Rwanda has three official languages: Kinyarwanda, French and English. More and more people are (trying to) speak English, specially now that they kicked the French out of the country.
In general I try in French first, to improve my French, mostly I have to switch to English if it get a bit more complicated. Saturday we were eating at a reasonably international place. So after I ate my disappointing hamburger and Haze ate her tasty meatballs, I asked (in English) for the bill: "Can I have the bill please". To both our total surprise the waiter answered "Sorry, I don't speak French" We were flabbergasted. Yeah, finally a sentence where I can use the word 'flabbergasted'.
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