On my way

25. September 2007 by admin.

It seems I’ve been awaiting this day for eons, when it’s only been two months! This pent up anticipation for a once in a lifetime experience begins today. I’ll be off to Pearson in a few hours to catch my flight to Montreal where I’ll meet up with another colleague, Jonathan (whom I’ve never met). We’ll go through the awkward “Bonjour, qui êtes vous/qu’est ce que c’est ton histoire? Hello, who are you and what’s your story?” conversation at the gate, fly to Paris together and wait for our final transfer to Ouagadougou.

For those who are keeping track:
Departure on Sept 25 at 18:30
YYZ->YUL via Air Canada
YUL->CDG->OUA via Air France
Arrival on Sept 26 at 19:40

For the first week, Jonathan and I will be staying at Stéphanie’s house, who is Oxfam-Québec’s youth coordinator at the Burkina Faso office. I don’t know if I have internet access at her place, but I’m sure our week-long orientation will be full of activities. After that I’ll be moving into the house where I’m living permanently until February 2008, which has no internet access. As far as I know, there’s an internet café 20 minutes walk from the house and my office is also within walking distance. How much of a walk? Who knows. Oh, I also don’t know if I have net access there either, let’s all cross our fingers!

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