So, it is probably a good thing that our days are so long
because by the time I have time to sit down and blog at the end of the day, I have already forgotton about half of the things we did. This saves you a lot of
boring reading I’m sure (I still feel guilty about yesterdays massive post... sorry!).
Today was long but not really. I'm happy that I spent the night in Amsterdam because I think it helped me recover a little better from my jet lag. I slept on and off last night (waking up like every 30 minutes to an hour) since my body was a bit off but I still got enough in. I left the hostel around 5:30 am to make sure I got on a train in time and had no problem getting back to the airport around 6:45. Since the flight wasn't until 9:15, I hung around at the gate and mostly just read for a bit. Of course, I should backtrack with the little bit of drama from this morning. When I first go to the airport, they were like, "oh, you don't have a seat because you were randomly selected to be placed on standby for the flight since it's oversold." After making it pretty clear that I needed to be on this flight in order to meet up with a group for an 8 hour bus ride, I managed to get a seat. Granted, it was right next to a fidgety baby and a guy who got away with smoking a smokeless/vapor cigarette thing for half the flight (until the flight attendant told him to stop), but whatever. Even though we were all on the same flight, I didn't meet up with the rest of the group until we hit the baggage claim and I'm happy to say that my bags arrived with no problem (I was anticipating something disappearing due to my long layover). We loaded up the bus pretty quickly and it is way nicer and bigger than the bus we had here last time. We got on our way around 2:30 and then stopped around 6:00 for a bathroom break (with a real toilet; no holes in the ground yet!). A little later we stopped here for dinner (yep, bet you didn't see that coming)!
Once we got back on the road, it wasn't much further. It seemed like a much less painful ride then the last time (it wasn't in the dark, the middle of the night, and Bruce wasn't there to say we were almost there every hour!). We got into Severin around 9:00 pm and stopped by Rica and Cathy's house for some cake and to make a plan for tomorrow. I found out that instead of staying in the orphanage next week, I'll be there starting tomorrow night. I was going to stay there tonight but it worked out for me to just stay in the hotel instead and I have to say, this hotel is nice.
Even though it would be nice to stay here awhile, that's not why I'm here and I'm ready and excited to be staying in the orphanage this early. And.... there is a new Carrefour (like a Walmart) around the corner from the orphanage so I can maybe go buy some stuff for them if need be! That is awesome, being able to come up with a plan and then actually go get the materials/resources needed for it.
I think that's all for now. I don't know much of the group yet but I prob. will tomorrow morning when we have an orientation at 9:00 am. Then, we're heading off to Lupsa to help with lunch and play with the kids there. We'll be doing a bunch of craft stuff like we did last time so I'll have a little time in the morning to sort stuff out at the house before figuring out what to bring. It should be fun and I'll have an update tomorrow!
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