How Domestic.

Back from the homestay.

I stayed with a family that consisted of a grandma named Auntie Augie, 24 year old mother named Patience, her 10 month old baby girl Emerald. The family was wonderful. They were very kind and welcoming. We made a lot of food, ate a lot of food, met some of the neighbors and neighborhood children, ate a lot of food, bathed Emerald, did some of my Twi homework(one of my tutors was a 7 year old), oh and we ate some more food(with our hands of course).

So I don't really know what I was pounding since it doesn't have a translation for English but it was a type of vegetable and pepper I believe. The mash was then added to water then strained so that the paste was kept for the base of a stew which had fish and snails in it. BIG SNAILS.

Yes you do just crave to get into it and mash it up but do believe that it gets to be tedious work.

This is my friend Joy being taught how the women here wrap there babies around them with fabric. Baby Emie with Joy on the are on the left and Patience and Auntie Augie to the right.

I have not put up the homestay pictures yet but I have added some more pictures to my September album from last weekend.

http://picasaweb.google.com/wheresbowski/GhanaSeptember

Now I am off to write some papers for my classes tomorrow. No more cultural exchanges to help me procrastinate. Blast.

Best,

Ellie