Last week passed in a blur, and before I knew it Saturday
had arrived. I spent the day in luxury – lying by the side of the pool at Ocean
Bay hotel… which always makes me feel like I am on holiday. After sufficient
chilling and having taken advantage of Happy Hour (70pence for a glass of wine
– you can see where my weekly budget goes) we relocated back to Helen’s and had
the biggest treat of all – stilton and camembert! My first good cheese since
the night before I left England – and boy did I enjoy it. Helen brought it back
with her and it was so good! We were relatively modest with our portions – I
think it felt like such an indulgence, and so rich after a diet of vegetables
and rice, we could only manage small amounts.
After our little cheese fest we went to Alliance Française. The cultural centre is
a really lovely place – an oasis of calm just off the madness of Kairaba
Avenue, which serves as an education centre, a theatre, a cinema and a venue
for concerts and live productions. I had only ever been once during the day
when I met my language teacher there for a Wolof lesson, but in the evening it
was totally transformed.
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| Alliance Francaise gardens |
We went there to see Vieux Fark Toure – a Malian singer
who has been described as the Jimi Hendrix of North Africa. He was fantastic,
as was the warm up band on before him, and it felt like a really special
evening. The theatre is open air, so you could listen to the music under a sky
full of stars, and you could tell that everyone was really having a good time.
It was one of the moments where I wished my parents could have been there –
they would have absolutely loved the music and the atmosphere. Maybe he will do
a tour in Spain!
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| The warm up band |
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| 'Jimi Hendrix' |
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