Almost two years in fact, with less traveling and more studying, as I've been pursuing a doctoral degree in education. So lots of courses, little travel - though still a fair amount of eating. Should it come to fruition, I plan to do a small series of retrospective food posts, highlighting the best that the past two years has offered on the eating front.
But. But! There is no time to be in the past now, as the present is awfully exciting! I'm heading to Rwanda with S for two and a half weeks. It will be a combination trip - some volunteering, some catching up with her old friends from her time here five years ago, and some explorations!
To get there is no easy feat. Using some frequent flier tickets, booked a whole five weeks in advance (more notice then for the round-the-world trip!), we'll travel for 27 hours going there and 24 hours, all in one calendar day, on the return.
The ourbound itinerary included quick stops in Frankfurt and Brussels. Frankfurt was our Lufthansa-based destination from DC; Brussels the connection to Brussels Airlines, with the colonial-era Belgium-Rwanda air connection we needed.
Of course, we couldn't squander a little bit of time in European airports, even if it was 5:45am local time. Luckily, the gate-side pub had no trouble at all whipping up a Frankfurter, side of bread, potato salad, pretzel, and 0.3cl of draught beer. Yum! Of the plate, the standout was the potato salad, both in quantity and quality. It was a large portion (good as the entire plate set us back nearly US$18). It was also deliciously spiced, with lots of dill and mustard and just a bit of mayo. We had to fight over the single fork for who would get the last bite...
And, with that, we are en route to my first journey to Sub-Saharan Africa!
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