Sept 21 - Out of Africa

     Saturday morning, we rolled out of bed without a clue what we would do that day. Marta thought we should take the day off, as if we’d been working that hard during the week. She suggested we visit the Karen Blixen House and Museum in Karen. You know? The woman who wrote “Out of Africa”.

 It didn’t sound like it would be too hard for us to get there. A single matatu ride to Karen, then another ride to the Museum.

 We set out with the utmost in confidence.  

 Got to Karen on the first matatu that came our way. Then boldly found a cab to take us to the House. The driver even gave us his number, so we could have someone at the gate call him to come back when we were ready to be picked up.

 The house, the grounds and the wooded trail were all beautiful.

 The Ngong Hills in the distance. That's where Karen's lover, Denys (Robert Redford in the movie) is buried.

 Kenya Medical College, built in her honor, next door.

 Coffee bean processing machines.

  Recognize my Facebook picture?

 One last look at the house. 

 Back in Karen, we had lunch at ArtCaffe. I still can’t get over how good this chicken potpie and milkshake tasted. I can barely look at this picture without feeling sad that I can’t have this meal every day.

 Then we hunted down a matatu to return us to Kikuyu.

 It was a great day. Us two white chicks rocked it.