The Journey

I am finally in Uganda! After 6 flights, over 3 days in transit across countless time zones, and with a quick overnight stop in Amsterdam, it feels nice to finally be here. My journey started on September 18^th with a flight from Vancouver to Chicago. In Chicago, a storm decided to roll in and there was thunder and lightning right over the airport for over an hour. All planes were grounded and the flight left two hours late for Dublin. Unfortunately, my connection in Dublin was only two hours long so although we ended up arriving only one hour later than expected, and although I made the plane in the nick of time, my bags did not. I arrived the next day in Amsterdam and found that several people were in the same boat as me; unfortunately, unlike them, I was leaving Amsterdam (and Europe) the next day. I waited around for my aunt’s flight to arrive, made a report, and headed to our hotel. Luckily we were staying at the airport so the moment my bags arrived, I would be able to get them. We took the train shortly after into Amsterdam and walked around the old district; amongst canals, smoke shops, bars, and the red light ladies. We ate dinner (cheese fondue!) at a great little restaurant and headed back with fingers crossed that my bags had arrived on one of the two flights expected. Of course not! My flight to Istanbul left at noon on September 20^th and my bags arrived at 9:30. I was so anxious but it all worked out! I transferred for the last time in Istanbul and was finally flying towards Africa!