Childhood Photographs (1)

During my nomadic childhood,whenever we moved to a new country, my mum made sure to always pack our family albums, which my sister and I loved leafing through; it gave us a sense of continuity. I've started taking digital copies of those snapshots (over 620 just to cover the first 5 years of my life!) and thought I'd share some of them with you, as some readers have expressed interest in my early life and travels.
First is a picture taken shortly after I was born to a French father and an American mother in Paris. On my very first outing, mum took me to Paris's Jardin des Poètes - no wonder I became a poetry lover!

The second picture was taken 8 months later, across the Atlantic and the equator, in Uruguay, where we flew so that I could meet my grandparents' family. I am getting friendly with my grandfather's super plump dog; you see, dear Benjy was not the first dachshund in my life...