So apparently the some streets have names here (but try telling the Rwandese that) and mine is called Umuganda Boulevard. For the most part though, street names and addresses are more the stuff of Western legend than practical reality. When I registered with the US Embassy, under address I put Prima 2000, the name of my building (2000 as in the millenium, not a street number). Apparently this is how addresses work here.

Anyways, I find the street quite quiet and boring. We’re in a diplomatic part of the city (American Embassy, British Embassy, EU, President’s Office, Ministry of Education and other embassies all have their “addresses” on my street) and about 10 minutes away from the downtown (just one hill over). But my neighbor apparently (that’s the third time I’ve use that word in this post, I know) gets up early enough to see a much more interesting street than I do.

So for a good description of where I’m living, check it out at her blog.