Travel accomodations...or lack there of!

So we arrived at Nairobi Airport in the evening in time to have a leisurely dinner in the airport and try to get comfy for the night (or so we thought!). We gathered all our luggage and the huge box with a TV as a gift for Peter and then proceeded to the counter to hopefully check our bags for the flight in the morning so that we would not have to lug them around the aiport with us. We decided to not get a hotel for the night as we were too afraid that something would happen to prevent us from making the early flight to Kigali in the morning. So we planned to sleep (sort of) in the airport! Well, the gentleman at the ticket counter advised us to not check our bags as they would be "unattended" all evening. OK...bumor #1...so we agree to keep all the bags, crib and tv with us. He then says that we cannot check in this early, we would have to wait until morning..I think to myself...OK whatever....bumor #2!
Then I ask him to tell me the quickest way to The Java House, which is a "restaurant" in Nairobi airport that is known for their great sandwiches and milkshakes! YUM...we are really hungry! Bumor #3 comin up...He informs us that we cannot go into the terminal without our tickets and we can't get our tickets until morning! Brock and I just looked at each other both of us thinking the same thing...."This is going to be a VERY long night." So fortunately I had packed a box of 6 energy bars! So we each had 2 peanut butter energy bars with no drink for dinner! Not quite the dinner I was hoping for but I was already thinking that this would make a great story to tell everyone back home! We found some very hard plastic chairs to get cozy on. My cousin, Amy made us pack 2 small pillows in our bag when she heard that we would be sleeping at the airport. Thank goodness we did...they came in handy as I sat and leaned forward on top of the big TV box to lay my head. Brock and I would sort of take turns sleeping... At one point brock woke up and nudged my arm and pointed to the ground next to him. I laughed out loud when I saw an African man laying on the floor using Brock's pillow! Brock must have dropped it and this guy took the opportunity to put it to good use! Well after a pretty sleepless night, we did get our boarding passes and checked our bags and finally made our way to the Jave House for some coffee and pastries while we waited for the flight to Kigali to start boarding.