The last few days have been a whirlwind of get togethers with friends. Thursday night we went out for drinks with Dan's coworkers. One of the expats, Jonia, is leaving Ghana. She will go back to her home in Tanzania for a month or so and is then starting a new contract in Dubai. There were about 30-40 of us at a hotel restaurant that evening and it was a really fun time. So fun in fact, that I think most of us were not quite feeling 100% on Friday.
Friday was a normal work day and then Austin and I met up with Dan after work at Coco Lounge for dinner. It's a fairly new place but really close to Dan's office. The restaurant is decorated really well, the food is good and the service is top notch (something you rarely find in this country). Then we came home and watched a movie.
Yesterday was a somewhat lazy morning. Dan lounged by the pool for a bit and Austin and I went into Osu to pick up some last minute Ghana Gifts and hit the grocery store. The three of us watched a movie until Dan headed off to the airport. He is in Dubai for the week for a work training. The remaining two of us went out to dinner at our favorite place, Bistro 22, and marveled at how good the food always is. I had the standard beef mango salad (which even the server replied to my order with "as usual madame"... apparently I'm becoming predictable). Austin had rosemary chicken, which after he gave me a bite, made me wonder if I've been ordering incorrectly all this time. We split an apple crumble for dessert that was also pretty darn delicious.
After dinner, we met up with the British clan: Hannah, Robin and another couple Sam and Alex (Sam is the guy haha). We met them very briefly once before but this was the first time we had spent any length of time with them. They are really fun and nice and a good addition to our group. The six of us had some drinks at Republic. The inside of the bar is quite small but there are tables and chairs outside and the people just kind of flow out into the street. Apparently, it's pretty normal as no one seemed concerned and the cars expected only one lane, slowly navigating through the Saturday night crowd.
After drinks with our friends, we hitched a ride home with Hannah and Robin (courtesy of Asare), and then I promptly crashed. Today will likely be a day of packing and lounging. We will have an early dinner at home before I take Austin to the airport... and then I will be on my own for a few days. I suspect it will be a bit weird going back to being home alone all day after having Austin around the last few weeks. Suppose I'll just go back to talking to myself :)
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