Back from my practice round!

I just got back in from what I've called my practice round of international travel. I went to Ireland for a long weekend holiday to see the sites in Dublin. Unfortunately, getting in to and out of Ireland was about the easiest air travel I have ever had, I'm not sure I got a good testing of the waters for the intense travel that is upcoming very shortly! The border security and customs process in Ireland was even easier than traveling into and out of Canada and Mexico. I guess I should bank on a rude awakening for my Rome, Italy to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to Nairobi, Kenya to Kilimanjaro, Tanzania in less than two weeks!

I'm getting really excited and have started talking to one of the other volunteers on the trip. She's from Pennsylvania and this is her first time doing something like this as well. We have exchanged a couple of emails and will likely talk on the phone sometime this week just to air out our excitement and jitters (or maybe I'm the only one with jitters!). Both are continuously mounting!!