Rwanda Edition
World Comfy Couch Day leads today's complete edition for Rwanda.
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A day for sinking in, putting your feet up, reading something good, and the simple pleasure of resting properly.
In Kigali, spring rains make the air fresh, but your kitchen drawer remains cluttered with old receipts from the market and the matatu. You sort through them, finding one from a café that has since changed its name and another for a phone charger you lost. Letting go of these slips of paper clears space for something new, like a plan for the weekend.
The clouds gather over the hills of Kigali, and the air smells of wet earth. You check your rain jacket, your umbrella, your shoes that handle the mud. When the downpour comes, you walk steady, and the land drinks deep, promising a green tomorrow.
The afternoon clouds pile up over the hills, and you hear the first rumble as you close the windows. You check the roof gutters and move the laundry under the veranda. When the rain comes, you let it wash the dust from the air and settle into the rhythm of the drops.
You observe Barbary macaques (the only wild primates in Europe), Barbary partridges, and various seabirds on the Rock of Gibraltar. You find that Gibraltar residents typically keep dogs, cats, rabbits, and birds as pets, following typical Mediterranean pet-keeping practices.
