I had a good rest for 2 weeks in Lyon. Christmas
was spent with friends, and I had a quiet night at home for New Year’s (after
15 years of running a bar, that is one night I prefer not going out). I walked a lot in Lyon
– the weather was not so bad – and discovered a few new things.
I arrived back in Paris
yesterday, the 2 January to prepare for my departure to South
Sudan. And this morning,
the 3 January, everything changed. Due
to team profiles and numbers, I am now going to Central African Republic (CAR)
– conflict situation still, just a change of countries.
This is great for me, because I have never
been to CAR before, while last year at this time I was just leaving South Sudan. It
would have been good to see the South Sudan
team again, but it is also good to see a new place also. And I was going to work with some great expatriates
in South Sudan with whom I have already
worked, but we have a great expat team in CAR also, and I know most of them
already.
So rather than leaving tonight, I will
leave on Tuesday 7 January to allow time to get the different visa and have
another set of briefings. So I have a weekend in Paris – ain’t life tough? This may give me an opportunity to see some
old customers from my bar who are
living in Paris.
That would be great.
