SUNDAY

05|30|10


Today was another much needed slow day. Since we didn’t have much going on I took an extra long walk with Nick into town. We usually stop right at one of the first few streets but decided to walk all the way down through town and to the Elmina castle. The usual spots we walk through are not as busy as streets we walked through today. Im not sure if it was exceptionally busy because it was a Sunday but it was busy all the same. We passed a lot of the fishing docks which reminded me mostly of the smells from market… not pleasant. Past the hustle and bustle we go to the castle which is on a separate hill then everything else. You have to pay to get in but we walked around the area outside the walls and found some great places to get pictures of all of Elmina.

While we were walking back looking for the arts and crafts market we came across the most beautiful Dutch cemetery. It was surrounded by huge African trees and was at the bottom of this steep stone stairway towards the church. Church was still in session and we could here everyone singing, it was really great. We were taking pictures on the stairs when mass was let out and within minutes we were surrounded by kiddies wanting their pictures taken.

Once we got back to the house we had planned to go back to see Georgina to finish up our batik lessons. Unfortunately it was beginning to rain;, we also couldn’t get a hold of Georgina so that was out of the question. We once again didn’t have much to do. We found a box of games and the bag of scraps from the seamstresses, both things seemed to keep us busy till dinner. In the game box we found a murder mystery game which we brought to dinner with us. We also found some puzzles which we played with while we enjoyed some more afternoon stars. The scraps of fabric have been brought to the house so volunteers can come up with some cool ways to reuse the fabric. Im guessing this is where some of the placemats and coasters have come from that Global Mama’s already sells. We kept busy making bracelets and anklets. It was fun but I don’t think that’s just what GM had intended. We’ll think of something cool though. To fill the time Nick Katy C and I took another walk before dinner.

At Elis for dinner we had grilled cheese with cole slaw and salad cream and ground nut soup. For the game we had one too many people playing so two of us paired up. Sara and I were Eve Coli, the head chef. Carla was Mo Lawns, grounds keeper. Kelly was Paula Muscle, aerobics instructor. Nick was Juana Hunkyman, life guard. Katy C was Goldie Digger, co-owner of the resort and Maria was Carlos Ongas, driver. It was really funny when we had to translate for Maria. She speaks fine English but didn’t get some of the play on words. During dinner we all had to stay in character. We played charades and whoever won got to hear a secret about each player. The game was a lot of fun and I think we’re going to try make up some more for another time. Once we were back from dinner we stayed up looking through the fabric scraps. This helped us find the colors we can make and which ones we can’t.