Day 2...the start of Free the Children trip...kind of

Day 2 started off with making up fantasy football teams with Erin while we sat on the couch in our pj's :) Followed by a wonderful breakfast made by Valerie (little did I know that every day for the next 2 weeks would start off with a breakfast of champions - no chance of losing weight on this trip!). Then a driving tour of Nairobi city centre, courtesy of George, who then dropped me off at the Karen Blixen Hotel and Coffee Garden.

Amazing hotel! Highly recommend it if you're ever in Nairobi looking for a sanctuary from the hustle and bustle.

Karen Blixen Hotel and Coffee Garden

My room - Karen Blixen

After months of anticipation, I was very much looking forward to meeting like-minded, KPMG travellers and their families who had come from all across Canada to participate in this Free the Children (FTC) trip.

Sadly, this was not to be just yet since everyone was arriving at different times. I did introduce myself to one couple at the restaurant who looked liked they were part of the trip and turns out they were KPMG Alumni and very nice. No meet and greet worked out in my favour since I had come down with a nasty head cold and really needed to rest and recuperate before the trip started. So, I had a nice long bath, put on the fluffy bathrobe, and ordered room service! Not really what you expect to be doing when you go to Africa but you won't hear me complaining! :)

Room service! I could get used to this ;- )

 





And that was pretty much the end of Day 2 with the exception of my roommate arriving at 11:30pm and also me discovering I could use the wifi at the hotel to communicate with the folks back home. I also got a local SIM card and credit for my phone - amazing how easy and cheap it was to do this, they even have a fantastic system for paying for things and transferring money from person to person via mobile phone. In many ways Kenya is more advanced than Canada - now isn't that an interesting realization?!

I lied in my previous post.....there will be animal pics from Day 3! Stay tuned ;-)