All we know is that we have to leave the country to renew our visa, and that we want to see some safari!

I hope everything is going well in Norway, and that the Norwegians treat you good! ;)