day two (Thursday)

We're in Macedonia! It was a long day of travel for us today. It was cheaper to fly into Greece and drive to Macedonia, however... it cost us a lot of time! We definitely took the scenic route to get here, but I am not complaining because it was beautiful! we left the house at 4am Belgian time to catch a 6:30am flight to Greece. We had a 3.5 hour layover in Rome before arriving in Thesolonika (yea, like Paul). After the scenic drive, we finally made it to our destination in Macedonia around 5:45pm. A team from Arizona State University is here with the Macedonia team and they have already begun to setup the tents for the Convoy which will begin tomorrow at 6pm with the first session.

Our short time in Italy and Greece today as well as being here in Macedonia makes me want to know every language so I can communicate smoothly with people. When I hear a different language, I automatically think I can speak French to them and they will understand... but, they don't. shooot. I didn't realize it until we got in the van in Greece that I couldn't even say "hello!" to our driver because I didn't know how to say it! Fortunately we were given packets with a brief intro to Macedonia and the language with simple phrases. I'll have to look that over!

On my quick tour of Brussels yesterday evening with Aunt Joan and Uncle Doug... they showed me downtown including the King's Palace and the Grand Place. They also bought me a genuine Belgian waffle. It was delicious! :) It's late here and I'm quite tired... as much as I've tried to fight it, the jetlag is finally catching up to me! I'll leave you with a couple pictures... Ciao!