If you’re American and you love root beer, then please don’t be offended. I tried some just the other day and found it thoroughly disgusting!! In fact, it reminded me of the mouth wash the dentist gives you (except for the colour, ie not bright pink!!) I must be missing something with this drink, as there are plenty of folk here who love it!!

Mall of America

This weekend, I got to visit the famous Mall of America, which is HUGE! I probably saw about 5% of the whole place. Mall means ’shopping centre’ in American English. What’s amazing is that there is an enormous central area with a small theme park in it, including roller coaster, log flume and other rides - crazy!!!

The best shop I saw there was called the ‘Rainforest Cafe’ - an amazing jungle-like shop with vines and snakes (not real!) hanging from the ceiling and enormous aquariums (aquaria?) with tropical fish in. Quite an experience. Apparently, there’s one in Piccadilly Circus, so I’m eager to take the family there. As someone who normally lives in Africa, I did feel quite at home in there (not that Cotonou has any rain forest, mind!)

On the way back, I was astounded to see house numbers like 4580, when in the UK they rarely exceed 200 !! Also saw a ‘Wendys’ and ‘Taco Bell’ but it looks like I’m not going to make it to the IHOP (International House of Pancakes) which is a shame.

So, tomorrow I leave the USA after just a week. It’s been one of the most amazing weeks of my life, meeting so many interesting folk and learning about what God is doing across the world through music. If you’re one of those folks I met, thanks for visiting the blog and keep in touch!

Bye for now.