KMJ travels

Today was a quiet day for us to catch-up on briefings, logistics, plans, etc.  We got to sleep in until 9:00am and then met up in hotel restaurant for breakfast.  Fed and refreshed we hopped in the vans for a field trip to the grocery store, always one of my favorite places to visit when traveling.  (Actual reason for going was to purchase drinks and snacks for when the delegation arrives).  The first grocery store we visited was a big, bright modern box store but I was disappointed in their candy and snack assortment.  Nothing too exciting to be found.  This store was also out of Diet Coke, so we made a run to a second smaller store.  Still not many exotic or interesting treats to purchase, but they did have Haribo Happy Cola (cola flavored gummi coke bottles) which I love.  They also had the diet coke we were looking for.  Back at the hotel we settled into our “office” (aka the lobby bar where we get wireless), and feverishly typed away on all sorts of agendas and briefings.  The work barely stopped as we munched on toasted cheese sandwiches and fries, until 4:00pm when we then met with the hotel manager to go over various details. 

With that meeting done, I escaped to work out before dinner and enjoyed a nice cool shower afterwards.  One thing I have forgotten to mention is the heavy chlorine smell that greets us everytime you open the hallway door back to our rooms.  I suppose it’s good to know they have lots of cleaning products on hand, but wow - even knowing what’s gonna happen each time I open that door, it still gets me.

 For dinner we headed next door to the La Palm Royal beach resort, to scout out their Ghanaian Village restaurant.  Set outside, there was a nice breeze and the ocean waves crashing in the background.  With the band playing behind us, it was a nice atmosphere to wind up the day with.  Couple that with some coconut hazlenut ice creams, and mmmm, a good evening until Chris had to spoil the moment by letting us know that he had moved up our departure time the next morning to 5:20am.  Sad…