Wednesday, January 9, 2013

"Obruni, Obruni!" These are the words that adults and young children shout towards us as we pass by them. Obruni means foreigner or literally white man. When they say this phrase it is not meant to be a negative conotation at all. It is a welcoming nickname in a way for us. The young kids are more than excited to see us walk past, give a wave and smile as we greet them good morning! The Ghanaians are very welcoming and polite. As we walk to class or around the streets we always greet people with a hello, good morning, and a how are you today, and vise versa. The majority of the people are very smiley and enjoy getting to know us. Today we had breakfast and class as normal. After class we walked to the University of Ghana where one of our professors teaches history. We ate at the Guest House for lunch. I had 'red red' which consists of plantains, beans, red sauce, and a couple other vegetables. It was pretty spicy, but just enough. It was delicious! Afterward, we continued our tour of the University by visiting the library, bookstore, and walking up a hill (just like Augie!) to the President's house. The view was spectacular! There were trees, flowers, and gorgeous buildings. For dinner tonight we went to a Ghanaian families house. We met a family on the airplane on our way to Accra also leaving from the Chicago airport. We got to talking and found out they lived in East Legon, which is where we are staying at our hotel currently, and they own the cinema, tv station, and radio. They offered us an exceptional meal which consisted of sallad, fried plantains, chicken, julof rice, small pieces of beef, vegetable appetizer things (I am not sure the name), and more! Their house was beyond beautiful. Their family and some extended family was there to chat with throughout the evening. I enjoyed talking to Kofi, the nephew of the hosts who is 17. It was nice to chat with someone roughly our age about Ghana and learn different things! There are many stories! This was my favorite night in Ghana thus far!

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