Today were the rest of the presentations! It was so boring to sit through and all I could think about was going to the arts center market after! Around 2:45 we loaded the buses and went to the market. We have to drive through the ghetto to get to the market. When you look out, its just a sea of rooftops. There was cattle just walking around and child shepherd with a bunch of goats! The kids were even taking the cattle for walks. It was crazy. As soon as we got to the market, all of the vendors spotted us, obviously because of the hotcatt and because we’re white. So right when we walked off the bus they started to rush us. Well, you just have to tell them “NO!” over and over so that they get the point. We’re not trying to be mean, they just will grab you and ask your name and a million questions so you have to let them know you mean business. It was good for us though because we got to strengthen our bargaining skills. I bought a a few bracelets for gabby and gabby, a carved elephant bottle opener, a beautiful painting for my room and fabric so that we can bring it to the seamstress so she can make us dresses! I want my dress to be tight and strapless on top but flare out at the bottom and I want it to be short. We are getting out measurements done tomorrow. I met a great guy named David at the market and I noticed him more because he sounded American. He said he has family from America so I was guessing maybe he lived there for a while. He asked me what I liked about Ghana and we talked for a little. He also asked how I felt about everyone rushing us when we got off the bus, and I said you know I understand because they are just trying to make a living. He loved that answer and called me very wise. He told me to find him and say hi if we ever came back. Nice guy. There was also this guy named TJ who kept following us. It was actually so funny. He would just pop out of nowhere, alleyways, etc. We were like what the hell TJ! We all got a good laugh at that. And the guy we bought the paintings from wanted to charge us 25 dollars for the painting at first but I told him 10 cedis was all I would pay and he finally said “fine you win.” So that was good! Overall it was a great time and we can’t wait to go to Kumasi and do some more bargaining. We we probably go back to the arts center too before we leave. We will probably just hang out tonight and drink wine and play some drinking games. Tomorrow we have to wake up super early to start our week of volunteering! YAY!!!!!! :)
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