We have arrived!

Baked for us by the Ambassador's kitchen.

We made it safely to Uganda and arrived with no issues.  Our sponsor left us at our new home a little before 1 AM Friday morning and as we were getting ready for some much-needed sleep, the house alarm started going off (we didn’t set it, there were no issues, it just felt like going off).  Unfortunately, after a lot of back and forth, we were told we would just have to sleep with the alarm blaring all night long until the alarm techs could come in the morning.  We somehow managed to get some sleep, and woke up to our friendly alarm still wailing.  Things got better when we realized our clock somehow got an hour behind and our sponsors showed up to take Greg to work just as we were getting up.  Hearing the alarm continuing to go off, they understood that we didn’t get much sleep and set up a driver to get us about an hour later instead.  Luckily this worked out because the alarm team finally came by to shut off the alarm (though the beeping continues to haunt our dreams) and gave us a lesson on the system.  This also allowed us to both go to the Embassy and be given a full tour.  After some much talked about fish tacos in the cafeteria and a stop by the Friday food market (in the parking lot), we finally went back home to rest and relax.

Even with the hiccups, everything is going well and we really think we will enjoy being here.  We are particularly happy about relaxing in shorts and t-shirts as we hear on the news the Northeast U.S.A. continues to get hit with more snow.  Everyone at the Embassy is super nice and very welcoming.  Our sponsors stocked up our fridge and drove us around town.  They also took us shopping over the weekend to get some much-needed essentials, got us invited to a game night, and hosted a BBQ Sunday night for us.  They have been beyond amazing at getting us settled.

Our next big feat will be learning how to drive over here.  The craziest drivers you’ll probably ever see is an understatement.