Under the Nigerian sun
You've seen Under the Tuscan Sun, right? You know, the one where a North American woman finds herself visiting Tuscany and decides to buy a property, then the hilarity of [Read more]
Author: Kirsten Neil
The beauty of African Art
A few of the beautiful pieces of art and artifacts we have added to our Ibezimako Villa so far. Many were found at the Lekki Arts & Crafts Market, but we also found lots [Read more]
Christmas in the village
Oh, holly jolly, we ended 2023 with a family holiday. At the end of December, we left our place in Lagos to visit Chuck's childhood home and celebrate the season with the fam. [Read more]
Short and sweet in Kansas City
In early October, we booted it south in one looooong drive from Winnipeg to KC to spend a couple days in Kansas City. We went specifically to catch a Thursday night NFL game [Read more]
A reunion, a road trip and a valley full of wine
Last year, my cousin Kathy contacted me and my sis and the rest of the family on our mother's side to get together for a family reunion. It had been way too long since we had [Read more]
There’s no place like LA
Last June, we found ourselves happily basking under the sunny skies of Los Angeles. Chuck and I were looking forward to spending three-days in the golden state of California. [Read more]
Hello bright and beautiful Zanzibar!
After the subtle hues and dusty drives of the Serengeti, we made our way over the Indian Ocean to visit Tanzania's island paradise. Zanzibar island, just a few miles off [Read more]
Serengeti sweetness
"Tanzania is not a real place." I uttered this pretty much every day, to every person, on every post, when we visited there in fall 2022. And a year later I am finally [Read more]
On the edge in Ngorongoro
After an epic first two days on safari, we bid farewell to Steven, our ranger in Lake Manyara, and hello to our Ngorongoro ranger, Joseph. He drove us through Tanzania for [Read more]
On a high with the Maasai
After a couple days exploring Lake Manyara, it was off to the Ngorongoro Crater Lodge for a couple of nights staying on the top rim of the world's largest inactive, unbroken [Read more]
Living the tree top life at Lake Manyara
Take a ride on the wild side. Our first day of an eight-day safari had us vibrating with anticipation. Or was that the first stop, Lake Manyara National Park, where it seems [Read more]
The sweet aromas of Arusha
It's coming up on a year since Chuck and I went on safari in Tanzania... and I kinda forgot to write about it. Whoops. But if you've met up with me in the last year, I [Read more]
Rhythm & reflection: A journey to the deep south
In spring 2022 most of the travel restrictions had been lifted and Chuck and I were itching to hit the road somewhere. We thought a U.S. road trip to the south would be fun. [Read more]
Living, Lagos style
After exploring the history, the beach, the jungle and the village, the last bits of our Nigerian adventure I want to highlight is the large city of Lagos itself. The bad [Read more]
Eleko Beach, far away in time
On Eleko Beach Waves make the only sound On Eleko Beach There's not a soul around. On our trip to Nigeria, Chuck and I took a short visit to Eleko to explore the beach and [Read more]
