Any trip to Maine needs to include an incredible seaside meal of lobster. A friend in Florida gave us directions to Cook’s Lobster House on a spit of land on the north end of Bailey Island south of Brunswick overlooking Casco Bay. We headed there today for a midday feast overlooking the docks where the lobster are unloaded. We both ordered the Hot Lobster Roll. Chunks of lobster meat nestled with some lettuce inside a grilled bun served with drawn butter and with chips and slaw on the side. Total decadence! An absolute delight for the taste buds. But then we had to top it off with Jan’s award winning Blueberry Pie. The filling was amazing. Maine blueberries have such an intense blueberry flavor and then to be encased in flaky pastry and topped with premium vanilla ice cream. Wow! And fabulous service and a view of the world famous Cribstone Bridge!
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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