April 14th: Tuesday
Got up early from the hostel where we slept, loaded the car, ad left the cheesey country western music that had been playing since 4 that morning and headed to the airport. We made it through security and got our tickets. Storms were ranging over lake victoria that morning although they didnt keep us from taking off on time.
We flew into London and somehow made it through customs in record time. Lots of Mzungus here. We picked our car up a silver vauxhall or something. the tires are so little and its so clean. Jim just about drove of the road in the first two minutes cause the steering is so sensitive. carefullly following the directions from Margaret we managed to get completely lost and ended up on the wrong side of london. its cold here. we stopped in a rest stop and ought dinner and a map. emboldened by the blessing of the chashier that London traffic wasntbusy this time of night we procededto drive through the center of London which took us nearly two hours. We finally stopped that night at a little hotel that was overpriced but warm and crashed at 1 which is 3 for us.
the next morning we got up early and drov all morning up to Scotland. stopped just after geting into Scotland and buying some bread and cheese for lunch. love cheese. listened to musci all day on the drive up. we got to stirling just after 2 and explored the town. its a really cool place. alot of th buildings are really old. several hundred years at least. We drove out to the Murchinsons where we are staying and met them. Murdo and Margaret and their kids, Sarah, Murdo Jr. and Duncan. had tea with them which i guess is dinner. after that we went on a walk with both murdos up and around the neiborhood and into the forests and backpaths. slept under three blankets that night. lovely cold.
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