Ssessime

(That's Twi for 'change is coming' or something similar)
In the morning, we went through Accra by bus, which has a couple of nice sites to look at, but nothing special. What was special however, was that the whole area around the Independence square was crowded with thousands of people celebrating the fact that the opposition leader Atta Mills won the re-run of the presidential election. The Independence square was packed and people were going round taking down flags of the old leading party, but everything in a jolly and celebrational manner. Lots of people made the sign of change (substitution in sports) and were happy when we repeated the sign. Imagine Gordon Brown loosing the next election and Picadilly Circus and the area in front of the Parliament being so packed with people that the average car speed is 10 feet per hour. Those who watched "V for Vendetta" already have a rough idea of what I'm talking about. Also great was the market, where lots of people would great us and ask were we came from and so on. Again lots of people were happy when we repeated the sign of change or Ssessime after them. Some also taught us the sign for 'no change' :)
In the afternoon, we had an inroduction to the places to visit and Twi, the language spoke in Ghana, except for the north and the Eastern Region.

That's us sitting in the shade next to the mausoleum of Nkrumah, the man who declared Ghana's independence and became the first president of independent Ghana. There was a smale museum solely consisting of pictures of famous people visting Nkrumah and a couple of things Nkrumah possessed or used. Nevertheless, I could still feel the admiration and pride our guide felt for Nkrumah.

That evening I arrived at the hostel finding out that I had got a room mate, who nobody at the hostel had excpected.
Today, we learned to cook Ghanaian food, which was delicious, but one dish was also extremely hot. I didn't really participate. Not because I don't want to learn to cook the food, but because I will ask my host mother to teach me 1 on 1, which I think is more uselful than 10 people standing around one cook, some doing something, others not...

After that we just ate the food and relaxed in the shade on the premisis of the local organisation. With a gust of wind that afternoon was perfect.

In the afternoon all the German and Swedish people went to their embassy to register. That way, if there's a ,they know, which Germans/Swedish are in Ghana. After that we took a cab to beach, where the sea was seriously warm. I would say it was warmer than the Mediterranean Sea is during summer!!! Apart from the Ghanaian 'salesmen', there was a German who wanted to sell me something. Saws in fact. Very cheap for building community centres and schools... Not even the Germans leave you alone over here:)