Work up to a quite chilly morning. Time for a fire in the wood stove! And sweaters. And hot spiced tea. Apples to slice for apple pie. Time to pick the last of the tomatoes even if they are green for it may freeze tonight and to cut the tomato leaves and vines up for a dye pot. The book says that with the right mordants we could get mint green wool yarn from them. We’ll find out.
Nearly on top of the world, looking up at Mount Teide but down on a sea of clouds Our first glimpse of the Canary Islands Heading out to a national park! From the lush green north of Tenerife Through forests recovering from fire The Tenerife Observatory A paraglider...
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.
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