Tag: travel
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Semi-annual semi-adventure update
It’s been a while since I did something other than grouse about my injuries here. I am still in physical therapy getting over all of the various secondary issues I created for myself by breaking my elbow. Next on the hit parade: at long last physical therapy for my back! Oh, and this blog and…
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Traveling in a pandemic
I guess I could call this “traveling in a post-pandemic world” but that wouldn’t be accurate as the infection numbers are creeping up some, fueled by a contagious variant and unvaccinated folks. We felt pretty confident having been fully vaccinated and so decided to head to the east coast to see family this July. I…
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Dipping our toes back in life
It’s mid-June and Chuck and I are fully vaccinated and starting to get back into the swing of “normal” life. This new normal involves always having a mask handy and washing our hands a LOT more than in pre-pandemic times. But in one big way life IS returning to normal – we’re starting to make…
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A Week Plus in Spain, Part One: A Very Mellow Introduction to Andalusia
Our flight from Nairobi to Paris was long but uneventful. We got back in the late afternoon and said farewell to my sister and brother-in-law who were planning on spending a few days in Paris then heading home to Pittsburgh. We, on the other hand, headed to Roissy-en-France for the night so we could catch…
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Safari Days 2-3: Where We See Still More Animals and Nearly Get Stuck in the Mud
We left the Nairobi Tented Camp and drove to the Porini Amboseli Camp inside the Selenkay Conservancy the borders Amboseli National Park. It was a 5 hour drive (and the only drive of the trip, thank goodness – all other travel to parks was via small plane) and was our chance to experience the Kenyan…
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Safari Day One: Where We Encounter A Veritable Bushel of Critters
As I mentioned in my previous post, we arrived in Nairobi at 6am after an easy 7 1/2 hour flight from Paris. Our first hurdle was a pretty confusing customs experience. We had all of our paperwork (e-visas, vaccination records, passports) all done and ready to go but the customs guy in our line was…
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