travels

We are flying off to Mali this evening from Marseille via Casablanca (arriving at 3am!) and returning on the 2nd April, so in advance Dad have a lovely birthday on the 29th, (happy birthday Gemma for now). This trip is part holiday and part preparatory visit, putting our faces out there for the adoption. We will meet our lawyer and visit the orphanage and it's director.

A friend has lent us his house in Djenne a 10 hour bus ride from Bamako so we will spend a night in a nice hotel on the banks of the Niger and then hire a car and driver to take us to Djenne later tomorrow afternoon hoping to get to Djenne market on Monday. We will return to Bamako later in the week for our meetings and in the hope of seeing/hearing some music next weekend.

Have a lovely Easter everyone and again we'll be thinking of you on the 29th Dad.

Lots of love Julian and Ruth