Letter to you all...

Hello, everyone!
Mrs Sanchez is here again with another letter from Nigeria.

Happy Birthday Mrs Peart, Happy Birthday to you…and many more!!

Thank you all so much for your little comments to my first letter. Hopefully, Mrs Peart will be able to find a way to let you add your comments at school, so maybe next time even more of you could reply…..and even come up with some better ideas for the blogsite title.

Just before I get onto telling you about some of the people here, I want to tell you about the weather. Do you remember I told you a little about the Harmattan (the wind from the desert) in my last letter? Well, it really is here!! Yesterday, it was a little misty, so that you couldn’t see the distant hills as usual, and today, it almost seems foggy, with quite a strong breeze blowing. The strange thing is…it’s still really warm. The real down side is that everything is constantly covered in a thick layer of red dust. It gets everywhere! You end up tasting it, and your eyes get very gritty…not very pleasant at all…and it can last through until the end of January!

Now to answer some of your questions. Georgina…I am eating a lot of fresh pineapple and paw paw (which are yummy at this time of year). We can also buy other fruit and vegetables. We buy cheese (which is very expensive) and milk, butter and eggs. We buy fish which comes in fresh on a Thursday (and is also very expensive). Biscuits are very expensive, and are often soft or taste rather funny…so I tend to make biscuits. The Nigerian favourite dish is Goats Head Pepper Soup!! (I haven’t tried this, and don’t want to!)

Sophie, I’m doing lots of reading, writing, cooking and yes Daisy, I’m swimming too. I’m also trying to learn more about the country, as it is all so different here. Megan, thank you for asking if I’m having a lovely time…I can say that I’m having an interesting time (although not all of it is lovely!) Hopefully, after Christmas, I shall do a little bit of teaching, as I miss all of you so much!

Joel, I’m not speaking in an African voice just yet, but I have changed the way in which I say some things. Often, people add an o to the end of words like sorryo and fineo! Also when you say hello to people you are supposed to ask “How was the night?”

Nicole, I think I’ve answered your question about the weather…it’s very strange to have a warm fog that brings dust by the bucketload! Thanks for telling me about the Junior Christmas concert, are you in the choir or have you got some words to say?

That’s about all for now, as I want this to get to you for Mrs Peart’s birthday on Monday. I will send you the next blog with photos of the people tomorrow. Don’t forget to reply to me…and to get thinking about good names for the blogsite!

Lots of love, from a very dusty Mrs Sanchez!