First of all – the house is amazing. I’m staying in a house with about fifteen students and 2 staff members. We’re all in doubles, with a private bathroom for each room, closets and a bed. I have a ton of room, which is an admittedly nice change from New York. The view is green – something I’m not especially used to, coming from wintry PA, and before that the wonderful concrete cityscape. Solomon (the name of the house) has a large kitchen with three sinks, three stoves, fridges, etc – what you may (or may not) expect for this many people living under one roof. So far, I’m impressed and excited.
We had our first day of orientation, complete with some seriously amazing food and juice. Juice? Yes. Fresh fruit juice – I’m talking fresh squeezed watermelon, pineapple and orange juices, plus sweet, natural blends like pineapple/coconut and plain guava and mango juices. That’s right – I’m abroad in the TROPICS. J
The food was great – we had a buffet lunch sampling all sorts of Ghanian (Guh-nay-en) dishes. Of special note – peanut and chicken soup, kenke (crushed maise (corn)), and a lot of really great vegetable blends. It’s going to be awesome.
We went over a lot of safety stuff today, but we’re all getting really excited to start exploring – beaches, music, dancing, pubs to watch “football” in, churches, restaurants – it’s all here, and just waiting for us to experience it.
This week is going to be packed – they have a ton of stuff scheduled for us to do and learn, just about the culture and our surrounding area – so I’ll update when I can, but internet has proven fairly unreliable.
Honestly, it feels great to be unplugged. J
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