It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

...well it is in London and California...not so much in Kinshasa. BUT that's ok because I'M HOME! YAYAY! I left Kinshasa on Saturday, November 22 and flew to Kenya. I spent about 7 hours on layover in the Nairobi airport and then flew to London. I have some very close friends in London and so I spent 2 days with them. The first day we spent trapsing around London! And it was snowing!! While I admit it was a drastic change from the hot and humid weather of Kinshasa, I had a great time and even enjoyed the chill!

Here is real British fish & chips....HUGE PORTION but really good!


Here is me in a fun red British phone booth...notice the snow!



And here is me in front of Buckingham Palace :-)

So after my two day London excursion I flew to San Francisco. San Fran was slightly warmer...for which I was grateful. The drastic temperature change was a little rough on my poor body. My parents picked me up in San Fran and we drove home to Fresno where my brother, sister and niece were already home for the Thanksgiving holiday family extravaganza! My mom's sisters' and families came up also and we had our typically large and fun family Thanksgiving!

Moral of the blog...I'm home! My 5 months in Kinshasa was great! And being home for a week has been great too! I look forward to getting to see and talk with all of you!

Happy Holidays!