Lessons Learned

1. Don't wander too close to the Brussels airplane runways. You will get arrested.

2. Do look pee-your-pants/sob-uncontrollably terrified when you get arrested. The officer will take pity on you. Especially when he realizes you don't understand his Dutch screaming.

3. Belgian parking lots are not the same as American parking lots.

4. Don't sit by yourself to eat dinner in the airport. The bus boy will think you're lame. Or do sit by yourself because the bus boy will take pity on you and you'll get to eat your dinner at the bar where the bartenders entertain you and give you free things.

5. Do be entertained that the only movie available on your flight from Brussels to Kigali to Entebbe is Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son.

6. Do ride in a rando taxi to your hostel when your assigned taxi doesn't come - as long as it's a calculated decision.

7. Don't instigate the angry German girl at the hostel. She'll use lots of creative explicatives and stalk you into the bathroom even though she's the one that put her wet clothes where you were supposed to sleep.

8. Do make conversation with the Ugandans. They're extremely interesting and knowledgeable.

9. Switch which arm you stick out the window to make a more even sunburn.

10. Use sunscreen.

11. I love Gulu :)