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Bonjour tout le monde:

I have arrived in Dakar! We came in at 5:30 this morning (Sunday) and it was still dark out. I expected to go to sleep immediately and for it to get dark many hours later, but nonetheless the sun popped right out of the ocean and into the sky. I slept from 8 am until about 1, had curry for breakfast (lunch) then ventured out into the muggy heat for about twenty minutes.

The walk from our auberge (hostel) to the Atlantic Ocean took about...5 minutes. Twenty minutes later we were hot, drenched in sweat, and sleepy again and returned to our rooms.

There are kitties everywhere! Although for some reason I have been advised not to touch them... :/

Tomorrow we begin orientation/actually doing things. I hope to take my camera around with me, so hope for some picture some time soon!

And......this is slowly becoming and art blog.

Meowr

Louis, the fine, lovable pet of one C. Nortron.

Art Work Photos

http://www.flickr.com/photos/schristinaueler/

By popular demand.

I will post all my photos of artwork here so that you may enjoy them at you own whim...

This is why we can't have nice things...for dinner

Artists: ages 6-21

An update about life before Africa:

Things I've seen or made or played or eaten or drank or done or bought or been asked or found:

Birds and bugs in Eugene. Bicycle rides that last for hours. Cajun tots and a Ruby. 7-pages papers about kitchen rags. Disposable camera. Climbing the columns. Nagging Jess. Stalling the Subaru. Baking every-berry-you-can-think-of pie.

Scolding misbehaving 12-year-olds. Cutting up toilet paper rolls late into the night. Children who make papier mache gas masks. The game of tag for the first time in 10 years. What color is a cantaloupe? 6-year-olds are artists, too.

Shots in the arm. A bright yellow visa stamp. Donated my hair. Longer skirts. J'ai besoin de practiquer mon francais! Malaria prophylaxis. Travel-sized computer. God's Bits of Wood. One very long airplane ticket.

(Pictures of meat screenprints can be found above.)