I and others as One week flies

Although I did not travel during my leave - within the limited period of one week, I managed to experience two things and could spend time looking after the cat and pampering her.

Thanks to my friend Gigi, from Haiti, I started learning to play tennis at the Accra Lawn Tennis Club and I flew on an aircraft at Kpong Airfield (Eastern Region), home to WAASPS, West Africa's leading light aviation specialists.

I also got the chance to meet one of Gigi's numerous friends, called Francis, who had been in Bristol for almost six months. It made me feel nostalgic about old good times and realize that I forgot some places' names. Francis is an interesting man, whose lifestyle changed radically four years ago when he became a vegetarian raw-eater.

I have modified my habits since I came to Ghana and broke up with the past destructive impulse. This transformation was shaped by circumstances, such as sickness, and people very different from me. It is good to share things in common and explore one another's idiosyncrasies. It is enabling you to learn about them and about yourself.

Only one more day left: it will be hard to go to work on Monday.

Encouragements welcome!

LOD