Friday/Saturday

It’s Saturday afternoon and I’m at the office. Yesterday was pretty relaxed—we were at the office for a while, had a brief meeting with one of the partners for the paper, then left early to go eat fufu. I really like fufu. I think I’ll buy some of the instant stuff (which is apparently just as good) and learn how to make the soup and cook it at home. Kate, who was in Ghana last year studying, found a restaurant in Montreal that serves it. She said it’s just like being in Ghana. They have fufu, they show highlife music videos on the TV and it takes an hour to get your food!

This morning Grace and I went to Ahwiaa, a neighbourhood of Kumasi where there are hundreds of people selling crafts. I bought a bunch of stuff and am pretty happy with what I got. It’s great—you go there and immediately get lots of attention because you’re obruni. So if you’re in a stall and see something you like but it’s too big or too small or the wrong colour, you just say that and within 30 seconds, someone will have brought you something you want. I pretty much spent all the money I had, so I’ve got to use an ATM for the first time since I’ve come to Ghana (I’ve been using traveller’s cheques). Let’s hope it works.

Dr. Addae and I are about to have lunch—smoked salmon that I brought from Canada. We’ve been planning on eating it for ages, but something always happens and plans change. But we brought it to the office with us and said we can’t leave until it’s done.

The Habs are back in action tonight, rekindling that intense rivalry with Anaheim. I can’t believe that someone actually said: “hey, let’s name our hockey team after that cool movie!” What is even harder to believe is that someone else said: “hey, what a great idea!” Ok, that’s all.