Our family's Flat Stanley has had some really interesting adventures since L. drew him almost two years ago.

He's been a really great cultural exchange activity, as well as geography lesson, for the kids. The goal this past year for us was to try to get Stanley to every continent in the world. But, we've been limited based on the people in the group that we trade flats with.

Then a couple of months ago, G's former ballet teacher told us she was spending a semester in Ghana and would be happy to take along our Flat Stanley for a photo op.

She sent us the photo this weekend of Flat Stanley and said,

"The picture was taken on the campus of the University of Ghana on the day of the solar eclipse in Ghana. The eclipse was a really big deal; it was the first total solar eclipse to happen in Ghana in many years. "

She also sent us a link to a story about the eclipse that was really interesting. The kids especially liked the video clip.

So with this latest addition from Africa, Flat Stanley has now been to almost every continent in the world (except Antarctica) and we have a photo from each one for our world map at home.

Europe: Saw Bison in England

Australia/Oceana: Auckland, New Zealand

Asia: Hung out in a garden in Japan. And of course there was also his incredible trip to Iraq as well.

One of the kids' other Flat Stanley characters, Black Beauty, is currently in Chile.

South America: Ronco Beach in Chile

Anyone have a connection to a person willing to host Flat Stanley on "The Ice" for us?

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