DAHOMEY FRENCH TRIP

I remember with nostalgia our French class trip to Benin School, Ibadan. The boys who were on this trip will remember the journey in our famous Black Maria driven by Alaska from Ibadan, through Lagos and Idi-Iroko to Cotonou. We studied for one week with the students of L'École Secondaire Protestante. The presence of girls among us made the trip a very exciting one. One of the highlights was our visit to the floating village of Abomey. We travelled in two groups and in two boats. As the pilots of the two boats raced with each other, the boat I was in nearly capsized, which was a fearful experience. I also remember that the menu featured "exotic" meals like macaroni and cheese, which was a delicacy.

The trip was rounded up with a party on the eve of our departure. During the party, I was offered some sweet drink by Mr Adeyeye instead of the beer that most of our boys were drinking. After one glass of the wine, I got on the dancing floor to dance with one of the Queens School girls. I suddenly realised that the floor was dancing with us in seesaw motion. I did not understand the sensation at first. On sitting down after the dance, the sensation of drowsiness continued. Then I asked Mr Adeyeye whether the drink he gave me was alcoholic and he said it was Dubonnet wine. It was my first time of drinking wine realise wine could make one that tipsy.
I got up and went straight to bed; our rooms were luckily the next floor to the dancing floor. I had a deep sleep and woke up the next day knowing what it means to be tipsy with alcohol. That was the first and last time I ever had the experience of being 'drunk'. Thanks to my being naive, and thanks Mr Adeyeye for the induction

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