Settling in

Good morning,

The students will give a longer update later today, but since they are sleeping in this morning I thought I would tell you a bit about our travel day yesterday.

All of the flights were smooth, with the climax being a weather delay into Detroit and a 32-gate sprint in ten minutes to get to the Amsterday flight. We all laughed as the other passengers looked at us like "What took you so long?" Most of the students slept on our final flight and those that didn't enjoyed the scenery over Europe and the Nile River. Once we made it through the visa line last night (the "fast lane" still took two hours...the students were SO patient), we were divided into groups of 5 and whisked in Land Cruisers to the Maasai Lodge. Even in the dark, we enjoyed sights of the National Park, former U.S. embassy and the ever-evolving Kenyan roads. Once we arrived at the Maasai lodge, students enjoyed a quick de-briefing and pizza dinner before going to bed. Now they are gradually waking up to a breakfast of pancakes, omelets, sausage, fruit, toast and their first tastes of Kenyan coffee and tea. Everyone seems to be in good spirits and couldn't stop asking questions yesterday even as they were tired. My Land Cruiser group asked our driver many questions about Kenya, new Kiswahili phrases and the city. He enjoyed their inquisitiveness.

I'm writing this remotely from the Maasai Lodge office but plan to get on the laptop and have students writing them and posting pics later today. Thanks for your support of this adventure!
-Lauren Wyatt