First Saturday in Senegal! Woke up really really late because I didn’t go to bed until 5am. At
around 2 Ana and I walked to the mall to buy towels. Our host mom apparently
got mad at us because we asked to borrow her towels, and she called the program
director and told her that we needed to buy our own. People here are obsessed
with cleanliness, so sharing towels is off limits. Things that I should have
been taught. So we went to the mall, which was right on the ocean and very
beautiful. I bought two towels, and each one was like $20. Not cool. So spent a
ton of money.
Then Ana and I went to the beach to meet people. The beach
is like 5 minutes away from our house, but it took us about 2.5 hours to find
it. You know how great my sense of direction is, so I was less than helpful in
finding it. But we eventually found it after touring all of the embassys in
Dakar. A bunch of people were there, and the beach was a lot of fun. We stayed
for like 2 hours and then I started walking back to Lucy’s house. On our way,
her host brother and all of his friends were walking towards the beach to play
soccer. So Lucy and I decided to play with them. From what I understand, some
of the friends are professional soccer players. As in, that is what they do for
a living. Not that I’m super talented at soccer anyway, but playing against them
was a joke. It was a ton of fun though, and so beautiful to play soccer on a
beach right next to the ocean.
Then I came back home and showered and ate dinner. Then I
walked back to Lucy’s to hang out with everyone. We practiced our French from
an English/French book, and a bunch of them played French scrabble. Then we
made ataya, which is Senegalese tea. There are 3 rounds of tea, and it takes
forever to make. You know they want you to stick around when they bring out the
ataya, because you have to stay for all three cups.
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