Amsterdam

We arrived in Amsterdam on Sunday August 4th at 5:30 am. All but one luggage arrived with us. The airline promised to deliver.

We had reserved an apartment with Airbnb, and there was a little mix up as our reservation was from August 3rd, instead of August 4th. Our host was able to accommodate us.

We spent 5 days in this historical and beautiful city. We went to the Van Gogh museum, Anne Franks house, and the Rijksmuseum (the city museum). It was very educational for the family. We learned more about art and history. We took a boat ride on the amazing canal network with captain Storm who educated us on history of the city, its canals, and culture. It appears that everyone biked in this city. We rented bikes and all of us biked through the city. It is a convenient and safe way to get around here.

Our Very Last Day in Lagos - August 2, 2019

To round up this part of our trip, with friends, we went to Rufus and Bees in Lekki, a local arcade where the kids played all sorts of games like you have at the Big Thrill Factory.

After that, we visited Nike Art Gallery, the largest collection of Nigerian arts in one place anywhere in the world. We had the privilege to meet Chief Madam Nike herself. She is a fun and amazing woman. Now it is off to Amsterdam for 5 days before lovely Minnesota.

CEE Hope

We visited CEE Hope, a local NGO we have been supporting for more than 5 years now. The NGO is involved in helping kids in Makoko and surrounding areas with education and girls empowerment. If you got Amaka's 2018 calendar, this was the community featured. The kids danced to welcome us. Ugo provided words of advise to them. We had a great time with them seeing the strides they are making.

Exploring Lagos

German and his family visited us for the weekend from Abuja. The kids had a great time bonding. We all went to the Lekki Conservatory. If you have a few days in Lagos with kids older that 10, this is a must see. It has the longest canopy walk in Africa. It is a quarter of a mile long and 22.5 feet above ground. A fantastic was to confront acrophobia (fear of heights). The kids found it exciting. Followed by drinking fresh coconut juice. We saw lots of monkeys and Ugo rejoined us on Saturday evening.

The next day we were at Banana Island for a little party. Kids got into a Rolls Royce.

On Monday, we took a speed boat cruise around Lagos Island. What a view of the city! Then we had dinner at Marcopolo oriental restaurant by Lekki. Yummy!