Settling into the homeland

Had a lovely visit with my Mother who, oddly enough since she cannot remember stuff that happened yesterday, remembered that I had been in Africa :) We went for a ferenge breakfast at Al's which was great, then went to see the Mallias. We got the outdoors ready for the winter, all except the pool since it can not be closed until mid-October.

I made the list of stuff to pick up to drag back to Addis Abeba, and have the tractor trailer standing by with the 2 tonnes of maple syrup for the Dr. Ferenge (aka Paul). We are going to the Kenyan embassy Tuesday sometime, as per:

• fees should be paid in a NON-REFUNDABLE certified bank cheque or money order, payable to the "Kenya High Commission". PERSONAL CHEQUES, CASH, CREDIT OR DEBIT CARDS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED
• one Recent Studio Passport-sized Photograph. (Not older than 6 months at the time of the application)
• $32 CAD per visa valid for 3 months from date of issue