I got a rather cryptic email yesterday morning. It said, something along the lines of, "Hi, I'm arriving at 12:30 at the airport tomorrow. Hope to see you there." Had no idea who the sender was or where he got my email addy. But after a few very short one-line emails back and forth, I realized that he's a friend of my friend's mother in Montana! And he was coming to Jb with a bit of a care package for me! Whoo hoo!
So, in typical Jb fashion, I arrived at the airport a bit after the time that the plane was supposed to land. No sign of the plane. After wandering around a while, I found out from the airline people that the plane was supposed to actually land at 1pm. So no problem, I went to the little cafe (which, by the way, is much improved since I was there last!) and had a little snack and a Coke. At about 1:15pm, I wandered back over to the airport to see what the story was. Still no sign of anyone coming out of the arrivals area. But there were quite a few Ethiopians hanging around, waiting for the flight. (You can always tell where a flight is expected to be coming from, according to the predominate nationality of those waiting for the flight!)
Anyway, eventually, people started to trickle out of the arrivals area. But no one matching the description of the folks I was waiting for. To make a very long story short... ends up that the suitcase that had the stuff that the guy was bringing for me was left behind in another airport somewhere! So I waited for 2 hours... to shake someone's hand and welcome them, empty handed, to Jb!
On the plus side, though, there was a second flight coming from Addis later in the afternoon... so we agreed to meet again at the airport and try again. So off I went to the market and to finish all my shopping for the workshop which starts on Monday...
Around 4:45pm, they called me, and said, "Our suitcases have arrived!" So off I zoomed to the airport. And this is what I found:
Look at all that deliciousness! And even a Ziplock bag! It's really a taste of "Fall" with hot apple cider, hot chocolate and a marshmallow chocolate pumpkin :) So even though it took two trips to the airport and a couple of hours of waiting around, it was worth it for this sugary delightful deliciousness! Thank you, Granny Annie, for thinking of me and sending me all these treats!
It's slightly different from what I was eating last week in the village:
(The garlic salt had been left by an American group who had been in the village before we got there - it made even the sticky flour lump of food palatable!).
So, in typical Jb fashion, I arrived at the airport a bit after the time that the plane was supposed to land. No sign of the plane. After wandering around a while, I found out from the airline people that the plane was supposed to actually land at 1pm. So no problem, I went to the little cafe (which, by the way, is much improved since I was there last!) and had a little snack and a Coke. At about 1:15pm, I wandered back over to the airport to see what the story was. Still no sign of anyone coming out of the arrivals area. But there were quite a few Ethiopians hanging around, waiting for the flight. (You can always tell where a flight is expected to be coming from, according to the predominate nationality of those waiting for the flight!)
Anyway, eventually, people started to trickle out of the arrivals area. But no one matching the description of the folks I was waiting for. To make a very long story short... ends up that the suitcase that had the stuff that the guy was bringing for me was left behind in another airport somewhere! So I waited for 2 hours... to shake someone's hand and welcome them, empty handed, to Jb!
On the plus side, though, there was a second flight coming from Addis later in the afternoon... so we agreed to meet again at the airport and try again. So off I went to the market and to finish all my shopping for the workshop which starts on Monday...
Around 4:45pm, they called me, and said, "Our suitcases have arrived!" So off I zoomed to the airport. And this is what I found:
It's slightly different from what I was eating last week in the village:
1 comment:
haha, nice story :)
I guess that means getting ppl to visit after buying up the halloween sales is a good idea :)
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