Sala Sentle Gaborone!

We are so sad to have left Gaborone and Botswana and all of our friends there. But, finally our six months came to an end and we had to return to Delaware. Mave and Kuno went to school Monday and even Tuesday, the very day we left in the late afternoon. July 1 was President’s Day in Botswana so Thornhill was off for the rest of the week. Somehow that made it a little bit easier. Still the tears flowed with the final good-byes at school. Everyone wants to know when we will be back; everyone has exchanged email addresses. Things had been quite hectic in the last few weeks as we sold our car, took care of our utility accounts, did our gift shopping and figured out what to take and what to leave behind (and I did my last interviews). Mary and Bruce, Leloba and Mora helped us get ourselves and our things to the airport and at the airport we had final visits from other friends. Our travel home took us to Johannesburg (as does all air travel out of Gaborone), then an overnight up the continent to London. Here we sit at London Heathrow with our first Starbucks in six months, waiting for the flight back to Washington Dulles. We know we will be back to Botswana soon.