Tuplojustohampurilainen

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Last night we went out to a restaurant/bar in Gaborone called Bull and Bush. It was our first night "out on the town" and it was quite an experience!

When we arrived, we noticed an usually large number of white people. I asked Karabo if that was normal for the bar and he said it was. It seemed like it was an ex-pat hangout for South Africans and Europeans. There is a Finnish guy who also lives at UB near us who was there. I tried out my Finnish words, "Terve" (greetings) and "Tuplojustohampurilainen" (double cheeseburger), on him and he seemed impressed. There were a few Americans there: our group of OU students, some UPenn students, and the US Marines who guard the American embassy in Gaborone.

There was a live singer there for a while who sang some classic bar tunes (ABBA, Tina Turner, Pink Floyd...) and some Afrikaans songs. I'm convinced she was on crazy pills, because she was running around the seating area, singing, dancing on tables, and apparently being harrassed by some drunk South African who wanted her microphone. She kept calling for the bouncer through her microphone while continuing to sing...Very strange.

As the night went on, the singer left and a DJ came so that people could dance. They played mostly American R&B and pop music, but they used some remixes that I wasn't familiar with. The whole group had fun dancing. Thato and Karabo are great dancers, and they put us all to shame.

In typical OU fashion, some of our group wanted some food after our night out. Nothing is open that late in Gaborone except a "fast" (a very loose term) food joint called Bimbo's. Karabo took us there so that some people could get food. It took a loooong time, so I chatted with Karabo, who was the other person drinking just Coca-Cola with me all night.

We came back and settled in for the night. Now it's time for another day of excitement in Gaborone!