In front of me, a journalist who studied in Kigali under Allan Thompson, the same Ottawa-based professor who coordinated the Rwanda News Agency internship I'll be learning from for the next two months.
Beside him, a journalist who will be working with one of my new roommates.
And all around us, Rwanda's national football team, Amavubi (The Wasps), in matching black-and-white track gear. They stunned Tanzania's Taifa Stars yesterday with a 1-1 tie in Dar es Salaam, setting up a revenge match for early June in Kigali.
"Everywhere, I score," explained Roger Tchouassi, who got the goal. "Even on this plane, I score."
As for me: well, people were asking for my contact details. I must be somebody important, too.