Ria Bacon: editor & writer

Linguist with wanderlust,
From the hills of New Guinea to the halls of the Sorbonne,
From the beaches of Bassam to the fields of Friesland,
From the catacombs of Rome to the Blue Mountains of Jamaica.
From the heather of the Veluwe to the dust of Dakar ...

Currently resident in the Land of Sea with a small tribe of kids and Mr B.

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Not Cuba

Just finished Skypeing with a prospective landlady ahead of our move in four days. It wasn’t the most coherent of conversations as she kept breaking off and shouting in W_____ (local language) at the noisy mob of women surrounding her. She ended every phrase with, “Inch’allah!” — not sure if this is a positive sign.

She told me she was out of town, in a place that sounded like Cuba — I was confused — but it turns out to be a very famous town in the country we’re moving to, and is currently hosting 2 million visitors attending the Grand Magal.

No more clues … where are we going?

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  • http://myspace.co./stinkyjim Jim

    enjoy senegal
    keep us posted

  • http://unknowngenius.com/blog/ Dave

    Bah, the ‘W’ is quite a giveaway ;-)
    Not many languages that would fit the bill, apart from Wolof…
    Have fun in Dakar!

  • http://ban-sidhe.com Mathieu

    Googling ‘Grand Magal’ seems to indicate Senegal is the likely answer. :-)

    Do we get pictures?

  • Ria

    Thanks!

    Yes you will get photos, once I get an internet connection, a place to live, kids in school, car, etc.