classes etc...

Although we had one lecture last Friday, classes (full blown) really only began for us today. This morning we had Politics and Development in Africa followed by a People and Cultures class. Right now the rest of the group is in the African Literature class, but I decided not to take that one because I do not need the credit. The few of us that are not taking Literature are planning on going to Medina (a part of Accra close to campus) to tutor during the afternoons when others have class. Hopefully we can set that up and start going by Wednesday. Classes have been really good but slightly frustrating. It's difficult for me to understand the Professors sometimes because of their heavy accents. Its seems we are all struggling with this though and I think it will pass. We did not end up going to a soccer game yesterday. By the time church was over in the morning and we ate lunch, it was just too late to go. Besides, Erica was not feeling well and we did not want to leave her behind. There are soccer games every Sunday though so I'm sure we will have more than enough chances to go. A few of us wore our jerseys in the afternoon anyways...
I had a good time with the group hanging out last night, Audrey decided to make us all dinner and we spent some of the night in the dormitory kitchen eating spaghetti with vegetables, sweet bread, and pineapple. We all had a good time.

The food situation has been quite a bit better as of late, the night market is amazing! I buy roughly one pineapple per day (for approximately 70 cents). I also buy and eat a lot of bananas (had four little ones for breakfast). Some stands sell omelet sandwiches (which have been a hit with the group this past week). There is also a kabob stand (at which I have been instructed to ask for a non-spicy stick). Other than all of this, I've fallen in love with Digestive cookies--which are apparently all the rage in Britain(and here) but are difficult to find in the States. Apart from being amazingly delicious, they are also enriched with fiber (and other vitamins), which I am assuming is the reason that they are called Digestive cookies. If I gain weight here, it will be from all of the cookies I've been eating.