{"id":7974,"date":"2020-07-28T12:25:43","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T16:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/?p=7974"},"modified":"2020-09-30T16:49:38","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T20:49:38","slug":"staycation-to-senegal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/2020\/07\/28\/staycation-to-senegal\/","title":{"rendered":"STAYCATION to SENEGAL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">I don\u2019t know about you, but during lockdown I have been to maybe three brick and mortar locations that are not my home in the last five months. Over the weekend, we shook things up and sat outside a Town Faire Tire for two hours while we had our tires replaced. As someone with a deep, unsated wanderlust on the best of days, I realized pretty quickly that a grassy knoll outside a strip mall was just not going to cut it anymore. I needed to take a Staycation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">I decided my first destination would be to Senegal, a Western African country with a capitol on the coast. I\u2019m a fan of their music and food, and importantly I speak enough French to get by. An afternoon in Senegal would be just the ticket to get out of my lockdown blues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">So, if you\u2019re ready and have your passport and good walking shoes, let\u2019s go to Senegal!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=19&#038;v=Y_hvBxvdu1g&#038;feature=emb_logo\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=19&amp;v=Y_hvBxvdu1g&amp;feature=emb_logo<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Put on some Tunes!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Senegal\u2019s capitol Dakar is known for having some excellent music, so for this trip, let\u2019s start out with some Orchestra Baobab. They\u2019ve been the house band at Club Baobab since the 70s, and their 2007 album, \u201cMade in Dakar\u201d, will be the soundtrack to our trip.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Orchestra Baobab - Pape Ndiaye (Official Audio)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pvRicf4lVsk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">I challenge you not to dance to the first track, \u201cPapa Ndiaye\u201d, a song about the Senegalese football star. You can also check out the app <a href=\"https:\/\/radiooooo.com\/\">Radiooo<\/a>, which enables you to choose not only the country, but the decade of the music you\u2019d like to hear!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brush Up on Language<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The official language of Senegal is French, but they have 39 languages knocking about, including Wolof and Bambara. Transparent Language Online has hundreds of language learning options, so we\u2019re bound to find plenty to keep us busy. Let\u2019s peruse the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/\">Transparent Language French Blog<\/a> to get all our <i>canards<\/i> in order.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Walk Around<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.360cities.net\/\">360 Cities<\/a> has hundreds of traveler panoramas available to explore. For our trip to Senegal, let\u2019s visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.360cities.net\/image\/cathedral-of-our-lady-of-victories-in-dakar\">Cathedral of Our Lady of Victory, <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.360cities.net\/image\/senegal-dakar-train-station02\">The Dakar Train Station, a<\/a>nd why not take a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.360cities.net\/image\/senegal-gorre-ferry03\">ferry ride<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=7&#038;v=4RfxljgzNdI&#038;feature=emb_logo\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=7&amp;v=4RfxljgzNdI&amp;feature=emb_logo<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Christin Bela talks about traveling to Senegal for the first time as an English and French speaker.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Eat some Senegalese Food<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">I won\u2019t lie, this is my favorite part. Major staples of Senegalese food include peanuts, rice, and sweet potatoes, and that, to be frank, is my jam.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasteatlas.com\/\">Taste Atlas<\/a> has lots of delicious <a href=\"http:\/\/(https:\/\/www.tasteatlas.com\/most-popular-dishes-in-senegal\">Senegalese dishes<\/a>, and I\u2019m going to order (read: make to the best of my ability) some Ndamb\u00e9, a black-eyed pea stew. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.food.com\/recipe\/senegalese-black-eyed-pea-and-sweet-potato-soup-ndambe-538623)\">Here<\/a> is an easy recipe that uses canned black-eyed peas for convenience.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7975\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/07\/aff0b4ea621f42d89538068144bf0d7c-350x153.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/07\/aff0b4ea621f42d89538068144bf0d7c-350x153.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/07\/aff0b4ea621f42d89538068144bf0d7c-1024x446.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/07\/aff0b4ea621f42d89538068144bf0d7c-768x335.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/07\/aff0b4ea621f42d89538068144bf0d7c-1536x669.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/07\/aff0b4ea621f42d89538068144bf0d7c-2048x892.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Settle in for a film.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Roger Ebert said that film is an empathy machine, and with it we can glimpse into lives we could never live ourselves. With that in mind, the Senegalese film I\u2019m going to watch as I dig into my Ndamb\u00e9 is Moussa Tour\u00e9\u2019s <i>La Pirogue<\/i>, which tells the story of West African villagers who decide to undertake the perilous crossing of the Atlantic in order to procure better lives in Spain.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Pirogue \/ La Pirogue (2012) - Trailer ENG SUBS\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6PAnomIt54M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can find other Senegalese films over at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fandor.com\/movie-genres\/international\/african\/senegalese-films-92\">Fandor<\/a> if that doesn\u2019t float your Pirogue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Once that\u2019s over, it&#8217;s time to rush back to the airport and get our connection back to reality, but I hope this has brought a little of the world to you today.<\/p>\n<p>Next week, Nepal!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-28-at-12.03.05-PM-350x203.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-28-at-12.03.05-PM-350x203.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-28-at-12.03.05-PM-1024x593.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-28-at-12.03.05-PM-768x445.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-28-at-12.03.05-PM-1536x889.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/language-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-28-at-12.03.05-PM.png 1555w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>I don\u2019t know about you, but during lockdown I have been to maybe three brick and mortar locations that are not my home in the last five months. 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