Gej Naa La Gis (Long Time No See)

Hi All-

It's been a long while since I've last posted. Since the last time:

• The strike finally ended (6 weeks in total) which means classes will start up again when I return to school on the 2nd
• I went to the 3em Festival Mondial des Arts Negres in Dakar which meant some really awesome concerts fo free (Rick Ross, Daara J Family, Busta Rhymes, and many others.)
• Celebrated Christmas with my friends in Dakar- a lovely dinner with some friends, a ridiculous christmas with Kate, Joleen, Andrew, and Joleen's friend Karolina (who has come to visit us for a month.)
• Took an interesting vacation to The Gambia for four days which involved a very sketchy hotel, a gourmet dinner, sandy beaches, and many weird things- details to come in my next post
• I spent a pretty relaxed New Years Eve in Dakar. Watched Pineapple Express with Kate and ate some ice cream. All of the residents of Dakar (or so it seemed) had bought cheap fireworks at the market so at midnight the sky was bombarded from all sides. Safety first...
• Today is the ROSEBOWL! Since the games starts at 1:30PT that means I get to watch the game at 9:30pm. My computer is being ridiculous so I'm going to borrow my friend Kate's and hope Dakar doesn't have a power out so I can actually watch the game.
• Life has been pretty slow otherwise. As soon as I get back to school I'll put up some more updates about the past month. It's a lot easier to feel motivated to post on my blog when I've got nothing else to do.

I hope your 2011 will be filled with health and happiness for you and your families!

Much love to all in 2011 and for many years to come (GO BADGERS!)

Hannah