Senegal is known for its ‘Teranga’ (hospitality)
One evening we were invited to Yvette and Charles house in Rufisque. They had a group of guests in town from Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast). It was catered, it was very nice. You haven’t eaten until you’ve tasted Senegalese food. Ummmmmmmm.
Sunday night, Jacques hosted a soiree for me at his home. Nice, nice. His friends and family including General Gomis and his wife, and Colonel Ndiaye and his wife. They broke into a song that they sang years ago. It was so nice. His cook served a three course meal! I only wish I could describe the dishes. They toasted me…Yes, I’m being spoiled.
Fait les achats (shopping)-
Jacques says 10 days is not enough to visit Senegal. He’s right. I was unable to do any shopping. I tried to reserve the day before leaving the country to try to go shopping. Even though Ngor, his driver, ran me downtown making about 6-7 stops, it was impossible to find what I was looking for in a couple of hours. But you know, I did the best I could.
Tags: Travel
December 11th, 2005 at 4:53 pm
11 Dec 2005
Dear Linda–
Thank you so much for sharing your travel adventures with those of us who are armchair-bound. I particularly enjoyed your description of the marketplace (as it is in many similar countries as Senegal), and your Centre des Albinos du Senegal. How about that fete you mention in this posting? We Catholics sure know how to party!
Keep the rest of the world up-to-date of your travels.
Truly,
Grace
December 12th, 2005 at 9:59 am
Grace,
Great hearing from you. Had a wonderful time. Yes, Catholics never turn down a party. Hope things are going well at Pitt. Don’t be too tough on your students during finals.
Linda
December 15th, 2005 at 7:50 am
Linda, this is a nice and colorful blog, well done! Thanks for sharing the experience.
A la prochaine, merci!
December 19th, 2006 at 9:47 pm
Linda:How marvelous! 2006 seems to have been a very good year for you. Thanks for sharing your travels and the pictures are wonderful. Great to have good friends all over the world
Best,
Sharon
December 20th, 2006 at 9:35 pm
Yes, I’m blessed to be able to get a little travel in. You must plan to accompany me on the next trip.
Rcvd. your interesting email…I want to say that I would like to participate in the Afro project, just not sure yet about time commitment.