Where Globe-Trotting meets Beach-Combing
Everything I read said not to leave the Amsterdam airport—trains delay, customs lines are long, security can back up. The plane arrived at 6am from Entebbe, Uganda, and I hadn’t slept at all…because I watched Jurrasic World, Out of Africa, and Mr. Holmes. Anyway, I was wandering around and accidentally found myself in immigration with…
Fatimah gave me a tour of Kampala today. We saw the city’s hospital, bank, a supermarket, some craft stalls. She also took me by the Nsambya slums. Kids crowded around, grabbing my hands and hollering to each other about the muzungu—white person. I felt like their pet as five or six latched on to me…
Dan and his mom are safely delivered into his dad’s arms here in Uganda! They have five or six more hours to travel today to reach their rural village, but they are together again. I was dreaming just now that Dan was smiling and holding my hand, laughing and refusing to let go. I woke…
I had heard the Qatar airport has free sleeping areas and showers, so I got in line at a Qatar Airways information desk to find out. I get to the front of the line and hand the woman our tickets and she says, “Oh yes, we can provide a shuttle to a complimentary airport stay…
The flight wasn’t 17 hours after all, but the line at customs sure feels that long. So far, so good. Or would that be Qatar, so good…. Sorry. I haven’t slept.
Last minute change of plans! I got an email from the Children’s Heart Project: could I transport a boy and his mom home to Uganda? “The timing really couldn’t be better,” said my mom. The kids have had lots of time acclimating to life at my parents’ house. I said I would go if they couldn’t…
It’s the last night of the year! Simon, Katrina, Carsen, Canon and Case arrived for several days of Crowded House shenanigans. The cousins bounced on the trampoline, climbed way up in the trees, chased and ran, napped hard, and loved the together time. The adults stayed up late playing Time’s Up and Loaded Questions. Zap…
