We heard some fireworks last night at midnight! Pretty fun to ring in the new year on a different continent. Jeff and Tammie Brown and their 3 kids, Emily (10), Elliott (8) and Edison (2) joined us at the Crums' house for supper and New Year's eve fun.
Yesterday, we went to a giraffe farm on the outskirts of Nairobi. What a thrill to feed them by hand (or mouth for Kyle and Pat!). We got to see a 2 week old baby giraffe also. Then we went to an elephant orphanage nearby. The first group we saw was about 6-7 little babies (just weeks old). SO cute! Then they were led away and another group of 6-7 came close. They were older and bigger (6-24 months or so), but very playful and funny to watch! They drank milk from big bottles which was a riot! One of them trumpeted really loudly - mad about something. We enjoyed watching them play in a mud puddle and climb around and kick a soccer ball, too.
We ate lunch at the Carnivore restaurant, which is one of Nairobi's 10 best restaurants, we were told. Big place, all decorated for a New Year's Eve event. There was a whole cow roasting on a spit inside the main seating area! HOT charcoal fires on 3 sides of it. Pat and I both had ostrich meatballs with our lunch. They didn't taste like chicken! haha Pretty tasty though.
Spending today (Thursday) hanging out at Crums' house and packing. Going to the Maasai market tomorrow morning. We went last week to check it all out. Rachel and Josiah are going with us tomorrow to help with the bartering. They are pros! Then we'll get cleaned up in the afternoon, eat supper at Java House and head to the airport. Our flight leaves at 11:30pm. We are scheduled to land in Chicago on Saturday afternoon at about 3pm.
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there is no such thing as ostrich meatballs
I loveedd those meatballs! We had quite the identical day when we were there! Those giraffes sure have sticky tongues :)
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