Friday, September 24, 2010

Leaving Bush House

        Here we are, today was my last day in Bush House, the main office for the BBC World Service in London. This morning I had a meeting with a young British producer pitching stories for Al Jazeera's documentaries. We talked about East Africa and Haiti. 

A couple of hours later, I was sitting in front of my computer in Bush House, editing my last piece from Europe for BBC Afrique, a 15-minute interview with the Chadian filmmaker Mahamat Saleh Haroun, and recording the last leads for our week-end magazines. My voice is still going to be heard on the broadcasts from London this weekend, while I will already be away.

So I am ready, and I am leaving for Nairobi from London Heathrow on Sunday morning. I have hardly started to pack my luggage is, but myself, I am almost there already, in thoughts. I have been dreaming of Kenya for weeks now; it is about time I go.

It’s still hard to believe I am leaving Bush House in spite of all this excitement. This year in London, in the BBC has been amazingly interesting and delightful. I have been happy and passionate here, in the city and in my job, as nowhere else. I would always be grateful to London, to the UK, to the BBC and of course, to my great friends in London. And I can promise one thing: I will be back.



Friday, September 17, 2010

Getting ready to move to Kenya

So here I am. My short stay in Paris is about to end and I have acconplished my missions: getting a visa for Kenya, taking care of the necessary vaccines, and finding a new home in Nairobi.

In 36 hrs, I'll be back in London and soon at the BBC for the last meetings with my editor and my colleagues producers.

And in less than ten days, I'll be in Nairobi!

I am just starting the first draft of this blog in order to keep in touch with friends, coworkers, other journalists but also friends working in different fields who might be interested in news fron Kenya and East Africa. I'm not a blog expert, but I promise to work on it to make this page as interesting as possible.

So see you soon on this blog, later in Europe and I hope some day soon too in Nairobi!