Kristoffer and I celebrated our first wedding anniversary on Sunday - thank you to many people for their best wishes. In our first year of marriage we have rented two apartments and one house, lived on two continents (the latter of which is a continent to which neither of us is native), started three different jobs between us (two for me, one for Kristoffer), bought our first car, become residents of a foreign country...and so much more. All in all, an amazing year that neither of us could have predicted.
Our anniversary was followed by the arrival of Kristoffer's mom, Kirsten, and her husband, Hans. Sadly for them, they had a HORRIBLE trip here. They were flying through London (Heathrow), which is often a nightmare in good weather but turned out particularly miserable because there was a storm. They weren't able to land because of the weather and had to go to another, smaller airport where they waited for hours to get their luggage and then had to take a bus to Heathrow. They arrived too late to make their connection (obviously!) and had a difficult time getting another flight to Nairobi. Who knew all the flights would be sold out - I guess people are starting to come back to Kenya now since the election. Anyway, they ended up getting on the flight 24 hours after their original connection so they arrived in Nairobi 24 hours late. They were in desperate need of sleep (no hotels room were available for them) and showers but were otherwise in good shape. On our end, we didn't get the message that they missed their flight on time, so we waited at the Nairobi airport for them for 3 hours before getting the information that would not be coming in as expected. It was the most disappointing airport trip ever - who goes to airport and leaves without the people they were supposed to pick up?! We were sad, but relieved that they were ok.
Since they arrived yesterday morning, we have given them a tour of the United Nations and taken them to one of our favorite restaurants. They visited the Karen Blixen Museum today on their own and they played tennis and swam at our gym. They seem to really like our house (which makes us feel great!) and we are just really enjoying having them with us. Last night we had "Christmas in July" because they brought us Christmas and birthday gifts from them and other family members - it was SOOOO fun! We were like little kids :) Tomorrow we leave for the Masai Mara where will go on a proper safari and stay in a nicely tented camp owned and run by some Danes we know here. It is actually called "the Karen Blixen Camp". I hope to report back with new pictures and stories - remember, something is always happening over here!
LMW
p.s. internet is being installed at our house this weekend - phew!
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