The month of May is done and boy it has been a busy one. We returned to U.S. on the 27th of April and started with a visit at my mother’s place in Florida. I was lucky enough to bring a cold that turned into bronchitis with me. We arrived while my mother was in …
We've been back in the States for a couple of weeks now, visiting Florida and now Maryland for our perfect granddaughter's birthday. While we were here, we decided to deal with the elephant in the room: The Storage Locker. When we started this lifestyle (as our Spanish tutor calls it, well really she says estilo …
This is our last week in Valencia before we head back to the US for the Summer and Fall.
Or, we've been back for almost a month, but we're still milking it for the blog After our stint in Malindi, we met up with the group (except Robin who hightailed it to Amsterdam) for a flight to Lamu. At least, I thought it would be a flight to Lamu, but it turned out to …
After much ado (about nothing), we landed at a hotel in Voi whose main attraction was it was family-friendly (yay?) and offered daylong safaris. The three Texans planned to head to Mombasa to see a friend, who would be home in a couple of days. We thought I would recover for a day and then …
I know we have more to write about Kenya, but I thought we could jump ahead to our first weekend back in Valencia. It was time for the annual Fallas festival. According to Wikipedia, the festival was originally a celebration of spring when the local artisans would burn scrap wood that was used during the …
Early signs appeared that challenges other than 100 miles would mar the Great Walk that we had so looked forward to. If you've been reading this blog, you'll know that we prepared thoroughly by doing death marches starting in D.C. when we signed up for this insanity. Robin also took the warnings about how physically …
Before we embarked on this crazy trip, I was referring to this portion of the journey as "the Disney safari" because I thought it was a rich American's idea of going into the wild to see the animals. I thought our walking safari would be much better. Mea culpa! In a harbinger of miscues to …
We arrived in Nairobi in the evening. We were whisked through immigration after being fingerprinted and driven to our hotel. So far, so good. Security is tight. Bomb-sniffing dogs, a mirror to sweep under the car, and x-ray machines for our bags and ourselves. Having made it through the security gauntlet and checking in, we …
Or, Giving Up Pains Me I'll start at the beginning with an outline of the trip. In subsequent blogs, we'll delve into the details. We arrived in Nairobi on Monday Feb. 19 and were escorted through immigration and to the driver who took us to the Villa Rosa Kempinski, a lovely hotel in the city. …
Doing It On The Road 