Travel

In spring, Sister noted that she had to travel to Wisconsin for work and then asked if I wanted to join her so we could visit our father and brother. Ambivalence was my response until I returned from our Africa trip when I agreed to go. Sister contacted them and proposed 2 lunches, it seemed

In the height of the pandemic, we visited daughter in Arizona but had to sit out at her pool 6 feet apart with masks on. This visit was much nicer. We went to a cheese monger for lunch, to The Heard Museum dedicated to the advancement of American Indian art, and to an Italian restaurant

September 16-27, 2023 Got into Oslo at night, stayed in runway hotel.Flew to Tromso and stayed in Airbnb where nothing worked.The Perspective museum. Very sad.Arctic museum. WW2 stories and Sami stories were very sad.Polar museum. Animal hunting made me sad. Queer history in Norwegian history. Finally something that didn’t make me sad.Got on ferry at

Geneva Warm but overcast. Walked out to water jet and had kebab.Water in hotel tastes sweet.Paddle boat around lake, quick walk through old town. McRaclette.Severe weather warning.Broken chair, UN, botanic garden, science museum, square. Rained on all day.Left cc at sandwich shop, cathedral tower, African museum.CERN. Tram.Very clean city. Basel Train to Basel.Tram to university,

August 3, 2023 We saw bush buck, hippo, blue monkey, baboon, impala, warthog, buffalo, bee eater bird, Ibis, dik dik, zebra, vervet monkey, hammerko bird, egyptian goose, elephant, red horn bill, and giraffe. The 1-week old baby baboons were precious. They played and rolled around and over everyone, oblivious to their intrusion. At lunch we