Went to Ouidah on Sunday with Mathieu. My dreams of living the Motorcycle Diaries have been dashed! Sitting up straight on a motorcycle for 30-40 minutes is HARD! The trip home was non-stop and my ribs are KILLING ME! Not to mention I kept *almost* falling asleep on the back of the bike. (I've turned into my mother, able to fall asleep anywhere!!)
On the way there we stopped by the cemetary to visit Mathieu's dad, except he couldn't find the tomb because the cemetary has changed so much in the last few years since he's been... it's unbelievably crowded and over grown with shrubs, plants, weeds... the person who normally keeps the books wasn't there on Sunday, so we'll have to go back some other time. He says his sister knows where it is, so hopefully we can come back with her.
Took Mathieu to have lunch at the 'fancy' hotel in Oudiah, Casa del Papa. It's a nice hotel, but I haven't seen any of the rooms. I really should've asked. It seems like a pretty big complex, with rooms on the Lagune side and rooms on the ocean side, pools, conference centre, tennis courts, etc. (Sounds a lot like Cancun, doesn't it!)
He had the spaghetti carbonara, I had pasta with seafood. Pretty good, was really nice to have some alfredo sauce!! Worth the $30 for lunch just for the taste of alfredo! Water was 3x what we're used to paying. There was, on the 7 groups having lunch, 1 black family there. Mathieu recognized him as a politician. I think it was his birthday, as we were leaving I heard them singing "Joyeux anniversaire, joyeux anniversaire..."
One lady had her little ugly French dog with her. The kind where their hair is way too long and if you're not careful you might step on it. It kept chasing after the lizards.
Mostly French-from-France people from what I could tell. A cute little blond boy collecting sea shells and singing to himself. Apparently a lot of people who live in Benin come spend the weekends there.
The most impressive thing about the beach in Ouidah are the palms trees. They line the beach for miles and miles... Mathieu says that at one point the king of the region commissioned their planting. They are all lined up. Not sure how long they've been this way, they're huge!
Drank some local brew on the way there (made out of Mil?)...
bought some local cheese on the way home. I love the cheese here. They fry it and put it in with the peanut sauce... YUM. Can't wait to fry it myself at home.
TONS of crabs running around the beach in Ouidah! TONS! So fun to see them scuttling about, and watching Mathieu run after them in the hopes of grabbing one.
No success.
Pics tomorrow?
Your breath is bated, I'm sure.
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