Hello everyone! Day one of our trip is coming to a close end, finding Alex and myself relaxing for the first time all day at the Gresham Belson Hotel in Brussels, Belgium. On the menu tonight? Pitas from the little Pita Restaurant down the street. And of course, Fanta drinks (which by the way constitutes 43% of one’s daily sugar intake). All things considered our trip has been pretty smooth sailing. We almost didn’t make it to the Calgary airport due to the Abma family van breaking down at an intersection (right in view of the airport!). Thankfully a kind stranger saw Alex, myself and my sisters attempting to walk the rest of the way, and gave us a lift. Our flight from Calgary to Paris took about 8.5 hours taking us from 8:55 PM Calgary time to 2:06 PM Paris time. We were supposed to sleep during that flight but I think between the both of us we collected about three hours of sleep total. After we arrived in Paris we were scheduled to take a train from the Paris airport to Brussels. We almost missed that one too… I accidentally got Alex and myself in a very long, very slow line that we didn’t need to be in. As soon as we found out that we didn’t need to be there we booted it to the platform, where the train itself was just arriving. Yikes! It was pretty intense at times, that’s for sure. But now we’re safe a sound at a pretty classy hotel in the country of Belgium, set with all our limbs and belongings. What a blessing! Tomorrow is the big day where we’ll finally be arriving to our destination country – Rwanda…
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By the time you read this one, you will be in AFRICA: the anticipated destination a reality. For the rest of us...anyone want to buy a van...cheap?
Glad to hear you have arrive in Europe safe and sound. So JO.....what are your plans for tomorrow in trying to make sure you get on your flight to Africa in the nick of time.
Glad to hear that you arrived safe and sound! "Awesome" to hear from you!
Jo and Alex - how bizarre to be plunked down in a foreign world, eh? More like, different planet. Even more bizarre is that Africa is going to start feeling normal and when you get home you'll see with new eyes how much of a "Gong Show" we're running here too!!! We love you both, are proud of your adventurous and generous spirit and are praying for safe travels. Keep writing.
Steve and Dee
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