Pancakes and AK 47's

We make our first blog posting detailing our expereinces in Kenya, happy to have arrived in Nairobi after two relatively sleepless plane trips and enough canned air to be grateful for the deisel scented 'fresh air' of the city's morning gridlock. While looking forward to attempting a full night's sleep we are wonderfully happy to be here with Mom & Dad (aka Grandpa & Grandma). We began our cultural emmersion 'softly', easing into it with a breakfast of pancakes and strong coffee, while talking over the many expereinces that will not be as familiar as Mollie's favorite food...

The kids have observed many little cross cultural differences and have many questions for each of these! Whether it is people selling live chickens or pillows in the stand-still traffic or the AK 47's that every serucity gaurd causually holds while greeting you coridially, we have much to expereince and learn from.

I believe that today is Tuesday, and the week ahead holds a visit to a school in one of the slums where Noah, Anna & Mollie hope to connect with some kids with the universal language of soccer & jump rope. After that we will be heading to the Massai Mara to connect (from the safety of an all terrain van) with the 'big 5' on a three day safari.