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Late Thursday night, I read the journal Greta had been keeping of her stay in Benin. I was delighted to find an objective writing-eye with personality… so I kept it and am publishing it for all to read. I am doing the same with Grandpa’s too, but not with my own. I am the author, I get to choose.

Reading their Journals, by Greta

Erika Kraus
2006-10-07 13:47:14

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Late Thursday night, I read the journal Greta had been keeping of her stay in Benin. I was delighted to find an objective writing-eye with personality… so I kept it and am publishing it for all to read. I am doing the same with Grandpa’s too, but not with my own. I am the author, I get to choose.

Trip to Benin 2006
Kansas City-Atlanta-Paris-Cotonou
Local time we arrived about 6:30 on Sunday, 25 hours after we left. We stayed in a nice hotel in Cotonou. There were lots of rooms, and beautiful woodwork. Our room, and I assume most others, was one room with two beds. Cold running water was available, you could order up hot water for bathing. We ate yummy pizza and hamburgers at a nice ice cream parlor down the street. Grandpa and I were very excited for bedtime!
We woke up at about 6 am Monday, September 4, so that we could drop off excess luggage at the Peace Corps office nearby and make it in time to catch our bus at 7am. We spent all day on the hot, un-air-conditioned, exhaust fumes-filled bus headed to Natitingou, a big city in the north of Benin.

Way out there in Adja land, Papa wants to build a home. So we took a picture with all the family.
Erika had an Eco-Benin conference there for three days, so we were tagging along.
Since there were no vacancies at the Tata Somba hotel where the conference was held, for that night we walked to the hotel next door where they had vacancies! Yea! There were rooms available the following night, so the next morning we had our yummy breakfast of egg, bread, pineapple, and Nescafe instant coffee.
Tuesday, September 5
Erika’s conference started at 8 am, which is 8:30 or 9 Beninese time. We found our new room and Grandpa and I settled in for a hard day of reading and nap taking!
Another volunteer, Jacy, had her parents along as well. They were very nice people who lived in the Kansas City area for years and now live in a suburb of Denver. That afternoon, ...