After saying goodbye to everyone I've ever known I spent one day in Washington D.C. trying to make some new friends really quick! Luckily the 42 Peace Corps Volunteers seem like a pretty crazy bunch so that part wasn't bad! The 8 hour flight to Senegal wasn't even that bad since it took about an hour less than it was supposed to AND I got to see Blind Side...which is fantastic! We landed in Senegal this morning although I'm fairly certain I really got here about 2 weeks ago since settling in to the Peace Corps site has been pretty easy...so far. I had nutella and peanut butter on a baguette for breakfast and clearly that was delicious...since it contained nutella. Then we got to have nap time since all of us ahd about 6 hours of sleep in the last 3 days. Followed by a delicious lunch which involved us sitting on the ground around big roles of super spicy stir fry and eating beef with spoons out of the massive communal bowl. And then the best part of the day! Our trainers started drumming and then showing us Asfrican dance and then we literally had a 2 hour dance party! All the little kids were watching us from the gate after they got out of school and they came in to join us so we danced for another hour! Craziness...we all pretty much collapsed from exhaustion!
Thats it for now since my computer is running low on power! Our wifi gets taken away tomorrow for a while so I probably won't post for a week or two...or more, I really don't know!
Sorry if that post made no sense..I'm still rather sleep deprived! But so far Senegal has been a blast!
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Hi Kelly -
ReplyDeleteLoved reading your post and glad to know you got to Africa all safe and sound. Nutella? Never would have thought that would be the first thing you were to eat.
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Hi SeneKel - that's a great first blog (I recognize the title). That sounds like a very enjoyable introduction to Senegal. I'm sure it won't all be easy and dance parties and I'm equally sure you're creating a life time of memories.
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Mom said to look into feedburner.com, it's a Google feature. Set up a subscriber feed for your blog and add the feed info to the html tag. A button will appear on your sidebar, then we'll have the option to be notified when you post a blog.
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Sorry Kel - last note; I see the subscribe by email at the bottom.
ReplyDeleteKelly...I'm jealous...the end
ReplyDeletehahaha OMG sounds amazing!! DANCE PARTY! You sound like you're settling in well. I can't wait to hear more!
ReplyDeleteWho knew all that dance party practicing would be so useful and relevant in life after college?
ReplyDeleteWow... What a start to your experience!! It sounds like so much fun!! I'm glad your enjoying yourself! :-)
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