Halloween

Sunday, October 31, 2010

As most of you know, I absolutely love my holidays. I was just a bit bummed before I left knowing that I would miss Halloween, but to my pleasant surprise we were invited to a Halloween party here. A Zimbabwen couple that own and run a large horse ranch here hosted the party. They are good friends with our group leader Poppy. We were all so excited. Some of our group had never celebrated Halloween before so it was a fun introduction.

Of coarse we needed costumes, so we set off into the market full of madness. I went for the gypsy theme. It by no means was a solid American Halloween costume, but the challenge of the imagination was half the fun. Every ones costume turned out great.

When we got to the party I was most definitely impressed with the decorations. They had carved pumpkins and hung fake spider webs (remember those are both things you would never find in market, shops or grow anywhere near). There were lots of kids who looked like they were having a blast, dressed up, bobbing for apples and high on sugar. Poker tables and roulette were set up for the adults. And of coarse, of all times to rock the roulette table I had fake chips. Regardless it was a great time.

I hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween.