London

I am in London now, at Jen's place, in her little room at the top of the three story funky house she lives in here in "Eelling" area of London. She is out tonight with a couple English tutoring sessions that she does, so I have the place to myself for the moment until her housemates get in. The view from up here is so cool, looking out on a very London-looking scene (to me) of steep roofs and a church clock tower and crisp afternoon sun. The house kindof reminds me of the funky Institute house in Chelles outside Paris- have to love the old washing machine in the kitchen next to the fridge deal.

At least I didn't sleep through my flight this time! My flight departed at 4:15 am from Addis Abeba. I decided to show up early to the airport to avoid the annoying lines, which actually worked out pretty well. I got there a little after one, checked in, and lay down on the bench to take a nap. Then on the flight I got all three seats to myself, so lay down and had a good sleep until the plane filled up in Amman, Jordan.

The last day in Ethiopia worked out so well. My flight in from Mekele was easy to catch, and then I ran into or found all the people I wanted to. I saw Ken R., that was good to talk to him, he is looking for a nurse to do alot of community health stuff, and I had such a nice talk with Esther Lee, I like her a lot, then Brian and I had dinner at the Carnivore, that was cool.

Tomorrow on to Toulouse. I have a cute little Oyster card now for getting around London- I hope I do ok getting to Gatwick. At least I will just have my little carry on.