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Uganda Update #7: Homeward Bound

All good things must come to an end, and I'm now heading back to Canada. I've really enjoyed this holiday. Travel, adventure, reading, kids, baked goods and incredibly hospitable friends. I hope that the travel home is more straightforward than the getting here. I imagine it will be.

I'm considering going into Amsterdam again. I have 10 hours and 15 euros. It costs 4.30 to get into town and takes half an hour... so it's either that or buy a book, curl up on some chairs and sleep/read. Since I've done a lot of sleeping and reading in the past two weeks, I'm leaning towards exploring the town some more.

Of all the things it's sad to leave behind, I may be saddest about these two:
My proudest moment of the trip was this morning, when I introduced them to Soft Kitty, Warm Kitty. I`ve been asked to sing it a dozen times since. And yes, I'm not-so-secretly tickling the little one in this picture.

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  1. cute kids, all three of them! :D

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  2. Um, Noah looks so grown up! Jealous that you got to see Vanessa and the kids, but very glad you had fun!

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