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 …
Karibu (Welcome), Nairobi
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 …
Rolling with the Punches
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. …
Ta Ta for A Bit
This will be our last blog for several weeks. If Steven doesn't get eaten by a lion (or maybe even if he does), our (well, if I get eaten by a lion, it won't really be our blog anymore, will it?) next blog will appear soon after March 12 when we will have lots of …
One Final Pre-Death-March Death March
In a week. we'll be headed to Nairobi (with a pit stop in Valencia over the weekend). Hard to believe. Seems like we planned this latest crazy adventure a loooong time ago and suddenly it is upon us. So close, in fact, that we have completed our final training death march. (Don't tell Steven, but …
Welcome Genny and Z
Plus: My new favorite place This week we welcomed our niece, Genny, and her friend, Z. We always have an open door for friends and family and we are very glad they are taking advantage of it. We haven’t had so much giggling in our lives since … forever! We’ve mostly been wandering (as usual). …
Istanbul Redux
Getting out of the Schengen zone seemed like a problem at the time we were wrestling with the bureaucracy in Valencia, but now that we are back in Istanbul, it feels like it’s all just worked out. We decided to stay on the Anatolian side, so we’re temporarily living in Asia. It really does feel …
A weekend in Granada
We are slackers. We haven’t written a blog since New Year's. Sorry. We didn’t do very much the weekend before last. A short – 8 mile – death march to the beach and back, watching American football and generally being lazy. Last weekend we made up for it. We had a three-day weekend because my …
Happy New Year and Welcome to 2024
Happy New Year to everyone, we hope that 2024 is a healthy, happy, and eventful year for all of you (the last one only for those who are like us and like their years eventful). We started the New Year’s weekend on Saturday by marching our way all the way across Paris to a museum …
Music, Musical and a Movie
Paris loves jazz. We love Paris. We love jazz. But we haven't had a chance to put them together until this visit. We kicked off our not-holiday weekend with a trip to 38Riv, a teeny, tiny jazz club (about 40 people were able to squish in (tiny is being quite generous, the room was about …
Doing It On The Road 