Wednesday, September 28, 2005
On our way
Howdy!
We are currently waiting to board our plane to Dar es Salaam. Yesterday was a good day. It was rainy out so that touring wasn't ideal. We still wandered downtown Amsterdam for a while, had some lunch and some chocolate.
Although I've never SCUBA-ed, I feel like a scuba diver, slowly coming up from the depths of the ocean, to decompress. It's hard trying to convince your body that it is 8 hours ahead of what it is used to!! Every time I go to sleep, my body thinks I'm just napping! And we all know how good I am at that!! Dad hasn't had a real sleep yet. Hopefully he'll be able to catch up somewhat on the flight down. It's a ~12 hour flight, after all.
This is really it! We think of our friends and family at home often.
We are currently waiting to board our plane to Dar es Salaam. Yesterday was a good day. It was rainy out so that touring wasn't ideal. We still wandered downtown Amsterdam for a while, had some lunch and some chocolate.
Although I've never SCUBA-ed, I feel like a scuba diver, slowly coming up from the depths of the ocean, to decompress. It's hard trying to convince your body that it is 8 hours ahead of what it is used to!! Every time I go to sleep, my body thinks I'm just napping! And we all know how good I am at that!! Dad hasn't had a real sleep yet. Hopefully he'll be able to catch up somewhat on the flight down. It's a ~12 hour flight, after all.
This is really it! We think of our friends and family at home often.
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Tired but clean in Amsterdam
Hello everyone. We have arrived in Amsterdam safe and sound. There were some minor issues with one plane but luggage etc. has arrived with us in good shape.
We have checked into the hotel and showered. We are using an internet cafe at the hotel. We like it well enough that we will book the same place for the return trip.
We are on our way to go do a little touring now, maybe Anne Franks house, and grab some lunch.
All is well. God bless.
Love Billy and Chantal.
We have checked into the hotel and showered. We are using an internet cafe at the hotel. We like it well enough that we will book the same place for the return trip.
We are on our way to go do a little touring now, maybe Anne Franks house, and grab some lunch.
All is well. God bless.
Love Billy and Chantal.
Sunday, September 25, 2005
Twas the night before...
Let the adventure begin! Today was busy with packing and repacking. What a tonne of stuff! Hopefully, we will come home, bags lighter but hearts full of all that we have experienced. I should get off to bed as we have an early flight in the morning. We are staying overnight in Amsterdam before we jet off to Tanzania. We land in Dar es Salaam and take a bus to Songea, where we will be teaching English for the next 10 weeks. And we're off...
