Setting Up House in Ghana - Part II

Alan and I were overjoyed when we got the call yesterday saying our furniture would be delivered in 1 hour. Thankfully the timing was perfect because an hour after the movers left, torrential rains came. We've entered the rainy season so the weather can go from beautiful and sunny to dark skies and torrential rains within minutes.






We've been waiting for the furniture for almost 3 months and the estimated arrival was April 6th so needless to say there was a bit of delay. And then making matters more frustrating, when the furniture arrived 2 weeks ago it was just sitting at the port a town away in a container. To understand how exciting this is, just imagine having moved into a wonderful apartment but not have any comfortable place to sit, eat or sleep for a few months. Our borrowed couch was so uncomfortable, that in the evening we just went to bed early because there was no place to sit and relax.



Now we have our new bright red couch, our leopard print chair and few pieces of Ikea furniture as well as our big plush bed.






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And still, we have plenty of room to spare, as this is no NYC apartment. We're not used to having all this space and we hope to soon buy some pieces of African furniture, art, drums, masks, etc. to fill up the space and walls. On that note, we've been exploring some of the local Ghanaian artists and their work to see what we might want to purchase at some point while we're here and so last weekend we went to a great gallery called the Artist Alliance that was started by a famous local artist here. The gallery is right on the ocean's edge and has 3 levels filled with all sorts of mediums like paintings, metal sculptures, masks, wooden furniture, beads, tapestries and more. We found a few pieces that we'd love to have some day.