Days 11 and 12-Our day began around 6 A.M. When we got up the ground was a blanket of snow. It was the firsttime that it had snowed in South Africa in 26 years. We finished our packing and took our luggage to the dining hall. We left the farm and went to Johannesburg to visit the Hector Peterson Museum. Hector Peterson was a young boy who was killed in a boycott of the Afrikan language being used as the method of instruction in the African schools. It occurred on June 16, 1776. After the musuem, we visited Nelson Mandela's old home and had lunch. We then visited the Bruno flea market.
We arrived at the airport at 3:00 P.M. and took off for home at 5:00 P.M. We began our 18 hour flight home. We arrived in Washington's Dulles airport at 6:00 A.M. We went through customs and were ready to finish the last leg of our flight to Charlotte at 9:00 A.M. Well, no such luck. Our flight had been cancelled. We had to split up to find flights home. I had to take a group of 8 to Reagan airport by cab to catch a 4:55 P.M. flight to Raleigh/Durham. Our flight was delayed until 6:10 P.M. We finally got on the plane and when we were on the tarmac ready to taxi our flight was delayed. We sat in the plane for another hour and then finally arrived in Raleigh around 9 PM. Our church bus was there to bring us home.
We finally arrived home around 11 P.M. It was a life changing experience to go to Africa, but I was so glad to be home to see my family.
1 comment:
Hi Suzy,
I am so glad you are home! I can tell that your trip was a huge success and that you all made a difference to alot of people. I am so proud of you. I would love to get together with you and hear all about it in person. The pictures are beautiful. I look forward to hearing from you soon. with much love, Laurie
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