Friday April 24th was our last night in the hotel!! And as nice as it was, we were so happy to finally move on to something we could actually call home!
We are now living in Mermoz, which is a neighborhood in Dakar. We are about half way between the airport and downtown, which is nice! Depending on traffic, we can get downtown in about 15 to 20 minutes by taxi. We are also less than 1/4 mile from the ocean...which I LOVE! We can actually see it from our place (although distant) and have a really cool view from the top of our building! The Corniche is the road that runs north/south on the very west coast of the peninsula and we are only minutes from it! This makes traveling and running much more fun!!
The apartment is a 3 bedroom, 2 1/2 bathroom spaceous place! Its bigger than anything we've lived in before, and is furnished. For the record, I'm not complaining...BUT, whoever picked out WHITE couches has no idea how dirty this place is!! We'll see how long they stay white...for now, we have inside and outside clothes! We also have a laundry room (separate from the apartment), complete with our own washer and dryer!!! YEAH!!!!! No more laundry in the hotel tub! HA! Its one of those...'don't know how much you love it, until you don't have it' sort of things!
Just outside our place are several fruit and vegetable stands...something else I LOVE! It is so fun to finally eat healthy again! However, we are also right next to a bakery/resturant...which has THE BEST pain du chocolate (croissant with chocolate inside). We go over there to get fresh bagettes just about every other day...at 150cfa each (about $0.30) - they are definitely worth it!! Just smelling all those decidant pastries is adding pounds! :)
We have made the most wonderful tomato, mozzerella, basil sandwiches...all from the local stands! YUM!!!
The first breakfast made in our new home...eggs, ham, bagette, and cantelope! 
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