November already?

It feels like quite some time since I have written in my blog! Things here are going really well! We are sort of in a turning point in training because we hve finished internship teaching this past week and we are going to be taking some exams this next week before shadowing another volunteer. Another trainee and I are going to be travelling to Iringa to stay with another education volunteer! I am really excited to be travelling to a new region of Tanzania and actually see what life is like in the village as a PCV. Morogoro is a really nice city and there are a lot of things available, which probably isn't indicative of the environment in which I will be living. So, this shadow visit will be a nice opportunity to see what life in a TZ village is all about and also to get to know other trainees and volunteers. It should be a really great time!
Since I last wrote I have been to Mikumi National Park, which is about a few hours from Morogoro. The trip was in essence what you would imagine a safari to be! We say elepants, giraffes, monkeys, hippos, crocodiles, zebras, antelope, and buffalo. We were een lucky enough to see a lion and lioness. I was literally six feet away from them (of course I was inside of a fully enclosed bus, but that is besides the point). The scenery was absolutely unbelievable and looked like it was out of a movie. It was a really really amazing trip and I am so happy that I was able to go! I am really hoping to post pictures, but I most likely will not do it for some time so sorry for that.
Also, I have been to two weddings. One was a muslim wedding and the wedding I went to yesterday was christian. They were obviously very different so I was lucky to be able to go to them. Then again, it is "wedding season" now, like it is in the summer in the US. I wish I could et, wlaborate more on the weddings, but that would take too much time!
This past week was pretty funny because I fell off of my bike! I am ok, really, but I was more pissed at myself than anything. I am actually surprised that I got this far without falling off as I expected to hurt myself in Ann Arbor when I was biking on campus. Anyway, so I was riding my bike in the morning wearing my skirt and pants underneath as usual (this is not relevant to the story, but I want to paint a picture). Twice a day, we bike over this little path to turn onto the road and the problem is there is a bump, which is followed by hill. This means that you must bike slowly over the bump and then speed up to make it over the hill. On that day, as usual, I went slowly over the bump, and this time I could speed up fast enough to make it up the hill. I realized this pretty quickly and knew that I was going to fall. I start to try and "catch myself" and I succeeded until somehow I hit my lower jaw on the handlebar. My friends and some strangers stopped to help me and I was more shocked than anything. I have a bump and scar on my chin now, but it is starting to heal so no worries! It makes for an interesting story, especially in kiswahili!
Alright, that is all for now! I will most likely update again while I am in Dar Es Salaam after my shadow visit in Iringa. I hope everyone is doing very well and please bare with my and my inability to keep in touch with you all. I hope to hear from you all soon! Kwa herini!