Two weeks further on

I can’t believe that another 2 weeks have passed by. If there are any regular readers out there in blogland – apologies.
The French lessons at the Institut are still going well – we have had a couple of new joiners, including one girl from England – who’s just arrived in Dakar, and the airline have managed to lose all her luggage. I can’t say I feel very much progress – but perhaps it’s all sinking in somehow. Last week there was another concert at the Insitut. The band included a Kora player who played like Jimi Hendrix on speed – stunning, all the while with a huge grin on his face. A man that clearly enjoyed his music, which was great, but the concert had been so poorly promoted that there was hardly anyone there – such a shame.
On the work front, my boss, Alpha, is now back from vacation, so I spent some time earlier in the week taking him through my findings and recommendations on the projects. Generally in agreement on what we need to do, so now it’s a matter of prioritizing, but I would say there is plenty to keep me busy. We are also trying to arrange a regional IT team meeting, probably in September/October, which will be great chance to meet the IT teams from the rest of the region. Alpha is keen for me to provide some Project Management workshops as part of this meeting – should be interesting.
I’m trying to get myself mobile at the moment – it’s a pain (and expensive) having to rely on taxis all the time so I’m looking to buy a scooter. Have had a look at some, but can’t actually buy one yet because there’s been a delay in making payments from WFP and so I don’t have sufficient funds! Anyway hopefully it’ll be sorted soon – but it’s very frustrating. Anyone in Rome reading this –please help.