Akwaaba means "welcome" in the Akan language. And we have seen a few signs with that on it as we got here to Ghana! We are so excited to be here and grateful to be safe. Man, we are also grateful we got to stay at Stephen Abu's house last night, because our rooms were air conditioned. It's nice slow transition to be here.
Emily was sick most of the way here. Her and airplanes are enemies. Maybe we'll just walk home at the end of our journey. JK.
Our flight left Tuesday, May 17th from Salt Lake City and then to Minneapolis/St Paul which we got to the terminal right as they were doing the final call for boarding the plane. Where we then flew to Amsterdam, Netherlands. Our layover there was six hours, so we waited for the other couple that is here in Ghana with us (Spencer and Abbie Dearinger) and we took the train into the city center. We spent two hours wan
dering around, looking at the architecture and just wasting time. Joey wanted to be able to take me to Europe before he goes there without me in October for the month.
dering around, looking at the architecture and just wasting time. Joey wanted to be able to take me to Europe before he goes there without me in October for the month. After we returned from Amsterdam Central we waited in the airport for our flight and then made it to AFRICA on Thursday, May 20th!!
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