This is a blog I wrote last week but both our computers have being playing up so I haven’t been able to post it until now. It also means that I have had trouble studying from home so as you can see from the photo I have been working hard by the pool/beach at the Sheraton (jealous?). Anyway, I will write a new post very soon but in the mean time...Our entire kitchen smells like fish. Last weekend we bought some fresh fish from a guy on the beach with great intensions to make it a regular purchase. It was only after the fish was frying in the pan that we realized the kitchen has no fan. With the help of lots of windows and air-conditioners we managed to get the smoke out but the smell seems to have attached to everything, particularly in the fridge. The fish was delicious and the abundance of seafood here is wonderful but perhaps we are doing something wrong in the storage, does anyone have any ideas? My mango smoothy this morning had a definite fishy odour, along with the butter, the milk and all the veges... good thing we like fish! This wasn’t helped by the fact that Slobs got the left overs and for the past week has been breathing fishy cat breath all over us.
We have been meeting some lovely people since moving to Gambia and everyone has been very warm and welcoming but I'm beginning to realise that some of the people don’t have a great attitude. We went out to dinner on Wednesday to celebrate my birthday and invited some of Zack’s colleagues. The Indian restaurant was beautiful (one of the best I’ve ever been to) but it upset me that we spent a good deal of time listening to some of the company complain about Gambia and count the days/hours until they leave for the US. It put a bit of a damper on both my birthday celebration and our excitement of moving here. I hope we don’t sound like that after 2 years. I have to wonder why people choose this line of work when they obviously love the comforts of home so much. I hope we don’t ever sound like that and if we do I hope we have the thought not to share it with people who are new and enthusiastic. However, I still have a great birthday. Zack and I are very lucky because my wonderful parents have bought us a night in a highly reccomended eco-lodge down near the Sengal boarder - we are planning to go next weekend and I can't wait... just have to get these essays finnished first!
Friday night we invited new friends over for dinner. We are trying to get to know more people in the area. We lucked out because they even offered to cook for us! It was a lovely, we spent hours, cooking, talking and playing basketbal. The evening was much more relaxed than my birthday dinner.
We are happy to be making some real friends but guess what they cooked... fresh fish... guess I should just get used to the smell!!!
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