We are out! Out of Kenya, out of Africa, I am now wishing that I had packed some winter clothes. I managed to sleep for a few hours on the hard marble floor of the Nairobi airport before we said good-bye to the Sniders - who have gone to South Africa for a week - and boarded our own flight to Amsterdam.

Coming out of the airport in Amsterdam felt like I was already back in Canada, it is winter here and there is lots of fog and trees and other things that remind me of home. Everything's clean and the bathrooms work!
Monique's family met us at the airport which was a very nice surprise! We weren't quite asleep yet so we went to visit Monique's oma before checking in to our hotel in Arnhem, a small town about an hour away from Amsterdam. On our way to the hotel we went through a Burger King drive-through (which tasted very processed and wasn't quite as satisfying as we had hoped) and crashed in the hotel. We were all so excited that the showers had hot water! The hotel beds were the most comfortable beds I've ever slept in - and not just because I've been sleeping on floors lately.

Today we went to Monique's parents' house for breakfast with her family. We all had to scrounge around to find clothes that were warm enough and not completely covered in mud. It was very neat seeing the house where Monique grew up and her family is very welcoming, though I wish I spoke Dutch. Today is a day of visiting and touring around Monique's hometown, then tomorrow I think we are off to Amsterdam for some general tourist-y stuff.

Only three days until our flight back home!

Holly