KO (Senegal)

ok, so I don't really have any good stories or anything, so I think I'll just give you a list of things I've noticed/like/are struck up/dislike....
1. People take a lot of pride in what they have, ie- people wash their cars a lot, I've decided this is because if you have a car, even if it is a pos, you're pretty lucky, so you take good care of it.
2. on the subject of cars, I hate having every taxi slow down and honk at me in the hopes that I want a taxi. If I wanted to take a taxi I would flag one down, not wait for one to come to me. I've actually had taxis stop and back-up to me and try to convince me that I need a taxi.
3. I love buying fruit on the street, there are tons of stands maned by the same people every day, so I have specific places that I go to and where the proprietor knows me, it is pretty great. As a ps, I eat and love bananas now, who saw that coming?
4. I'm surprised people know I'm American instead of French or something like that, people always want to practice their english on me, some people are better than others.
5. The French influence is interesting, for instance, I have a baguette with butter and nuetella(ish) chocolate every morning for breakfast.

I feel like there is a lot more, but I really don't know what it is, so I hope everyone is doing well and having a great time in their respective corners of the globe.
KO