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In Australia, mid year was that difficuilt time, nothing special going on, a wintery greyness punctuated by days of cold, clear sunshine. But there was no event to be marked […]
Category Archives: travelling with children
it’s not really looking at all like Christmas
One of the advantages of living in Ghana, and I imagine any developing world or Muslim country, is that you don’t have to face the Christmas retail frenzy. Christmas trees […]
While wending our way home
We don’t really think of ourselves as ‘resort’ type holiday people. Having said that, we are well versed in the phrase, never say never. To be perfectly honest our […]
How to get your hair done – GHANA style. By Cecily
Almost everyone in Ghana wears their hair in braid with fake hair extensions or even wears wigs. It took us ages to realise that everyone had fake hair! There are […]
The Gold Coast
Pretty stunning huh? Did you know Ghana’s pre-independence name was the Gold Coast? This catchy moniker has been copied around the world, but none compares to the original. Named not […]
Mumbo Italiano
I thought I’d better give a little recap of our whirlwind trip to Italy before it all becomes a very pleasant, but distant memory. Did you know that there are […]
Three coins in the fountain
The children and I have just spent 9 days in Italy. A big part of me – the responsible-eldest daughter-guilt prone part of me, almost didn’t want to write about […]
Bonnes fêtes
Hi there, Happy new year! We hope everyone has had a great, relaxing holiday season. We’ve just returned to Ghana from a really wonderful few weeks in Switzerland and France. […]
All by myself…
Well, Chrissie and the kids are off again – this time making tracks to a cooler climate, Australia. Actually, the heat here has backed right off and it is contstantly […]
our long holiday by Cecily
We woke up in Ghana and knew today would be busy, soon enough we were on the plane to Accra. That afternoon we were on another plane (it was […]
