The middle seat

John normally takes the window seat when he flies. It’s nice to get a clear view of the outside world, plus he never gets bothered by other travelers when they need to get up during the flight. This time he took the middle seat, and let me sit on the aisle. Since we were lucky to even get to board our Ethiopian Airlines flight, we really shouldn’t complain about the behavior of the man sitting next to the window, but come on people. This was a red eye flight lasting from 10 at night to 6 in the morning. What do people normally do during these hours? That’s right, they sleep. Not this guy – he must have gotten up out of his seat every 30 minutes or so, making it pretty hard to sleep for any acceptable length of time.

I have never been happier to receive a boarding pass than the one we received, with no trouble whatsoever, once we arrived at the Addis Ababa airport. We can get on the plane to Kampala!

We’re sitting on the floor at the airport in Addis Ababa waiting for our flight to Kampala. We’re happy to have found a power outlet but it doesn’t like we’ll be getting more sleep any time soon. All this riding in the car, being around crowds of people, and taking overnight flights is a bit tiring. Hopefully we will arrive in Kampala on time, be able to get to the hotel by mid- to late-afternoon and take a nice long nap before the rest of our group arrives later tonight. We have a busy week ahead of us, and we hope to be well rested for the activities.