greetings from london! what? london? yes, london:) i know the blog is called ar goes to africa, but ar went to africa and now ar is traveling around europe. just in london for the nite and off to denamark tomorrow. what does a girl do in london for a nite and 1/2 a day? for starters meet an old ukranian ex soccer player and some spanish girls. staying a youth hostel and yes i realize i'm also 32! ha! that being said, should i start going into how i almost didn't leave the country. literally was one of the last people on the plane. ok, i let my visa expire. my fault, take full responsibility for that one, but then blah blah blah tried to get it fixed on the holiday (saba saba-july 7th-saba means 7 in swahili-one of the few words i know-how many tangents was that?)anyhow, someone in my ngo knows someone in the airport and supposedly everything was all good, and what a surprise, it wasn't! oh god, it was all about the bribe, but bc i don't speak swahili i really had no idea what was going on. total nightmare, stomache completely in knots, but here and can't believe it's over. don't want to get to into it, bc i'm not ready, but needless to say it was heartbreaking to say goodbye to the kids and then telling me no auntie, no america! ay! be looking out for how to continue helping, bc this is just the beginning of me being a part of these kids future. lucky you, you get to be a part of it too! more of that once i get back home and settled. i'll still try to keep up with this, so be looking out for more adventures.

love,
me