The second half of Saturday, we went to a hotel for a little lunch and relaxation. More like a huge lunch of chicken, rice, ginger juice and fruit salad, followed by Ataya (Senegalese tea). The hotel, fortunately, was right on the beach so I didn't have to move far when I was in my post-meal comatose phase.
This is also the hotel where we'll be staying during finals week, when we will all present our Independent Study Projects to one another, in between naps on the beach. It might be tough to fit in the presentations.
This will be our dining hall for finals. I'm here with my NESCAC friend (yeah, I've got one!) who goes to Bates when she's not abroad in Prague in the Fall, and Senegal in the Spring.
The gate leads to the back of the hotel, into a nice courtyard area with lawn chairs and tables, which then leads into the area where we had lunch.
The great thing about being abroad is I'm losing track of the Blazers' losses, so I can still be a fan even if the Celtics killed them. The book I have to read for French class (all in French!) is there under my shirt...so you can see I may have tried to be studious.
This is from the beach, looking onto the back of the hotel, where I'll do some really efficient studying and practicing for my final presentation.
Here is the view from the back of the dining area, onto the courtyard area, before the beach.
And another shot of where we ate.
After we finished here, we drove the two hours back to Dakar. Along the way, as we were sitting in traffic, some of our teachers bought vegetables from street vendors for dinner, my classmates bought mandarins, and we all got Cafe Touba to drink. Drive through shopping and eating at its best! I hardly had to move. My laziness is being greatly encouraged here. If you even so much as glance at the DVD of Lost being sold, the vendors will come up to your window.
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