It’s back to work for Greg and Rachel and our first day to do our own thing in Boston. Caught the T at Shawmut, changed at Park, and disembarked at Coolidge Corner. Walked to 83 Beals Street only to discover that the JFK Birthplace National Monument is closed on Tuesdays. Time for a change of plans. Lunch at Zaftig’s (Great Potato Pancakes!)
Flowers from a local shop, a Harry James 78 from a trash pile, ice cream from Sugar Heaven, then the train home from Copley Square.
Queen Mary 2’s arrival in the Port of Dakar, Senegal was heralded in the local press and greeted with ceremony. Our own excursion took us on a coach journey through the streets of the capital city to visit a Wolof village and the shore of Lake Retba, the salty lake famed for an intense pink color.
Today’s safari adventure transported us out into the Dorob National Park to have up close encounters with little creatures that are well adapted to the extreme heat and lack of water in the Namib Desert.
With a UNESCO World Heritage Site, two national parks, dozens of museums, and hundreds of tours offered in the Cape Town area there is more than plenty to do. For our two day visit we opted to concentrate on African wildlife visiting the Aquila Private Game Reserve and the Boulders Beach Penguin Colony for a wonderful chance to these fabulous animals in their own habitat.
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