Thursday, November 27, 2008

Trip to Africa

Finally the day had come for us to leave Stockholm. We were supposed to leave on Thursday and drive down to see our family down south and then fly out from Copenhagen, however on Friday night we still had heaps to pack and organize. Waking up on Saturday I looked out the window only to see a layer of snow on the balcony, great, really great. We had a 6 hour drive down south and without winter tires it would not be a very pleasant journey. On top of that we had to be out of our apartment by 8 o´clock since our new tenant would arrive. Somehow we managed to pack everything, well not really everything, we had to run to the attic twice to leave stuff behind and drive off before 8, oh and yeah, we also had time to argue about how little time we had.

We spent a few days saying farewell, Noah made sure to leave something from him behind, he contaminated the whole family with his nasty cold, thank you and good bye! The train to Copenhagen is NEVER delayed I was told, right..we apparently managed to catch the only, delayed train in history. We got to the airport 1.5 late but we still had time to run to our flight (and argue) on empty stomachs, they forgot to attach a restaurant to the train...

Anyway, got on the flight and Noah fell a sleep like a baby only to wake up 2 hours later, some time around midnight or just before the end of the movie. He then refused to sleep for the rest of the night but decided to turn in just before landing but by then his parents were already like zombies....

Flying into Nairobi is really amazing, especially if you fly in early in the morning. The sun rises over Africa like nowhere else, being right on top of the equator. You spot the vast savanna down there in between the high mountains and you can almost hear the lion's roar stirring up the hoards of the wilder beasts. Habari Africa!

7 comments:

Syrrornas mamma said...

Oh my god...vilken härlig start om än lite stressig:-)

Anonymous said...

Åh vad roligt att du ska blogga! Jag kommer följa alla rapporter.
Kramar Ika.

zewsa said...

Hej tjejen va kul med en blog
den skall bli kul att följa krama Mats och pussa Noah

Onna said...

Vilket äventyr!
Kommer med spänning följa din blogg.

This is Africa said...

Jag skall försöka vara en bra representant för svenska expats ;)

Anonymous said...

Såg länken till bloggen på facebook... Vad roligt att få följa hur ni har det!! Jättestora lyckönskningar om att ni får en toppenstart!! (Jag ska tipsa Palle om bloggen!!)
Många kramar och hälsa Mats och Noah!!!

This is Africa said...

tack gumman! Hälsa famliljen!
Synd att vi inte hann ses innan vi åkte. kram