On Our Way!!!
Wow! It's hard to believe that we're really on our way... While most of our families are snoozing in their beds in the early hours of Tuesday morning - the Baobaob entourage has hit the ground in Amsterdam. It's 8:30 AM local time (2:30 AM at home) and most of the group have headed into the City for a couple of hours of sightseeing.
Exactly 12 hours ago, we pulled out from the train station in Ottawa, on the KLM bus bound for Montreal. Tearful goodbyes and loads of best wishes sent us off on the start of our journey. Montreal airport was a bit of a zoo, but we made it through the check-in, through security and onto the Boeing 747. They must have upgraded to a larger aircraft, as we'd been led to believe that it was a sold out flight - instead we had plenty of empty seats so many of us had some room to spread out - not that I saw many of the teens getting much sleep. The flight was a bit bumpy at times but the service was excellent.
We're all meeting at our departure gate at noon. The weather here in the Netherlands is fair today with a foecast temperature similar to what it'll be in Accra later today.
Exactly 12 hours ago, we pulled out from the train station in Ottawa, on the KLM bus bound for Montreal. Tearful goodbyes and loads of best wishes sent us off on the start of our journey. Montreal airport was a bit of a zoo, but we made it through the check-in, through security and onto the Boeing 747. They must have upgraded to a larger aircraft, as we'd been led to believe that it was a sold out flight - instead we had plenty of empty seats so many of us had some room to spread out - not that I saw many of the teens getting much sleep. The flight was a bit bumpy at times but the service was excellent.We're all meeting at our departure gate at noon. The weather here in the Netherlands is fair today with a foecast temperature similar to what it'll be in Accra later today.
posted by Ian at 2:33 am
6 Comments:
Thanks for the update so soon! Safe journey the rest of the way.
Ian... pass this information to Colin please. First of all WE MISS HIM... Secondly, I forgot to write down this phone number for Colin of someone in Accra that he's going to try to get in touch with if he has time :
Isaac Addai (brother of Sam and uncle of Jeff)
0244 548 309
Great to hear that trip is proceeding so well. Give regards to everyone, and especially big hug to Heather and Bryce.
As you adjust to Ghana weather, thought might like to know that severe thunderstorms hit Ottawa Monday at dinner time. Condiserable flooding in East end of city. Next couple of days are forecast with more rain.
All the best. Cheers, Duff
Woohoo...great to hear from you!! Hi Jordan!!! Happy, happy journey all. Thank you for the update.
We're so glad to hear you made it safely to Amsterdam and with room to spread out on the plane. How lucky was that. We look forward to your next posting - from Ghana! Jane and Christina
hey mama
i'm sure your trip is unfolding beautifully
iris is totally charmed by french jazz trio houseguests
c'est tout en francais maintenant
salut
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