We made it! After having a great Mexican dinner (got to start somewhere) with Bill's family, we got on Turkish Airlines for our 9 hour flight to Istanbul. A little turbulence* ** but no too bad all in all. . . and they served Turkish delight on the flight- woo hoo.
We had a two hour lay over in Istanbul and then were off to Addis Ababa on a five hour flight. Customs, currency exchange all went smoothly. We weren't exactly sure if they sent someone to pick us up at the airport so we wandered around a bit outside the airport-- which at midnight seemed a little questionable. We headed to the taxi stand after a few minutes and saw someone holding a sign with our names-- awesome.
It only took 10 minutes or so from there to get to the hotel. The hotel is small but communal- with a great shared dining and living space. The staff has been incredible so far and Matt likes the fact that coffee keeps flowing.
This morning is the big day-- we had breakfast with a really great family who met our guy yesterday and said that he was lively if not a little vocal about another baby getting attention. We leave here in 5 minutes or so to go meet him for the first time-- no shortage of attention coming your way, kiddo!!
Life is good in our little world right now.
*I recently had a rocky flight and have been a little air-shy since. . . . luckily ambien helped squelch those nerves. God bless the pharmacy.
**On the second flight, I skipped the ambien and went straight for vodka-- but needed to repeat it with increasing volume multiple times to get the message across. Now who feels like an alcoholic. VOD-ka, vodKA, I WANT VODKA please.
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It only took 10 minutes or so from there to get to the hotel. The hotel is small but communal- with a great shared dining and living space. The staff has been incredible so far and Matt likes the fact that coffee keeps flowing.
This morning is the big day-- we had breakfast with a really great family who met our guy yesterday and said that he was lively if not a little vocal about another baby getting attention. We leave here in 5 minutes or so to go meet him for the first time-- no shortage of attention coming your way, kiddo!!
Life is good in our little world right now.
*I recently had a rocky flight and have been a little air-shy since. . . . luckily ambien helped squelch those nerves. God bless the pharmacy.
**On the second flight, I skipped the ambien and went straight for vodka-- but needed to repeat it with increasing volume multiple times to get the message across. Now who feels like an alcoholic. VOD-ka, vodKA, I WANT VODKA please.
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