Spending time with a Senegalese family is essential to learn about life in Senegal. People in the family are happy to teach about their culture, lives, and language. Most important, they are willing to take their guests to places a foreigner may never be able to find on his or her own! This is what I encountered my first weekend in Dakar, Senegal. My three sisters asked me to go with them to Monaco Beach, and though I wasn’t really up to it, I decided that I should accept their offer. Little did I know how much of a growing experience it would be for me.