Sorry for the silence
I haven't blogged in a while because we had a visitor. A friend of ours from LSE who is currently working in Senegal came to visit so we were moving all over the country, showing her the best that Benin…
“Vous avez aloko?”
Six days a week the Italian and I eat lunch at Maquis La Marmite Africaine. You can find maquis all over Benin. They are restaurants with pre-made food and simple dining accommodations. One of our co-workers introduced us to this…
What I Learned From a Beninese Nun
So here in Dassa-Zoume, Benin there at not many vegetables, which explains the high level of malnutrition among the population. When we do actually add vegetables to the pasta that we eat everyday, we add onions or tomatoes, or both.…
Correction
I would like to amend an earlier post when I referred to our ride to Cotonou as hell. Sadly I was mistaken about what hell is but i think I'm a little closer to finding out. Two incidences helped me…
Don’t Forget to Check Out!!
So when we left for Cotonou on Wednesday, apparently we didn't mention it to anyone at the convent. On Sunday when we returned, before we even stepped foot on the porch, I heard one of the nuns (I refer to…
Quotes from the Trip: Benin
me: "Sarah Palin is an idiot." him: "No, really?" me: "Do you have deers in Italy?" him: "Whats that?" me: "Bambi" him: "Oh. Yes." "He's so scary. He's so tall and black." "Don't give her the camera, she doesn't know…
If hell has a name…..
So yesterday the Italian and I headed to Cotonou because he needed to renew his visa and do some other things. The bus trip was probably the worst one that I will ever take in my life, if I can…
Since I’ve been in Benin…
I have mastered the art of broken French sprinkled with a few English words said with a crappy French accent. I have developed an insane fear of being crushed by a truck falling over on its side. I have somehow…
It’s the little things…
Standing outside in 90 degree weather bent over washing laundry is not my idea of a good time at the end of every week. So after a few months of hand washing all of our own laundry, we finally asked…