Blogging.....from Africa

After a bit of a delay in Chicago, we finally made it to London. We ended up only an hour and a half off schedule. We were lucky enough to still have time to spend touring the historic city. We jumped on the tube (don't worry, we minded the gap) and headed to downtown. Virginia led us to a church where we ate lunch in the basement which also served as a crypt. After lunch, we boarded a double decker (but convertible) bus and took in the sights. We chose a busy day to be in London as it happened to be the same day as the running of the London Marathon. Most of us chose to not run the marathon however Virginia and Alicia could have kept up with them while they were looking for a restroom. ;-)

We loaded back onto the tube, along with everybody else and their dog, and headed back to the small city otherwise known as London Heathrow Airport. A couple members of our team tried sleeping while standing on the tube but luckily were saved by some empty seats. During our ride we had a nice chat with a college professor from Australia who wished us luck on our mission.

After checking through security again, we boarded a Kenyan Airlines plane and waited for departure. A super cute, super funny boy sat ahead of me and kept me entertained throughout the flight. We landed in Nairobi, Kenya a little before dawn and made our way to a transit lounge. We managed to find a wireless Internet connection and put together an adapter set up to keep the computer charged. After a few hour layover we will be off to Kigali, Rwanda!!!! Until then........stay posted.