A few weekends ago, Emily and I celebrated our three year anniversary. Hopefully the bad title pun will make sense in a minute. It blew my mind more than a little bit to think about how three years have passed already, and how full of adventures they've been.
We went to the Nairobi to celebrate, where by lucky chance Emily's previous company was holding a retreat the same weekend. We were able to see many old friends and colleagues from Zambia, people we knew at the beginning and throughout the first years of our relationship.
It was great catching up with all of them. We relived old times with Jeremy, Alison and Kevin losing at blackjack, had brunch together, spent some time with Esther, Paul and Abby, and went to a "friends of IDinsight" happy hour where we met the rest of the growing team. We spent a good 24 hours straight with all of them before they went off to their work retreat. It's hard saying bye, but we're also very lucky to have seen them so often since leaving Zambia.
On the morning of our anniversary we drove to Kiambethu Tea Farm, where a British immigrant first grew, made and sold tea at the turn of the century. We listened to an instructive talk from his granddaughter, who now owns the farm, and learned some new tea facts. For instance, I had no idea black, green and white tea all come from the same leaf of the same plant, and the difference depends on how they're processed. She had excellently brewed tea for us to try, and served us a hearty and colorful farm lunch in the afternoon.
In the evening, Emily took me out to a delicious dinner at Talisman enjoyed with a nice wine courtesy of my parents (thanks guys!) Even though we were almost stranded by our taxi, it was a great meal and a great end to both the day and weekend.
We went to the Nairobi to celebrate, where by lucky chance Emily's previous company was holding a retreat the same weekend. We were able to see many old friends and colleagues from Zambia, people we knew at the beginning and throughout the first years of our relationship.
It was great catching up with all of them. We relived old times with Jeremy, Alison and Kevin losing at blackjack, had brunch together, spent some time with Esther, Paul and Abby, and went to a "friends of IDinsight" happy hour where we met the rest of the growing team. We spent a good 24 hours straight with all of them before they went off to their work retreat. It's hard saying bye, but we're also very lucky to have seen them so often since leaving Zambia.
(Hanging with Abby)
On the morning of our anniversary we drove to Kiambethu Tea Farm, where a British immigrant first grew, made and sold tea at the turn of the century. We listened to an instructive talk from his granddaughter, who now owns the farm, and learned some new tea facts. For instance, I had no idea black, green and white tea all come from the same leaf of the same plant, and the difference depends on how they're processed. She had excellently brewed tea for us to try, and served us a hearty and colorful farm lunch in the afternoon.
(Colobus monkey joining us for lunch)
(Tea talk in the tea field)
In the evening, Emily took me out to a delicious dinner at Talisman enjoyed with a nice wine courtesy of my parents (thanks guys!) Even though we were almost stranded by our taxi, it was a great meal and a great end to both the day and weekend.
