arrived safe and sound in Kuwait!

after a couple very long flights and a few tears, some nerves and laughs, i have arrived in Kuwait! travel wise, everything went perfectly smoothly. the flights were on time, my luggage didn't get lost (and they weren't even too much too heavy!) and the turbulance wasn't so bad!

in Toronto, I was in tears sitting at the gate, waiting to board the flight to Frankfurt, when i saw a girl a couple rows over who looked familiar. i thought it was one of the other teachers at the school, but i couldn't be sure. fortunately, she came up to me a little later (and also fortunately i was no longer crying at the time!) and we reconnected. we even sat beside each other on the flight!

not only did I run into Kaitlyn, we also ran into Gwen, our superintendent, who was on the same flight! that made the trip so much easier, just knowing she was there with us. although she kept disappearing whenever we needed her most...like in the Kuwait airport! but we found her (waiting outside, for some odd reason...)

aand...it was hot. initially, it felt like standing in the exhaust of a bus. you know the feeling? and then we realized that the exhaust wasn't going away and it was just that hot. like a sauna - it said 43 C outside the airport - although it felt much hotter inside the car park.

do i dare say that i'm a little cold right now, and going out on the miniporch made me warm up ;) hehe. i think there will be lots and lots of hot days to come.

the cars in Kuwait look pretty much the same as they do back home...just a lot nicer and newer. our bus looks different though - but not silly like the vehicles in Germany.

the busdriver and Hassin packing up our stuff in the back of the bus/van



the view from my living room - what i see right now!




the view from the living room. check out the Arabian gulf, there !