On Sunday morning the four
of us went to the International Christian Fellowship service held in
the gym of the International School of Dakar. After the service we
had a kind of Munch and Mingle. As you can see in the pictures the
overall dress code is decidedly more western than we had anticipated.
We took a taxi home and relaxed the rest of the afternoon; did go for
a stroll through the ‘hood. Although there are a few businesses
going 24/7 it sure is quiet on Sundays.
With the situation so
unstable in Mali we have a few extra people staying. Some have had to
leave in a hurry for the third time these past two years.
Monday:
Margreet took to cleaning the walls while Henk and Gaby are making
steady progress on the upper kitchen cabinets. The water is dirty
enough that we really should clean the clay filter daily, but that
process isn’t that easy as the shut off valve is broken and Henk
has to climb a ladder to turn off the main valve coming into the
house. We ‘raided’ an apartment next door and were able to secure
a small pot/lid which makes boiling water a bit faster.
Tuesday:
We are still amazed and enjoying the cool weather even putting on an
extra t-shirt. There was more measuring and cutting and Margreet
prepped the walls some more by filling in the extra holes and using
silicone to fill a crack in the wall. This afternoon we, Canadians,
were invited to the grand opening of the Presse Café which
apparently is a coffee chain in Quebec. The Canadian ambassador was
going to do the ribbon cutting at 5.30 but it happened only an hour
later, by which time Margreet and I had seen and heard it and after a
brief stop at a grocery store went home.
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