However, it was also one of the most emotionally draining experiences because of the sheer lack of infrastructure in Lagos (read: corruption breeds like cockroaches over there). Things that take you two seconds to do here over the phone or on the internet will take HOURS or even days to get done. Due to some of this I was forced to travel 28 hours BY MYSELF with a 2 year old who screamed "I want my Daddy!" for about half the flight from Paris to New York and the entire NY to Nashville flight. My husband was supposed to fly back with us, but hey, we don't like to pay bribes for something that we know doesn't make sense (the airport official tried TWICE to collect money so that we could travel freely, when all of our documents had been in order - way to go Nigerian security officials), so we took the moral high road and didn't pay - and I took a couple extra Xanax for my solo plane trip back with the toddler.
I will have lots of fashion posts, general trip posts and all kinds of fun coming up, so stay tuned. As an aside, the first thing I did when we got home was to switch on all of the lights in the house (just because I can) and take a long-a$$ shower. Reliable electricity and clean running water...I can't quit you.
