Hi! I realize it's been awhile since I've written, but I have several good excuses. First of all, we've been keeping pretty busy visiting places and writing papers (we have ridiculous amounts of papers due, actually) and also a power plant somewhere isn't functioning or something, so there have been extended power outages every day this week (thus no computer) But to pick up where I left off last time... The American Embassy (well, actually we were at the ambassador's estate) was everything I imagined - green grass and lawn chairs, jazz music, coca cola with ice, and gentle spatterings of applause. We haven't actually had an ambassador to Senegal for some time but now they're in the process of instating someone. The point of the meeting was to give us advice such as: don't walk
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