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The weeks just fly by

Once again have reached the end of a week and realised that I’ve not added anything to my blog- ah well, never mind I’ll just try and write something interesting instead.

… Or not- I think it’s much easier to ramble on about life, the universe and everything and anyway, I did manage to send out a newsletter this week, so I guess I could say that took up my time instead ;-)

A whole load of people have gone to Dakar (Senegal) for a weekend of French patisserie, wine and cheese (the first and last are somewhat lacking in affordable quantities in Freetown). After the recent problems with various Nigerian airlines, they’re a little cautious because they’re travelling with Bellview (don’t think this one is allowed to fly in European airspace due to safety issues, but I could be wrong on that)- they intended to fly with another airline but that one cancelled the flight about a week before they were due to go, which wasn’t particularly helpful of them. Anyway, assuming all goes well with travelling they’ll be having fun in Senegal (practising their almost non existent French too!)

Yesterday evening there was a public lecture on the challenges and prospects for Sierra Leone’s economy- fairly interesting (for an economist at least) and the talk was done by the outgoing World Bank head of mission- a very astute guy. Some of the questions from the floor were also quite pertinent although some of them did go on a bit trying to make their point. I think patience is a virtue that I need to learn (either that or have it thrust upon me) while I’m here.

We’ve got a Krio lesson tonight- my Krio spelling is pretty bad but then they do have several extra vowels to remember to put in the right places. It’s definitely not the hardest of languages to learn but at the moment my Krio is still only small-small (English spelling). Ah well, I'll keep practising.

Labels: bellview, economy, Krio

posted by Nenya @ 5:03 pm