I was talked into getting up today, on our day off, at 7:30. I went with Virginia, the girl that arrived late, to the Catholic Church on campus. We left at 8, thinking an hour to find the building was plenty. We got there within half an hour to find that mass had started at 8 today! Apparently it was family weekend and the church was having a huge picnic to celebrate the swearing in of a new set of officials. The ceremony took about an hour so they extended mass by an hour! Even though we got there late, we still sat in mass for 2 and a half hours! I’m not sure I can handle sitting anywhere for two hours straight again. The choir was the best I’ve ever heard! They had bongos and everything! Actually, the entire church could have been in the choir, everyone sings so well!
Lunch afterwards was great too! They had all of the national foods that we’re used to and drinks. I felt like I was at home, going to clubs just for the free food! Except this was a little more legit because we didn’t know there was going to be food afterwards. It was like a reward :). We sat with a few grad students who told us a bit more about campus and Ghana in general.
When we got back to the hostel I decided not to wait any longer for the guy that was supposed to fix our internet. We went to the mall on a tro tro and went to the main store. They fixed it within minutes! On our way back we ran into problems. We took the wrong tro tro and ended up having to walk a mile home in the dark.
When we got back we went to the night market for our new favorite food: fried egg sandwiches! A hilarious 14 year old girl named Vivian makes them. We spent two hours sitting outside her stall joking around! Her stand is pretty popular. There’s usually a bunch of people sitting in chairs around the stall waiting for an order to be filled.
I hoped in the shower when we returned and only then found out how much sun I got today. I suppose I should have realized it! We walked to the church and back, to the tro tro station, and then from the next station to the mall! It hasn't been too sunny since we've been here. There are always clouds, but today was pretty sunny. I hear that as soon as the Harmattan is done the sun will be out more often. At least I have a base coat now I guess!
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