Lebanon is an Ohio town that we’ll readily admit we knew little about other than it’s northeast of Cincinnati near I-71. After we arrived on Thursday we watched this Ohio Magazine video and decided that we must spend some time exploring the area. This morning we started with parking in one of the free lots downtown then breakfasted at Royce Cafe before browsing myriad gift shops. Of course we had to wander into the Carnegie Library, since one played an important part of our personal history. And The Golden Lamb! We entered through the gift shop where we learned that visitors are welcome to go throughout the inn. There are displays and museum rooms in various places. Many of the rooms are named for famous visitors. We spotted the Ulysses Grant Room. We plan to return for a meal at this 214 year old inn but today we chose to eat Buckeye Fever ice cream at The Village Parlor!
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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