La vie à Yeumbeul
November Update After two months of being with my host family it’s safe to say I’m finally settled in! It has been quite the transition, but I’ve got a basic routine, and a decent layout of my surroundings. I live in a suburb of Dakar, named Yeumbeul Nord, just a few streets from the main road that cuts through Yeumbeul leading to other suburbs. Their home compound is quite nicely laid out, and it’s situated right next to a small lake. In Senegal it is very typical for the entirely of immediate family to live together in the same house. So, I live with my host parents, their son & his wife, their daughter, the wife of a son who lives in Italy, and five grandchildren. With this many people living together there’s always something going on, and the house is bustling. I’m still getting used to being around multiple small children all the time, it’s taught me a lot so far! And finally, as far as home animals go my family has four goats that live on the roof, a very common oc
