filled with new friends eating waffles with strawberries and hot chocolate sauce lying on canal bridges in the sunshine (fruit) beers on sunny terraces enjoying the spring flowers everywhere wandering the canals in the evening striking up conversations with friendly tipsy strangers outside bars trying new beers at Delirium being inspired (again) by the royal…
Today in South Africa, a country very close to my heart, millions of people are already joining long queues in the cold sunshine to cast their vote in the general election. Pray today for the South Africans, for wisdom as they choose their next leader, and for a smooth and non-violent outcome. I can’t forget…
If you ever invite me to cook or bake at your house, you should be aware that I am a very messy cooker. I am not one of these people who tidies away and washes up as she goes. No, all the ingredients get left stranded around the kitchen, dirty dishes and bowls are piled…
The good thing about travelling a lot is you have lots of hours sitting on planes, trains, buses to catch up on all those books you have been wanting to read for aaaaages. Here is what I have consumed in the last few weeks… The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kinsolver is one that I think…
So I left the best of my Bangladesh experiences till last. Actually it is quite hard to pick any one experience as the best because it was just an eye-opening, humbling, motivating trip. But the two days I spent at the Baptist Mission Integrated School in Dhaka sneaked in there at the number 1 spot….