Leaving and Arriving

No matter how well you plan and how early you start packing - in the end you will always run out of time and get really stressed. Luckily, I had three friends helping me clear and clean my place, so that I could rent it to a tenant. As soon as that was fixed, my friend Soham came to my place in order to help me getting my luggage to the airport in Zurich, which is 80 minutes by train from Bern. Do I need to mention that I had the worst overweight of my life? After throwing out about 16kg and repacking at the airport, I passed the evening check-in, packed the other stuff in a few bags and went to my friend's home in Baden. They fed and hosted me, helped me packing an illegally heavy hand luggage and gave me a place to sleep. I woke up early, had to bid my last good-bye, took the direct train from Baden to the airport, got my enormous hand luggage through security and then had breakfast at the gate. Phew!

The flight was on time, smooth and didn't feel long at all. Arriving in Nairobi was very easy: getting my luggage, going through immigration, and getting through customs smoothly. And there she was: my ol' roomie from Oxford! Njeri and a friend took me to town by car, cooked dinner, welcomed me in many ways and gave me a home right away. I am now living in Njeri's very nice and calm apartment near Mbagathi Road. She sure helped me a lot in the first few days!