Finally, it’s the day of my departure. I will be leaving my home in Sweden in about an hour and cannot believe it’s actually happening! My family will all be in Copenhagen Airport to say the final goodbye to me before my journey. There will definitely be tears shed and a hard goodbye, but as Winnie-the-Pooh said: How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard. I will be bringing two big suitcases filled with important paperwork, literature, and my computer. Lots of presents and clothes to give away for both my host family and our former foster child. We met her many years ago through the organization SOS Children’s Village, and now she is a grown woman with two children of her own. I wish 2023 will be a good year for as many as possible in many ways. I will be “celebrating” New Years Eve by myself and lots of other travelers at Istanbul Airport. From Istanbul I will continue to Dakar, Senegal and then my final destination, The Gambia!
