k. this is the courtyard in our hostel, ish2.

everybody loves obama here. he's quite popular.

at the "cultural center" (ie tourist shopping deathtrap) we made some rasta friends and got free drumming lessons

me and corrie cooked our first meal of stirfried veggies and guacomole. it was heavenly, after rice and chicken for a few days straight

in the kitchen...

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this morning naomi and i went to mass in a catholic church on campus. we waited for about an hour past the supposed starting time (7am!) before church actually started, and went on for almost 3 hours. i still really enjoyed it, through ive only attended mass once before, and don't consider myself a catholic. i think i'm drawn to the beauty of the liturgy, the process of things. i will definitely be going back.
a couple of us have travelled to the accra mall to get some coffee and use the internet for a mellow afternoon. even though legon campus is quite large, there's not much to do, and it feels great to shake off some cabin fever on the weekends.
i'll be getting up early to start off my week right tomorrow with a morning run. more posts coming soon!