tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528470033811673980.post2274476724327489459..comments2023-10-23T20:14:05.916-05:00Comments on Ruth's Rambles...: The First Few PhotosHi from Ruth!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04696686601621200587noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528470033811673980.post-47227281470691572192011-02-19T08:42:24.827-06:002011-02-19T08:42:24.827-06:00yay! photos! first, very cool..love to see them al...yay! photos! first, very cool..love to see them all. love to see the addis airport, love to see your room, and yes, breakfast! it looks so comforting. :) and homey..and CUTE haircut..love it! :)darcihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11729565512380024608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528470033811673980.post-33975051623034145092011-02-18T09:15:31.489-06:002011-02-18T09:15:31.489-06:00Welcome home Ruth, and thanks for sharing these ph...Welcome home Ruth, and thanks for sharing these photos. The journey that you took was long and arduous, but you seem to emanate a serene calm (or maybe that's jet lag!). Glad to have you back on Canadian soil! ~HeidiHeidi - plantable wedding invitationshttp://www.botanicalpaperworks.com/blog/read,article/112/plantable-wedding-invitationsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528470033811673980.post-15355875180969313072011-02-18T05:15:38.381-06:002011-02-18T05:15:38.381-06:00Morning Ruth
I hope you are feeling a little bit ...Morning Ruth <br />I hope you are feeling a little bit better today.<br />I also wish you could have a breakfast and all meals arrive like magic at your house on a tray till you are all back on your feet. <br />I think you guys look amazing for having just made it half way around the world. I think I might have been in tears by this point.<br />Thinking of you and how very tired you must be.<br />Shannonshannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11639574878234992281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528470033811673980.post-12955394260723351962011-02-17T17:55:24.404-06:002011-02-17T17:55:24.404-06:00I gotta say, your room is awesome!! We stayed at ...I gotta say, your room is awesome!! We stayed at KVI, which we will do again when we go pick our daughter up...we are familiar with it now, and the staff and such, and our room was nice, but not like that! Much nicer bathroom too...I have shower envy. I think we missed you by about a day when we were there! And I totally hear you on the pictures that are in your mind, and not on film thing...our fist day there, we went to Entoto mountain, and were walking along around the palace when a group of tourists walked in from the path, and one of them stuck their camera right in this young woman's face with her baby, and snapped a picture, then turned around and walked away. She didn't even utter one word to this woman, and I felt so embarresed to be a tourist in that moment, and decided right then and there, I would not be taking any pictures like that. It completely degrades that person, and exploits them. I was so angry. So, good for you Ruth!Floranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528470033811673980.post-289039780242538782011-02-17T16:23:35.067-06:002011-02-17T16:23:35.067-06:00Hi Lianne -
yes, they had a business centre on th...Hi Lianne - <br />yes, they had a business centre on the main floor...we didn't use it at all b/c we had our computers with us and used the wireless connection, but one of the other Imagine families there used it pretty much every day (when the internet was working) and said it was fine, albeit very slow.<br /><br />And yes, they had electricity converters. We didn't know it at first and blew a fuse (yay!) when Geoff tried to put a converter in that he'd had from a long time ago (which I told him wouldn't work, but oh well, I'd brought my own along!)....the hotel staff came up and fixed it, and gave us a power bar like thing that they plugged into the wall for us. So we just plugged all of our stuff into the power bar that they provided (could plug three things in at one time).<br /><br />My hair dryer never worked, and I don't know why, but I'm glad I got a haircut before we left Canada!!<br /><br />RuthHi from Ruth!https://www.blogger.com/profile/04696686601621200587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528470033811673980.post-38610913091745453532011-02-17T16:04:48.051-06:002011-02-17T16:04:48.051-06:00Keep the photos coming!! Two questions about the ...Keep the photos coming!! Two questions about the Afro Land...I see that they have a business centre...did it have a computer? Secondly, did they have electricity converters. I have one packed but someone mentioned that they thought Afro Land had some in the rooms.Liannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03404522258647851991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528470033811673980.post-57935782546710647372011-02-17T15:56:28.056-06:002011-02-17T15:56:28.056-06:00Thanks Claire.
We were allowed to take two pieces...Thanks Claire.<br /><br />We were allowed to take two pieces of luggage each, for overseas flights...so the extra baggage wasn't an issue. I wish I'd known that all along - we thought we were only allowed one piece of luggage (that's what it said on our e-ticket, but we found out differently at the airport), so we applied to Air Canada for a waiver of excess baggage fee for orphanage donations (it's a two week process to apply for). Turns out we didn't need to bother because we could take two pieces each.<br /><br />RuthHi from Ruth!https://www.blogger.com/profile/04696686601621200587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528470033811673980.post-11545582303388624452011-02-17T15:51:52.234-06:002011-02-17T15:51:52.234-06:00Oh, I love the pictures! And I think you look gre...Oh, I love the pictures! And I think you look great for having traveled so long. I usually look like a disheveled mess, so you top me there!<br /><br />I am wondering what the airlines charge for excess baggage, or what you were allowed to take as your limit? I too would like to bring donations in those big tub-containers, but I am wondering how much it costs to transport them.<br /><br />ClaireBCMommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05605130303718384216noreply@blogger.com