no snow for us...

So everyone is posting pictures about all the snow......well, we don't have snow but yesterday morning in the wee hours of the morning it got cool enough to justify a light sweatshirt...but even then I could only wear it for about 20 min.

Why were we up so early you might ask? Well, the 25 km to Dakar takes about 2 hours because of traffic so we were up early to beat the traffic...
...with Herma at the helm. Last time we posted about driving to Dakar we broke down...
..this time too, though luckily it was just a loose connection to the battery.
You know how you get your mail daily in the states? Because there is not a post office in Malika we go into Dakar to get our (Herma's mostly) mail. Check the cool vintage box.
After going to the post office, we got some bread. You can get baggets of bread daily in Malika, but if you want to go for the fancy stuff, AKA wheat bread, you get it once a week in Dakar.
We usually get split up from Herma while in Dakar, so we just go wait by the car when we are done...I think Scotty and Sandro look like my bodyguards...what do you think? (Check out Scotty's "authentic" RayBan sunglasses., Nice eh?
While headed out of downtown Dakar I found this guy carrying a silver and green fake Christmas tree...bring it.
Last pit stop...lunch with some Canadians. The boys found Shrek chess to play. Check out the Christmas decorations!!! This is the MOST holiday spirit we have seen yet. Made us feel right at home.

The Christmas tree Scotty and I have been working on is ALMOST done. I'll post as soon as it is.

Love you guys!!!