She left Fort Worth to live in Paris. Exchanged "Zelda" for "The Funky Monkey." Tacos for crepes. Making mochas for fixing flats, and "Hi, how are you?" for "Bonjour, Ça va?...Merci." She fell in love and--with the same heart--ached for family and friends far away. Paris and its many faces now paste their pictures into the collage of cities she calls "home." Now the same feet and faith which walked her across that vast expanse of blue move her to return to the city that whispered, "Oh, the places you'll go..." From Paris to Fort Worth.

With a few stops along the way...


Thursday, January 21

The Itinerary

Tonight, Mike and I are eating all the food left in the cabinet for dinner, finishing some last minute packing, and watching Africa documentaries till we fall asleep. Tomorrow, we fly!!
Here's the full itinerary:
January 22-23: Glasgow, Scotland
January 24-25: London
January 26-28: Cairo, Egypt
January 29-February 2: Amman, Jordan
February 3-February 10: Uganda
February 11-27th: Swaziland, Mozambique, South Africa (We'll ride elephants for this part....roadtrip!)
February 28: Quatar (it's an 11 hour flight layover...I'm counting it!)
March 1-March 23: England again, Paris again, and back to Fort Dub
From this list, there are only two places we're going that we aren't visiting friends...Egypt and South Africa. (Technically, three, I suppose, with Quatar.) I'm not sure what my internet access will look like, but I will write a story or update or maybe even a deep thought any time I get the opportunity! I posted a map, because if your knowledge of African geography is anything like mine a couple months ago, you might be saying, "Where the heck is Swaziland?!?" Look on the south-east coast...just below Mozambique and pretty much surrounded by South Africa...VOILA!
Alright, friends, that's all for now. At this time tomorrow, I'll be on my way to Scotland!

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