On location in Pretoria!

WE'RE HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We left at 12:45 p.m. on Thursday and were picked up at the airport by a lady holding a "LORENTSSON" sign at 7:45 a.m. this morning (Friday). The flights from Copenhagen to London and from London to Johannesburg were fine...UNeventful, which is always good when talking about airports and flying. Niklas slept quite a lot but I couldn't get comfortable and had trouble sleeping. All of our bags made it just fine!

When we got here to Johannesburg the sun was was rising and we have clear blue skies...The weather is lovely...kind of like early Spring weather - sunny but a bit chilly, but you don't need a coat. The drive from Joburg to Pretoria where we are staying took about 40 minutes with no major traffic problems and we had a nice time talking to Martie, the lady who picked us up and who is arranging our different outings, etc. She is really nice! For all of you who asked me to tell her hello - I did! And she just loved hearing it!

She drove us to the guest house we will be staying at - Chancellour's Court - and our room is REALLY nice...better than I expected. They had already set up the cutest little crib in preparation for Esther! We have a little kitchenette and a balcony. There are other adoptive families staying here, but not as many as usual...Sometimes there are like 6 or 7 adoptive families from all over Europe that all stay in the same guest house, but these next 2 weeks there are only 2 or 3...Just seems to be a "down time" in all the paperwork involved in getting a baby ready for adoption. But we are REALLY hoping that some of our Swedish friends get the phone call TODAY so that we can meet them in two weeks!

We are going to meet with a representative from Abba Adoptions in a couple of hours and she is going to go through some info about our three week stay here. After that we are going to explore!