We will be leaving on Friday, December 7th for Namibia. Our plans are to stay in Namibia for 13 months. Liz will be working at the University of Namibia, and the girls will be going to school. Alice and Maxine will be attending Windhoek International School and Ruby will be attending pre-primary at St. George's. We are all excited, and a bit nervous.
Since this is a LONG trip, we are going to break it up with several layovers. We will spend 3 days in Amsterdam, staying in a large youth hostel. Maxine is especially excited about visiting the Anne Frank House, and we are planning on doing a special kids' tour of the Van Gogh Museum. We then take a 12 hour flight from Amsterdam to Capetown, South Africa. We will stay in a Guest House there for two days. We will arrive in Windhoek on Friday, December 14th. The director of the social work department will pick us up and bring us to our new home.
We are now very busy packing up our house and our offices. We can only take 44 pounds per person, which is about the amount you can fit in a large suitcase.
Welcome to the Blog of our year in Namibia. Liz received a Fulbright to teach and do research at the University of Namibia in Windhoek. Bill, Maxine, Alice and Ruby are coming along. We hope to chronicle our experiences in this blog.
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We won't get any mail that is sent to us after about 15 December. Unam is officially closed now - so don't send us any mail there.
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We can NOW only receive pieces of mail through the US Embassy Diplomatic Pouch up to the size of a VHS cassette, and it must be under two pounds. We cannot receive boxes - it must fit in some sort of small envelope. If you send it through US diplomatic pouch, it costs domestic rates and should take 2-3 weeks to get to us - though some have taken up to 4 weeks.
Elizabeth Lightfoot
Fulbright Scholar
2540 Windhoek Place
Dulles, VA 20189‑2540
Unam is officially closed now - so don't send us any mail to the following address.
Elizabeth Lightfoot
Department of Social Work
University of Namibia
Private Bag 13301
Pionierspark WINDHOEK
NAMIBIA
4 comments:
Glad to have your contact information. We will really miss you guys.
Hey Liz,
It's Jeffrey. I can't believe how beautiful the girls are. I would like to call you before you leave. If you have time, please email me with your phone number. jchait@indiana.edu. You have such an amazing life. Give Bill my best. Jeffrey
Hi Liz & Bill; How exciting! I have so many questions for you. Will you have email? What will you be researching/studying? Gary and I are going to be in Nigeria for 3 weeks in January on a missions trip. I hope you have a fabulous journey and I also hope to hear from you again soon. Your girls are so big and pretty!
Kim
You on in our thoughts, Happy Traveling.
Can't wait to hear about your new home.
-Sarah
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