Ghana pause

It seems its been a while since my last update, oops guess I was too busy taking it easy and what not.  I may have mentioned earlier that classes run at a slower pace here, that was an understatement. Professors at the university were on strike for about 3 weeks which made going to class (or not going) a breeze. But the strike ended just in time for our last week of classes. And now that classes are officially over, all I have to do is pass my exams (worth 100% of my grade) which span through the month of May. No pressure!

A few weekends back I visited Cape Coast. There we went to the Elmina slave castle and Kakum National Park. At Kakum I did my first canopy walk and ate lunch with some alligators.

Off the topic of Ghana, Katy, Gabby and I decided to take a mini adventure to Spain and then Morocco. We stayed in Sevilla and it so happened to be the Feria de Abril, a wicked fancy festival of women wearing huge ruffly dresses and vaqueros (spanish cowboys) riding horses throughout the city. Luckily we were prepared and had dresses made in Ghana beforehand to try to blend in. I think we somewhat succeeded. If we didnt succeed at that, we did at eating all types of tapas and drinking all variations of sangria jars.

                                     

And Chefchaouen was too pretty (and terrifying at times) for words, so I'll mostly just show pretty pictures of it.  We didnt arrive in Chefchaouen until about 930 pm due to the 4 hour bus ride from the ferry port, which was ehhh lets just say I'm happy the bus didn't tumble over the vertical mountain as we winded around the sharp turns. As scared as I was, it was also hilarious with the guys behind us playing Arabian music from speakers and lots of conversations going on, where I understood 0% of them. When we got to the center, we were on the hunt to find our bed and breakfast that was situated on the mountains overlooking the city which of course had breathtaking views. Traveling in a place where I speak little of their 3^rd language (spanish, sorry abuela) had me worried at times because if theres one thing I've learned in Ghana, miscommunications for sure happen. Anyways, I'm happy to say we found our room and the next day Katy and I spent walking around the city going up and down every blue alley we came across, and my calves definitely felt it for that the following days. Enjoy the blue!