Hello, Senegal!

 

Hello, friends! I know it's been a week or so since I've posted--we're back in transition and have landed in Senegal. It's quite an adjustment here (as my surf instructor said, "it's Africa"), and we're back in that spot of uncomfortableness and uncertainty. Sigh. I guess that's travel, right?

Anyway, we landed in Senegal after going through so many lines at the Casablanca airport. Of course, the two ATMs in the Senegalese airport didn't work, so we couldn't withdraw any money. Thankfully, we arranged to have the surf school (check it out: https://www.gosurfsenegal.com/) pick us up, so no money was needed....until it was time for lunch. Thankfully, there are two Brits staying at the school who easily lent us money because, they, too, have been in that same spot (empathy at work--see my work blog for a post--eventually--on that).

We spent the day yesterday "learning how to surf." Sila had a few opportunities prior to this to take lessons (Coco Beach and Costa Rica, 2x), so he was up and running quite easily. I had a pretty easy time getting up (thank you, yoga), and I would say I averaged getting up every one out of three times. Not bad for my first time. Conan isn't as limber, so he didn't have so many wins, but he did manage to get up once or twice, so a successful lesson overall.

Today, we're finally settling in and have adjusted well enough to not be panicking and thinking "what the hell are we doing?" Sila and I plan on doing another lesson, and Conan is going to stay back and do some work.

I'll write more about Africa, Africa (meaning West Africa vs. easy-peasy Morocco) later this week but wanted to update everyone as to where we are! Much love, the Griffins.