T-Bone (J1)

I know there is probably too much writing, and not enough photos on the blog at the moment. We will try to change this soon, but every time we see something we want to take a picture of, the camera is in some bag in the boot of the car. For example this morning, on our way to work, in the middle of a roundabout on the 'Western Bypass', the most busy road in Gaborone, cattle were grazing while traffic was flying around from all sides like crazy. Something like this would only happen in Africa.

Our weekend was very relaxed, we watched Ireland make a decent performance in the Rugby game against Italy, we still follow the Irish rugby team. It was on big screen in the "Bull and Bush" bar, anyone who will come visit us will be guaranteed a visit there. Did we ever mention they are on the top 50 of best steak restaurants in the world?

The beef is amazing here anyway, I have eaten the best steaks in my life. Botswana is very proud of their beef. For example, McDonalds is only allowed to set up restaurants if they use Botswana beef for their burgers. They do not accept this, and are therefore missing the opportunity to make some decent food. Botswana is one of the few countries in the world without McDonalds.

Even though I am from a farming background, i can not explain why the beef here tastes so good, the texture of the meet is different I think. Most cattle wanders around along roadsides and fields that belong to no-one, and offer very little to eat. Would it be that they grow slower, and therefore it tastes better? Or does it have to do with them sometimes not drinking water for longer periods of time. I would be interested if anyone has a theory on this.

I still did not hear about my possible job offer, so I rang them this morning. He said he had been in South Africa for business most of last week, and I would receive my offer this week, to join them in a month from now or something. I was getting worried, so this is a relieve, as you can imagine.

OK, this is enough writing now, will be sure to post some pictures.

J1