After four weekends of struggling through frustrating breaks in Michael Corcoran's RTE radio commentary, it took a three hour bus ride to Mwanza to find a TV showing the rugby. Although we would have been willing to walk if we'd known what an exciting, tense, exhilarating afternoon it was going to be.
Toasted with 'foreign export' Guinness (it's nothing like home!), Ireland's Six Nations win was met with delight by our new American friends (yes, Johnny Sexton's sort of like the quarterback) as well as ourselves. In a week that also included Paddys Day, we found ourselves missing Ireland more than usual, but someone's got to introduce Tanzania (well, a Mwanza hotel at least) to rugby, particularly when Ireland are so good at it!
Swahili word of the day: Raga, sasa tafadhali (Rugby, now please!)
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