Bonjour du Senegal! (Hello from Senegal!)

Bonjour Nos Amis! (Hello Our Friends!)

We have arrived to Dakar and are doing great!  Thank you for all your prayers and support of us.  Our travel and entrance into Dakar could not have gone more smoothly.  All 9 or our checked bags arrived, and before we left DC, we connected with a fellow Dakar Academy teacher who was on our flight.  After arriving, at our house, unloading our bags, and a quick tour of the school, we all took cold showers and had a nap!  Our house is on a busy street and only about a 5 minute family walk to the school.  On day 1 we spent some time walking around the neighborhood and managed to order a pizza for dinner!  Our bodies are definitely adjusting to a 4 hour time difference as we are not very sleepy at 11:00 PM here (7:00 PM) EST.  We are discovering new things here all the time, like trash collection!  Apparently the procedure here is for the garbage truck to drive through the neighborhood beeping it's horn alerting people to bring out their trash.  Now I know and can't wait for the reaction of the locals when a 6 ft tall blond haired American runs out of the house in Crocs chasing down the garbage truck!  Last night (Friday), the director had all the new teachers over for a meal and a tour of the school.  On the way, we successfully managed to buy 2 kg of mangos (in French) from Soh, our local fruit guy who has a cart of fruit right outside our house.  They were amazing!  Yesterday was also Lindsay's 40th birthday!  We celebrated buy unpacking our bags and setting up our house.  Nancy from DA brought over some cinnamon rolls for her birthday.  She was also the previous tenants of our house for the past 11 years.  We are headed out this morning to get a more extensive tour of the neighborhood, local markets, and other places of interest.  The kids have already met some friends and have enjoyed playing when we go to campus.  I look forward to sharing all the many new things we experience and hopefully will continue learning more French!

Love,

The Mussers

Our House:

Comments

  1. leslieAugust 4, 2018 at 4:34 AM

    What an exciting first day!! Praying for you and your family-what an adventure!!! Looking forward to the blogs and lots of pics!!
    ❤️Leslie

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  2. Jeff GissingAugust 4, 2018 at 8:50 AM

    Glad you made it! Looking forward to following your journey. I'm sort of surprised its only a 4 hour time change from ET. I guess the benefits of being on the west coast of the continent!

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  3. UnknownAugust 13, 2018 at 6:32 AM

    Connor says, "Yester night I ate a yogurt squeezie and the animal on it was an African Painted Dog. It reminded me of Sam & Reid. We've been enjoying the blog. Your house looks very beautiful. I hope you have a fun time in Africa! Tell Sam and Reid I said 'Hi!'"

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  4. Jeff GibbonsAugust 19, 2018 at 7:06 AM

    So good to hear everything went as smoothly as it did. A lot of adjustments I’m sure. Look forward to following you and family through the months to come. Take care my good friend.

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