Good friends and great times!

It’s been a busy couple of days since I’ve landed in England, my feet have defiantly hit the ground running. And I love it! It’s been so nice to spend the past few days with my best friend Brittany and her husband Mark. Brittany and I spent the weekend in Stratford which is the birth place of William Shakespeare. It’s such a beautiful city filled with such a historic atmosphere with the birth house of Shakespeare and various other houses that he spent time in throughout his life around every corner. It was really something else to walk around his house and made me think I wonder if someday people from around the world will visit my house….highly unlikely! Haha. But a girl can dream. These houses that we visited had the most beautiful yards filled with beautiful gardens and walkways to just soak up the afternoon sun (when it decides to show its face).

 

*This is William Shakespeare's birth house and back garden.

Our weekend was very fun and educational but it poured rain for most of it! The sight of two Canadian girls lugging around our suitcases with big yellow ponchos with map in hand must have been a sight!!! But we had a great time!

I’m getting very excited and anxious about my arrival to Uganda, yet feeling a little daunted by the thought of yet another plane ride. I’m not afraid to fly but I’m just not a fan of having a complete stranger in my personal bubble falling asleep on my shoulder. My flight here was very eventful to say the least! I sat beside a lovely older gentleman who didn’t speak any English who tried for the majority of the flight to tell me story after story in a foreign language…I didn’t understand anything he told me but I can now say that I’ve actually spoken to someone on a plane it still counts in my books even though he likely didn’t understand anything I said either! But besides the inevitable flight ahead of me I’m still extremely excited to finally reach Uganda and see the babies once again!

Until then I will continue to look like a drowned rat in this very rainy country but enjoy every bit of time that I’m able to spend with my great friends over here.

I hope you all back home are doing well. Miss you.

Jaclyn