I took off from Bonn for the weekend and caught a train into Bayern (Bavaria) to the historic town of Wuerzburg.  The Altstadt was razed by the Allies in the Second World War and they’ve done an amazing job of restoring it. Across the river there was a stone bridge which reminded me a, Read More

Luxembourg had been on my “To Do” list for some time, but not for any specific reason – as one of those “little countries” in Europe like Liechtenstein, Vatican City or Andorra, Luxembourg is one of those tourist destinations that people just want to explore and tick off their list. I’d made a booking, Read More

We spent our final few days in and around the northern city Tamale (pron. “ta-mah-lay”).  The north of Ghana is drier and far more arid savannah, and famine and hunger are much more prevalent.  And boy was it hot hot HOT.  We were there to meet with the UN World Food Programme and Catholic, Read More

On our second weekend we took the chance to go way off the beaten track to Mole National Park, a large park in north-western Ghana known for its wild elephant population.  To get there it was a bumpy and looooong drive along terrible roads with our Ghana Health Service driver Donku at the wheel., Read More

While we were in the Ashanti region, Abenaa took us to see her pilot program – finally we would get to see a school feeding program in action!  After six months of working on the project we were keen to see how one actually looked and operated. We drove a few hours north-east of, Read More