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Since we arrived we have been taking it quite easy - no stress except to make sure we are eating at the right time. Since Sunday we have visited the immediate surroundings, ate and slept. But finally I got water in my room to take a shower - a cold shower since there is no hot water.
This morning we (a colleague Nathalie & I) visited a home to get the recipe of a Tô sauce but all we got to do in 1h30min was to take the core out of Baobab flowers and mash them into a paste, then realized the recipe is a little bit more complicated since some ingredients are prepared in advance (dried sardines, rotten paste of something, another type of dried fish, mouton, some yeast preparation), cut tomatoes and onions. Never got to see the whole process or taste it since we had to go for our training session. But how many people do you know that would invite strangers in a very warm and sincere fashion to intrude in their daily shores of preparing lunch for their family - just like that only after a few words being exchanged. These people are so nice, love their picture being taken and are absolutely without any pretention - au naturel all the way.
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First training session lasted 1hr - they took copies of our passport, gave us our integration allocation of 100,000F CFA (approx $250) and answered a few questions. The money is to be used to buy our essentials that are not included in our new home such as linens, pots& pans, drapes, cutlery etc...
We have the afternoon off and it is so hot that I stayed put and wrote this blog to post later on. I bought an internet access card of 120 min. (2500 CFA = $6) but I only have 50 min. left and I did nothing really except read a few emails, sent a few and waited forever for connexion to send or receive .... So that is life here so far - relax, be patient, smile and be happy.
Not a whole lot to say because I don't do a whole lot - but so far so good. Also will be easier to communicate once I have access to better internet where I can skype with those that are online.
Stay tuned
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Since we arrived we have been taking it quite easy - no stress except to make sure we are eating at the right time. Since Sunday we have visited the immediate surroundings, ate and slept. But finally I got water in my room to take a shower - a cold shower since there is no hot water.
This morning we (a colleague Nathalie & I) visited a home to get the recipe of a Tô sauce but all we got to do in 1h30min was to take the core out of Baobab flowers and mash them into a paste, then realized the recipe is a little bit more complicated since some ingredients are prepared in advance (dried sardines, rotten paste of something, another type of dried fish, mouton, some yeast preparation), cut tomatoes and onions. Never got to see the whole process or taste it since we had to go for our training session. But how many people do you know that would invite strangers in a very warm and sincere fashion to intrude in their daily shores of preparing lunch for their family - just like that only after a few words being exchanged. These people are so nice, love their picture being taken and are absolutely without any pretention - au naturel all the way.
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First training session lasted 1hr - they took copies of our passport, gave us our integration allocation of 100,000F CFA (approx $250) and answered a few questions. The money is to be used to buy our essentials that are not included in our new home such as linens, pots& pans, drapes, cutlery etc...
We have the afternoon off and it is so hot that I stayed put and wrote this blog to post later on. I bought an internet access card of 120 min. (2500 CFA = $6) but I only have 50 min. left and I did nothing really except read a few emails, sent a few and waited forever for connexion to send or receive .... So that is life here so far - relax, be patient, smile and be happy.
Not a whole lot to say because I don't do a whole lot - but so far so good. Also will be easier to communicate once I have access to better internet where I can skype with those that are online.
Stay tuned
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