Out of more than 30 years of friendship
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Out of more than 30 years of friendship
I remember with fondness…
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Colin’s five-day visit to Port-au-Prince, Haïti
where Algonquin College was delivering a multi-year CIDA-funded teachers’ training program
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Although genuilely interested, Colin did not buy a hand-made pair of
shoes or a straw hat
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But he could not resist a coconut just picked-up from the tree ..
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To his credit, Colin managed to buy a painting amid the chaos of the
famous Iron Market..
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He did not go to the « Versailles » of Cap-Haitien (destroyed by an
earthquake in 1842), but felt at ease among the ordinary Haitians…
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At home, he sure got an attentive service from
Amoleon and Francine..
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who were, as everybody else, greatly scared by our dog (no peacock
there…)
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However, despite the dog, on Colin’s last day in Haïti,
a band of local musicians came to the gate of the house and sang
« nou renmé ou »
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Which, in creole, means
We love you…
So do we ….Andrée BichonAlgonquin College Colleague