Greece and Ghana Trip

Hello Moores,

Dee and I just got back from a 2 and a half week trip. We were in Greece for a week and then Ghana for a week with a stopover in London for a couple days. We got to walk around Athens for a day and see the Acropolis and the Ancient Agora. Then we went to Santorini which is a small island in the Aegean where we spent the rest of our time. It was perfect timing as the tourist season was just ending and there were no crowds at all. From what we heard it is insane in the summertime. We got lucky with the weather too.

In London we met up with a couple of Dee's cousins and saw a show at the Shakespeare Globe Theater. Good times. the next day we met up with one of our colleagues from residency who lives in Cambridge for Guy Fawkes Day. He was caught trying to blow up Parliament back in the day. There was a good ol' American carnival and fair food, a bon fire and fireworks. The actually used to burn scarecrow-type figures that were supposed to represent Guy, but nowadays it's just palates.

We then made our way to Ghana. The company we work for is called Sanford. They are based of of Sioux Falls, SD. We are actually under their World Clinic arm her in K Falls but their main focus with this is Ghana. They have over twenty clinics there and we were going over to do some training on newborn resuscitation and care with 12 midwives there. The training lasted a very long 3 and a half days but was very fun and rewardng. After that we visited a couple of the outlying clinics. The docs there saw about 60 patients a day! Incredible numbers. The people in Ghana are very welcoming and cheerful. It was an amazing experience and we will likely be going back at some point.

All-in-all a busy, chaotic, and fun-filled trip. We finally made it home Sunday after about 40 hours of travel. It surely is nice to be home.

Love everyone and wish we could make it back for Thanksgiving. Alas, Dee is on call but we'll be thinking of everyone and counting our blessings, including this family, on Turkey Day.