Internship offically begins 7/6

Hi Everyone!! I hope all is well back home. Everything is fine here. The weather has been "nicer" the last few days, not so hot. I am getting to like the food a bit better. They sure do love "peppae" here. They use fresh peppers and it is HOT!!! The taste is real nice, so after a few mouthfuls you can't taste the hot much. My favorite so far has been Peppae soup with oxtail. haha. Since I don't like bones, I got the meat part of the tail in my soup. Surprisingly I really like having tea everyone too. Yellow label Lipton is my fave with 2 sugar cubes. The pineapple is AMAZING!! I have never tasted pineapple so sweet and delicious in my life. It is real nice.

Yesterday was market day in Kumasi. Wow, wow, and wow. That place still freaks me out, mostly because it is so gigantic and so many people. Mrs.Esaw, Mr. Moses and Seth and I went to the market. Ohh... Seth is a little boy from about 2 villages away in Kumawu and he comes to the house on weekends to work on his English!! :) He is real cute, about 10 yrs. old or so. Going to the market is nearly an all day event. The travel time is significant... about 40 minutes each way from Oyoko to Kumasi and in-town traffic is just plain ridiculous.
A few observations about the market.....
1) freshly butchered meat out in the open, flies and all.... kind of scary
2) everything is sold in RAW form... cooking from scratch baby!!
3) items expensive in US are still expensive here --> i.e. tv,laptop, etc.
4) driving signals are optional?? As are street signs??

I have lots more... but they can wait for another post. Also yesterday we attended a funeral. I wore a traditional funeral dress and blended in quite well, minus the skin tone. The funerals here are quite elaborate and slightly confusing. There is lots of greeting, and giving of money and dancing and more greeting. It's very interesting.

Today was more relaxed, we hung out at home all day. I worked on some homework for my online class, and cleaned my room. Seth and I worked on English. Well... I would say it in Twi, and he would tell me what I said in English. It was a pretty good system. I really hope to find a way of uploading some pics on here. They take FOREVER to upload and often time out before they are through... but I am working on it. So please bare with me. I miss and love you all. Medo... wo nkoaa ne medo. Mepawokyew fre me wae.

Love, Steph