Le voyage commence

Hello, welcome to my new blog. I have no idea how often I'll have access to the internet and be able to update it, but since a number of you have asked to be kept in the loop during my trip this summer to Senegal, this seemed like the best way to give you all the option of hearing about my trip.

Alors, le voyage commence. I am curently at an internet cafe in Paris. It took me awhile to get here this morning because the ticket machines only take euro coins, and the bureaus de change werent open until about 10. And then appqrently someone committed suicide by throwing themself in front of a train, so the trains were all delayed. Ahh the joys of maneuvering in a foreign city. Luckily, my French seems to be coming back to me with relative ease, so thats a relief.

I will arrive in Dakar tonight. A woman from Femmes Africa Solidarité, where I'll be interning will meet me at the airport (I've put a link to their website at the left, along with one for the organization paying for my trip and a great news source to keep you up to date about current affairs in Africa). While in Dakar, I'll be staying with a family, but I don't have the details yet. So, stay tuned...

I'll be in touch from Dakar.