Blogs from Louisville, Kentucky, United States, North America - page 4

A beautiful day for a drive to tour the countryside of Kentucky and Indiana. We head off for the resort town of French Lick. First we hop aboard the tourist railroad and see the scenery. Then off to the grand hotels. The area called French Lick, Indiana, site of the French Lick Springs Resort and one of the earliest outposts in the middle - Western wilderness, was first settled more than 200 years ago by French traders. After the discovery of rich mineral springs, which attracted animals that flocked to lick the waters and wet rocks, this valley became known among the settlers as “The Lick”. A rich colorful history included such famous names as John Barrymore, Clark Gable, Bing Crosby, President Roosevelt, the Truman’s, the Reagan’s and Joe and Rose Kennedy. It was there in ... read more

So here's my travel blog, I hope to update it occasionally with tidbits (mostly photos) during the next 2 months, but as internet access may be patchy at best, no promises. I've been packing, unpacking, remembering things I should bring, and repacking. I'll be have to take a photo of me with my pack; it's sure to look ridiculous! Feel free to e-mail me while I'm gone (frances.wilburn@tufts.edu) or facebook me, I'll try to get in touch when I can! That's all for the first entry, can't believe I'm leaving in 2 days!!!!!... read more

Tuesday March 16 Hello All! Jambo! Habari? (how are you?) Patrick, the chef at Sosa, along with Pauline who manages Sosa, took our diet and figured out quantities for 80 children for one day and per month. Then they estimated the cost of ingredients. Oh dear, we Americans and our expectations. This ideal diet would cost over 5X what we have to spend on food for a month!! In addition, as Debby, Tish, and Arlene have visited the secondary schools, they have asked about what the children in other schools are fed. Our children receive close to a typical diet. We are now thinking small -- how can we insure that our children receive fruit once or twice a week, maybe meat or fish once a week, and a little something for breakfast. Extremely expensive items ... read more

Hello from Vihiga, Kenya! Saturday (March 13) We arrived yesterday. After 36 hours of travel, we made the 30 minute flight from Nairobi to Kissumu. After the short flight and our feet were on the ground, we counted suitcases. Miracle -- they all arrived! Is this a good omen for our trip? We had each brought extra suitcases filled with books, clothing, vitamins and special gifts for our children at the Vihiga Children's Home. We were met by our van driver, Moses. Our first stop was the grocery where we stocked up on bottled water and other supplies. The children have developed a love of peanut butter so we bought jars of it along with jelly and loaves of bread. PB&J -- a special treat for the kids! Next stop, MBale High School were we pulled ... read more

3 Days of driving, music and porn in the Heartland (with 44 pictures...pictures tell the story better than I can...so please scroll through the pics...they can be hidden on this site so you have to keep clicking next to see them all) …1600 miles later and I’m in Louisville, Kentucky. I’ve been through here before but like so many other cities in this country, I was in and out for work and didn’t really experience the area. It seems like a nice enough “small-town” type city but it’s not dark yet and like the song says ‘the freaks come out at night’. If I have learned one thing over the past 3 days driving through America’s heartland it’s that this country is no safer, no cleaner and definitely no less strange than most of the countries ... read more