Actually we've been in Nairobi now since last Saturday around 8pm. As some of you may know, the international terminal of the Nairobi airport burnt down a few weeks ago, so we were somewhat apprehensive about what would await us upon arrival. Yes, there were long lines, but the chaos of wedding size tents and hand written signs was actually quite well organized. And the African music playing in the background in the immigration tent helped to calm tired, raw nerves. The baggage claim was more of an Easter egg hunt with luggage was strewn throughout a huge tent and you had to wander around looking for your bags among hundreds of other doing the same. A bit chaotic, but we found our 7 pieces eventually. Then came the makeshift airport hall which was little tents set up all over the place replacing rental car desks, taxi services, flower shops, etc. We eventually found a taxi who took some interesting shortcuts between tents here and there to get us out of the crazy traffic and on our way to our hotel.
We moved into our house here last Monday, which was also Sascha's first day of school. That day was a whirlwind of buying the absolute essentials, getting Sascha settled in a completely new environment and exploring our new quarters for the next year. Everything went amazingly smoothly, including same day delivery of the mattresses and Sascha's first day of school. By Wednesday we had a stove and frig up and running and ate our first home-cooked meal on the living room floor (the cardboard box for the frig came in handy here). By Thursday we had a sofa and two comfortable chairs to sit on. And tonight we celebrated our one week anniversary in Nairobi with a dinner seated at our new dining room table. Granted the food and drink was served on plastic ware but it felt like a real milestone to us.
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