Epiphany has passed. It’s time to dismantle our lovely Christmas tree and pack up all the seasonal decorations. We both really enjoyed immersing ourselves in all things Christmas. The tree lights and Christmas Instrumental music were on all day every day from the Saturday after Thanksgiving until Epiphany. It helped to soothe our souls and to cheer us through some amazingly cold weather. As we pack up the ornaments we’re laughing again about a hilarious moment we had while decorating the tree that resulted in several of our vintage glass ornaments being crushed and the two of us belly laughing long and hard. We’ll use the extra space in the boxes for a few fragile non-glass ornaments as we pack these treasures up to live on a top shelf until it’s time to brighten our lives and trigger our memories again. Happy New Year!
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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