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March 30, 2006

The journey home

At midnight tonight I leave Ouagadougou, arriving in Tripoli (Libya) first thing tomorrow morning. I hope my bad attitude towards Colonel Gaddafi does not cause problems for me there.

Mid-morning tomorrow I get an onward flight, arriving in Paris at midday. Paris in the Spring - noice. I intend to spend a thoroughly clichéd afternoon there, feeding the sparrows in the park and strolling by the Seine and sitting at pavement cafés with notebook open and shirt-collar turned up.

After a night in Paris, I go back to the airport to catch my Easyjet flight to Newcastle (you know - the kind of flight where you can brag to your friends 'The flight was only seven pence' and feel all smug until they ask about the airport tax and fuel tax which were a hundred quid).

Then a delightful train ride to York with (if all goes according to plan) a BLT (Bacon Lettuce and Tomato) sandwich and a miniature bottle of red wine (saved from the flight) and the Times Crossword.

Arrive at York station round about 5.30pm to be met by Mum and/or Dad (really looking forward to seeing them again - it's been 15 months), whence we will beetle home to their bungalow in Nether Poppleton.

I have six weeks in England and return to Burkina Faso on 18 May.

Posted by sahelsteve at March 30, 2006 08:03 AM