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Omo region, part 1
We regrouped in Addis, unpacked and repacked our bags, and the next morning started out on the final segment of our holiday itinerary: a 7-day visit to the tribes in Ethiopia’s remote Lower Omo Valley region. For many people, a trip of this kind is ethically problematic. … Continue reading
Bonne année et bonne santé
Phase two of our tripartite winter holiday: New Year’s in Strasbourg. The weather was cold and there was snow on the ground. We sampled the things that France is famous for: great food, shopping, art The shopping district was beautifully decorated … Continue reading
Posted in Elsewhere, Family, Food
Tagged 2015, astronomical clock, Christmas market, France, New Year, Strasbourg
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Joyeux Noël
From Dubai, Alekka and I flew to the Frankfurt airport where Andreas soon joined us from Cairo. We picked up our rental car and made a run for the French border. We got to Mulhouse in time to visit the Christmas market (vin chaud!) followed by a … Continue reading
Shop till you drop
We planned an ambitious holiday break this year. Three weeks, three continents! Dubai (technically Asia) for two days, followed by two weeks in France, and finishing up with a 10-day tour of southern Ethiopia. Alekka and I booked a room close to the mammoth … Continue reading
The 1.6 days of Christmas
Last December I posted a Christmas tree retrospective. The 2013 entry in that lineup was our lavender bush, which I neglected to put back out on the porch before departing for our Berlin/Barcelona winter holiday family extravaganza. The housekeeper watered … Continue reading
Cookies loved and lost
I invited some ladies who bake over to my house last Sunday for a cookie exchange. We drank mulled wine on the front porch in the afternoon sun. December in Ethiopia is very pleasant, just like all the other months … Continue reading
Posted in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Expat experience, Food
Tagged Christmas, cookie exchange, cookies
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UCAS for Dummies (and Americans… not saying they are the same thing)
This is a very long post about how to apply to a UK college, a topic of immediate concern around our house. If this subject interests you, read on; if not, I won’t be insulted if you choose to skip … Continue reading
Posted in Elsewhere, Family
Tagged Alekka, college, college application, IB, personal statement, UCAS, UCAS personal statement, university
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Lights out
Alekka filming a cooking video at home on “how to bake bread” for her Spanish class. Papi, encender el generador! Yup, this is pretty much how the baking has been going lately.
Lest we forget
Virtually every village in Britain, no matter how small, has a World War I memorial monument in the town center which once a year on Remembrance Day is decorated with wreaths of red poppies. In the UK you can can … Continue reading
Camo chameleon, Madagascar part 3
There are about 150 species of chameleons in the world, and half of them live in Madagascar. But they are hard to see. They do that color-changing thing, and they blend in with the scenery. The camouflage trick is very … Continue reading
Posted in Around Africa, Flora and fauna, Islands
Tagged chameleons, geckos, Madagascar
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