Hello!
Yesterday was a great day! It was a public holiday
celebrating the end of Ramadan. (Although Accra is SUPER Christian, there are a
lot of Muslims in the northern parts of Ghana.) A few of the other
international students and I went to the beach since we didn’t have classes! We
first tried one beach but it was so full of trash that it was impossible to
even put your towel down on the sand. It was really sad to see so much trash
but there was one guy raking some up so that was hopeful! We decided to try
another one and it was a lot better! We ate at a nice restaurant right on the beach
and I had a cheese burger!! I was so happy! It had its own Ghanaian twist, like
cucumbers, but it was really tasty! Then I curled up in my chair and took a
nice nap! It was great, the sun was nice and warm and it made a little blanket
for me. I loved it. I don’t think anyone in our group got in the water but it
was still great to be there and soak up the sun, hear the waves, watch the
soccer games happening right in front of us. It was a lovely start to the day.
After that my dad’s old colleague, who is Ghanaian and now
lives in Ghana again, came and got me and we went to Oxford street. There are a
lot of shops and clubs and restaurants and just a lot going on in that part of
Accra. It was great to see it all! She showed me the little stand where her mom
buys her dresses and I got a dress, too! It’s orange and blue and beautiful!! I
wore it today but it was a little tight in the top so I talked to a seamstress
and she said she would fix it for me by tomorrow! Yeah! Then we went to this
super nice restaurant that had a little lake/pool thing and outdoor seating and
American music!! It is an Italian restaurant, but we just got something to
drink and talked. It was really great! I definitely want to go back, even if it’s
just to hang out a little outside. Then we came back to the hostel and I showed
her my room, which she thought was nice. Overall I think I did a fine job of
celebrating my first Ghanaian public holiday!
Today I washed clothes again! I had the genius idea of
listening to my iPod while doing it.. made it so much better!! Who knew that
singing along to Shakira would make you want to scrub all your clothes clean!? Tonight
I have my first Twi class. I’m really excited to learn and actually be able to
communicate with people that don’t speak English. Sometimes it’s the kids that
haven’t learned English yet so it’ll be cool to impress them all with my Twi!! The
class is for the international students, so I hope they take it nice and slow
for us!
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