Verrrry little exciting going on here right now, so I'll be brief (especially since way more exciting things are currently happening on your end...among them the death of Osama bin laden, and don't let us forget the birth of Mariah Carey's twins).
Cooking this weekend for Amy's host family was a great success...and I'm pretty sure I consumed more veggies than oil for the first time in any meal in the past 4 months. Also we ate mangoes imported from the Casamance region, which were probably the best things I have ever tasted.
I'm really going to miss the fruit here.
Friday was actually a pretty cool day-my Islam teacher took our class on a field trip to several religiously significant locations around the greater Dakar area, including several cemeteries and mosques. It was really interesting (and we needed to wear head coverings at every destination); it was mostly good to see these places from more of n insider's perspective.
And then our Music and Dance teacher brought in a traditional dancer and drummer (both of which we were forced to try...it wasn't pretty), s it was just a culturally packed day.
Beyond that, just had a normal weekend, and have officially started my last week of classes and interning.
Only 12 more days until I come back home to take a hot bath and eat things not soaked in palm oil...and not get followed to school by a man who literally stopped his motorcycle (which was heading in the opposite direction) and abandoned it on the side of the road so he could follow me better.
As much as I love it here, I am definitely ready for a break.
So until more exciting things happens, mangiy dem!
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