Rwanda 2020

Status: We made it!! After much being distressed at the different airline offices, every one of us got a ticket on a rescheduled flight to Brussels.  Kevin, the trusted sales clerk at Rwandair saw me entering the extremely crowded sales office this morning and immediately waved me to the front. He put down my reference number and I had been rebooked to the flight in 10min. How lucky!? The other three were all able to get a spot on that flight as well, we went to Kimironko Market to pick up some things we ordered (I know have a very patterned suit that I'm expecting loads of compliments for from my loving readers), got some cake for Laura's birthday, and had one last Rwandan meal, including Matoke. If you still know what that is from one of my first posts, gets bonus points! More posts to come in the next days, there are still some gaps in my Rwandan Rwandan adventure tales.  Now at the airport and very exhausted. But so happy to be back in Europe soon, where everything may be c

Status: 5 cases in Rwanda Got a little worried on Monday that I wouldn't be able to leave.  Status: 7 cases in Rwanda Got more worried on Tuesday, when I went to all the flight agencies to maybe catch a flight out that same night. All these worries because of the EU closing and there not being any flights. So went to the German embassy and right in the entrance I see that we got an email from uni asking us to fly home as soon as possible. Check with the embassy, and they say the same thing. Very nice staff btw! Go back to my flight agency, the sales clerk Kevin now already knows me and my intense stare. He says he can rebook it for 109 USD. I say "No, my friend got it rebooked for free". Show him the screenshot of the website stating this free rebooking due to Corona (Thanks a million, Mary Anne!), he nods once and proceeds. I got back to the office with a new ticket leaving Saturday. Great! That gives me time to prepare and to enjoy my last days here... Status: 8 c

Rwanda has now closed down all schools and church services. But otherwise, people are rigorously washing or desinfecting their hands at all public buildings, offices, restaurants. It's very impressive! I asked my mentor if the virus would affect office time and his clear answer 'No, it won't'. So far, so good. I still have about ten interviews and a workshop to do next week, so I'm hoping it'll stay like this! There's only been one registered case on Saturday... Happy news is that I spent half my day at the pool today and that I had delicious Ugandan Rolex for dinner. Trying not to get freaked ort and hoping I can come straight back to the Netherlands. People with a car, get ready to pick me up from Brussels in case there are no more trains going...  Orders for pasta, beer and passion fruit can be handed in at any time.  Stay home and send me some funny photos!  Me and dodo, the leaves of the amaranth plant, eaten like spinach.  Enjoy