Week 2 updates!

Sorry it has been so long. Last weekend my host brother and host sister brought Talia and I to the beach! It was a beautiful beach with live bands and a fun restaurant. Classes started on Monday, what a difference from Morris! Classes only meet once a week for two hours. And apparently students don’t actually start to attend class until the add/drop date of classes, which is February 6. Needless to say my class on Monday did not happen, we waited for 30 minutes and then decided to leave, there were only 6 students in the class to begin with. The entire academic part I will have to get used to but I am so excited to experience something new.
On Tuesday morning some friends and I went to Madina Market, about a 15 minute tro-tro ride from campus. We were first in the food area and it definitely felt really uncomfortable. ‘Obruni’ is Twi for white person and so we get called it a lot. We brought some beautiful fabric at the market and I will be going to my host mother’s seamstress sometime this week for a skirt and a dress.
Tuesday afternoon was so exciting, being in Africa when Obama was inaugurated. All international students were invited to watch the inauguration at an outdoor performing arts center.
I live in a house with 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. Another house is connected to the side of the main house. Roselyn, a daughter of my host mom, lives in that part of the house. We have running water and a normal toilet. There is no hot water, but when it is 95 degrees outside a cold shower is amazing! The house has an8 foot cement wall with barbed wire on top surrounding the property. The picture is of the front of the house. The other picture is of the backyard, the huge black barrel is used for water storage.
Food is really spicy but tasty. A lot of fresh fruit, rice, fish and chicken. One of the pictures of red-red (a bean type sauce) and plantains …delicious!

I will update again as soon as I can!