Merry Christmas!

Pics

Baptizing L* at La baie des Sirènes
This is taken at the new Italian pizzeria at Bereby. She ate my entire chocolate mousse! I ended up ordering another one.

Trying out the fingerpaint. Approved!

Mamie and Dede in CI pics III

Mamie and dede's last visit to La Baie des Sirènes

Left to right, top to bottom: Maryam, mamie, baby, Dede, Koame (the driver), Jean-Pierre (our cleaner/ironer/gardener), Hyppolite (gardener) and Ion (dog)

Mamie and Dede in CI pics II

Doggy found some camouflage... and got to hide away in the shade while at it.
our super secluded beach. We spent the day without anyone passing

Mamie and Dede in CI pics

This weekend we had a flat tire in the middle of the road to Dawa... And David didn't have the right key to take off the flat. Luckily we did get help.
We took Maryam to San Pedro last week so she could do some shopping with me and show me some of the places I haden't discovered yet. Since we've been back, Aini refuses to stay with Maryam... We're hoping it's just because my parents are here and she thinks it's more fun to be with them...
At Jardin d'Ivoire, Aini enjoying my fruit cocktail, which she emptied... I had to get another
My parents really loved La Baie des Sirènes. We've been there a couple of times during their stay. Probably we will be going one more time tomorrow. Both Aini and Ion are starting to like swimming in the ocean (Ion a little less then Aini).
At La baie des Sirènes
We visited the plantation farm with Aini, Ion and my parents. Ion met another dog and had a fun time playing around.
Luckily Mom and dad got to swin in the pool one day. After this, the filter broke down and we haven't been able to use the pool ever since. We're still hoping it will be fixed soon. As the locals say: "Decouragement n'est pas Ivoirien".
This pic was taken at San Pedro International airport at our arrival. Sweet Ion had been in his cage on the plane for twelve hours the day before and then got to have another hours worth of plane. All the while staying his fun and happy self.
At Wafou in Abidjan.
Dad and Aini in Zaventem Airport.

Sunday at Dawa

We had this beautiful beach all to ourselves!

Aini ate all of Françoises fruit salad! She's such an ogre!

Aini and Leila have become good friends over the past couple weeks. They actually start playing together, so cute!

A little peek of the 'hotel' in Dawa where we past that sunday. It's more of a ruin, the drinks are hot, so like regular Dutchmen, we arrive packed with our 'frigobox'. The advantage of going there is that there's some shade and you can get a chair.

Catch of the day: Françoises batch of Langouste

Enzo. Aini's little friend. THough he won't be little for long. He's a Beauceron and belongs to Françoise and Thierry.

Big love

Plantation life

Aini's favorite place

La Baie des Sirenes

We went to La Baie des Sirenes again today. It had been a while since we'd been. Aini had a wonderful time again playing with the sand, so I think we'll make it a regular thing again. Sadly, it started to rain after about an hour, so we came back home.