Day 1 was spent flying. I had never been on a plane for that long before so I was looking forward to the experience. In the hours leading up to our departure we found out that our first flight had been delayed. I had the thought that this was just one of many travel delays to come. It also reminded me of stories of other project trips that traveled through Africa. Through all of the travels to and from Africa we ended up not having any other travel issues which was a huge blessing.
I met up with with a few of the other team members at the Calgary airport. It was a good time of telling stories and getting to know one another. We safely made it to London and met up with two more team members. We had planned on leaving the airport and seeing some of the sites in London but because of the delays in Calgary we weren't able to do that. We did manage to go just outside of the airport so that we could get some fresh air and get our passports stamped. After that we waited for our next flight to Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. The remaining flights that we had to Burundi were on older airplanes. There wasn't much leg room so movement was limited but we survived. We got to see an African sunrise from the plane. It was great.
