Accra again
Hi Margaret writing from Accra, having just
arrived by plane from Ouagadougou, a journey of
just one hour and 50 minutes as opposed to 21
hours on the overnight bus! All the staff at the
hotel were extremely pleased to see us again and
welcomed us as long lost friends - aww! nice.
This is just a short blog to let you know that all
is well and we are now looking forward to English
fish and chips - ha ha. But, if you happen to see
two coke bottles with legs walking around Nailsea,
then it's sure to be us - when the staff see us
coming they automatically go for the bottle
opener. In fact, when we were in Ouagadougou and
said we were staying for one more night, they took
one more bottle of coke out of the fridge for us.
They understood the word 'one'! The staff at the
Ouagadougou hotel were very sad to see us leave.
Everywhere we have travelled the people have
thought that I was Ceri's sister !!! :-) It
makes me feel good but not sure how it makes Ceri
feel. In fact quite a number of people have
cheered and shouted "No, that can't be right". And
when I told them that I am also a grandmother,
well, can you imagine the cheers and the jumping
up and down - really incredible behaviour but
lovely. Such friendly, helpful and happy people
everywhere. OK everyone, that's all from Africa.
This has been an overwhelming journey and a great
privilege to have met so many wonderful people.
Our usual love and best wishes to you all. x
Posted 11:46
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