Packing Up and Saying Goodbye

Leaving London wasn’t easy but thanks to friends and family it was memorable!  After a few frantic days, we had our Brixton flat packed-up.  We shipped some items to Uganda and other items were ‘donated’ to neighbours and friends.  It’s amazing how much stuff two people can accumulate in 18 months (ie the length of time we were in the UK)! 

The packing up and last minute errands were memorable.  Mostly because I (Deb) kept reminiscing every time I had to pack-up an item and Stu kept replying with, “Yeah Deb, that’s great but we are moving to Africa in 24 hours, so keep packing!”  Ah! 

But what we really hate to love about leaving London is celebrating the end of an era with all of our wonderful wonderful friends.  Between the BBQ party at our flat and a few dinners and drinks, we definitely left London on a high note.  We have so many great memories and it’s a really good thing they don’t need to be packed because I’m pretty sure they wouldn’t fit in our shipping box which you can see Stu sealing up in the photo. 

Alas, after a few last phone calls to family, we boarded the plane for our 24+ hour journey to Kampala.  We left our flat on Saturday at 4pm and flew London – Dubai – Addis Ababa – Entebbe – and finally arrived in Kampala on Sunday, 28 March around 6pm.  Phew!