Friday, May 09, 2008

Di Volta Pa Txan di Tanki



Last weekend I spent the entire weekend with my host family. It was interesting because I had not been back since Christmas and I missed my family there a lot. I can never seem to find the time to go back or to call them as much as I want but I made time last weekend. Everyone was soo excited to see me and I was overjoyed to see them as well. I ate a lot, I mean in general when you go to a cape verdean´s house you eat a lot but I ate so much more at their house. They recently made a wood kitchen and the food is so much better when it is cooked on a wood stove (well not so much as a stove as three rocks and then wood or linha but it is perfect).

A lot of cape verdeans live abroad (actually there are more cape verdeans outside of cape verde than within) and my host-mom´s son came home from France. He has been living in France for 7 years. He showed up 2:00am on Saturday morning, and I woke up to a sound that sounded like "grita"-ing and "txora"-ing but was really a happy yelling. He is staying for quite a while but for his family I am sure it is not long enough.
I am planning on going back next month. My host family is really cool and they always help me to relax and I just feel so comfortable at the house, in their family.



3 comments:

Unknown said...

Aww, that's wonderful! How old is their son?

Anonymous said...

Interesting to know.

Unknown said...

Thank you all for following! Ailton in now about 13 years old...time flies fast.