Wednesday afternoon was spent running errands. I had brought a powerstrip and a converter, which I swiftly dispatched with a loud POP when it was plugged into the wall incorrectly (they have 220 power where we have 110 in the US…). We had a driver who shuttled us around town.
For lunch, we ate a place called The Country Kitchen, which must be renown. There is a photograph of Rev Jesse Jackson on a post at this establishment. Jay had fufu, a stewlike mix with a large doughy cassava dumpling which is traditionally eaten with your hand. So one is typically brought a large bowl of water. Bottles of liquid soup are conspicuosly placed on each table to accomodate the hand washing.
The soup which comes with the fufu typically contains, fish, goat meat, goat intestine, “grasscutter” (a large rodent found in the bush), and chicken or any combination thereof. Being the foodie that I am, I had to try some of Jay’s lunch. The soup was spicy and flavorful. My lunch was chicken and rice. The servings here are large, so I only eat one regular meal a day with a light breakfast and dinner.
English is the major language spoken with two other tradional languages, Tri & Ga. Tri is the language spoken by most of Ghana and Ga is only spoken by people of Accra. These languages are not related. So most people in Ghana know two to three languages.