Hi all, Bonjour tout le monde!!! I arrived in Lome, the capital of Togo, safe and sound last night after a two long flights, both about 7 hours long, with a short stop in the Paris airport. I am a little jet lagged, but other than that I feel wonderful and I am so excited to be here. My French is quickly coming back to me and many aspects of what I've seen so far remind me very much of Madagascar. The main differences, I guess, are that their are people on mopeds all over the place, the people are tall, well built, and very dark, and their are over 40 local languages and dialects here besides French to confuse me. I will try to upload pics of my volunteer group and other aspects of life
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