Finally arrived in Africa!!!

Hello Readers!!

Today is my second day in Uganda and I'm loving it...Let me recapture the last bit of the trip for you:

Day 1(Travel Day):

The trip began on Tuesday morning in Listowel, Ontario. I had spent the night at my sister's house and she was going to drive me to the airport that afternoon. Low and behold, we had car troubles and were a little stuck.  Thanks to Kevin ( A friend of Grace-Emma) we were able to use his car!!  So we set off on our journey to the airport. It was quite an eventful trip involving a quick stop at Starbucks and singing "Sound of Music" songs. Haha..I love you too GE! :) We arrived at the airport ahead of schedule, I checked in my luggage, said my goodbyes and was off to go through security and find my gate!! Once I boarded the plane, I sat down next to a local farmer from my area ( Drumbo, Ontario). We had a enlightening conversation about environmental changes and his trip to Poland. Quite interesting actually...Once I arrived in Amsterdam, I found my gate within 10 minutes. I had about  3 hours to kill. I decided the scope the duty free shops and buy some Dutch dropjes. When I was standing in the line, the cashier told me the price in Dutch. I gave her a puzzled look and I am assuming she connected the dots. It's funny that she would make that mistake eh?!??! 

Day 2 ( Travel Day)

Because of the jetlag I don't quite remember when one day ended and the next began, but I did board my plane heading to Uganda ahead of schedule. The plane was about half full, so the seat next to me was empty. I was too opposed to that as I needed to catch up on some much needed sleep! After a 9 hour flight, I arrived in Entebbe, Airport. I waited in line for customs about 5 minutes, got my visa and passport signed and was off to find my backpack! My backpack came within 10 minutes and I was greeted by Downie and Bobby Mickler! On the way to my new "home" ( Pictured above) I caught up with Downie and Bobby and was giving the rundown on my stay and what I would be doing! It was just so good to be here and I already loved the country! I went to bed pretty much right away..:)

Day 3( First day in Uganda)

I woke up to the bustling of the Mickler family. I got out of bed and was greeted by all the kiddos. The four girls-Redding( 9), Emma (7), Nancy(6) and Annette (4) all headed out to school. I was left with Downie and the youngest Robert (2). Downie and I caught up and drove into town to pick up some food for this weekend. The plan for this weekend is to head out about a hour and a half from the city and go camping on the Nile River. (Apparently, here in Africa, there are 2 Niles-the blue and the white) We will be camping on the blue! 

I will try to post some more pictures after the weekend!! 

By the way, Africa is amazing. The people are so warm , the culture is very interesting and the food is incredible. More to come....