We're off to a GREAT start. My sisters (Toni and Betty) took us to the Sunport at 6:00AM and the United folks were gracious and booked our bags ALL THE WAY THRU to Addis!!! YEAH We had our doubts that they would do this since we didn't book the entire journey through them. We were dreading having to get all (6) bags at JFK and book on Emarites Air, but all to no avail!
Yes I said SIX bags! We decided to splurge and prayed that the airlines would give us a break. However, that, too, was to no avail. They only allow 1 bag for domestic flights and since we weren't booked out of the U.S. with them we were charged for 2 bags each! YIKES It was still alot cheaper than shipping a box or two (as experienced travelers to Ethiopia had told us)
We had plenty of time so Toni, Betty, Charlie and I shared a last breakfast together for awhile and we also got our last green chili fix for at least a year (unless someone brings us some ALISON)!
We watched out first iPod movie (Across the Universe) and that was a kick - THANK YOU THANK YOU Clint & Jessica. This is quite the toy and I've figured out ALOT. I just downloaded a bunch of Podcasts for the JFK to Dubai flight so I can catch up on alot of programs we usually enjoy, but have been way to busy to listen to/watch.
We arrived in DC 45 minutes early so Charlie plugged in to recharged the iPod and do some email and I went off to meet Lidia. Lidia is the sister of Lillian, whom we will be working with in Bahir Dar and asked us to carry a laptop to her sister.
We're off to JFK where we have a 5 hour layover and then it's off on the Emarites Air flight to Dubai where we hope to have a hotel room for about 9 hours. We hope to clean up and roam the city to have a meal and some exercise and maybe 4 or 5 hours sleep and then off to catch a 8:00AM flight to Addis Monday morning.
Our next updates should have more interesting stuff soooo - thanks for checking in and we'll update either in Dubai or Addis.
Love & Peace,
Dee
Saturday, May 10, 2008
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