Until I arrive in Paris again on the 9th ...

... this be my cappuccino machine!


Pleasures in privations?

Aclimatisation ...?

They told me I couldn't avoid it, and I didn't want to think about it or acknowledge it, but now I have to tell you all that, yes, it has finally happened ... Mali has ruined me for temperate climates!

It's my own fault really, I left Australia before summer was really over, so I've only experienced about 15 actual wintery days since September 2006, and so my body has adapted to the heat! I still loathe it, never will enjoy being hot and sweaty, but nowadays I reach for my jumper when the temperature cracks a chilly 27 degrees! Pathetic I know.

There is an upside to this story, believe it or not. Yes that's right, three days ago my air-conditioner stopped working - utterly and completely died - but, as luck would have it, Pierre - the only man on site that a girl needs to know - the air-conditioner man, returned from Togo! He made sure that attending to my aircon was first on his list of jobs, but it turns out that my problem is a little more complex than it seemed on initial inspection ...


Tagged out-of-service

... until further notice!