We're Home!

We're home.  Laundry is washed, mail is opened (but not dealt with) and we're back to our regular activities - Rand played tennis yesterday and I made it to the gym this AM.  It's good to be home.

The 36 hour return flight (Victoria Falls > Johannesburg > Washington DC > Los Angeles > Phoenix) nearly did us in.  Sleeping in our own bed is a treat.  Speaking of sleeping -  we've been surprisingly free of jet lag this trip.  Wonder why...  





I look back over the trip and have wonderful memories:

Victoria Falls Hotel

• the charismatic mega fauna - many more animals than we'd ever have expected
• the local people - so welcoming
• traveling with our wonderful travel companions - long-time friends and some new ones
• riding an ostrich and diving with the great white sharks
• cocktails on the porch of the Victoria Falls Hotel
• the list is endless

Next steps - organize photos, create slide shows, prepare "Far Away Places" lectures for Grand Learning, etc.  It'll be spring before all that is done.  In the meantime, it's time to start thinking about the upcoming holiday season.  Decorate for Christmas - maybe not this year...

I had such a great time planning this trip for friends and family that I'm now organizing international travel trips for our community lifelong learning academy, Grand Learning.  The program is called Travel and Learn.  Check us out at travelinterriaz@blogspot.com.  We've still got room on our Russia and Iceland trips for summer 2013.  Consider joining us.

If you've been following this blog, I'd love to hear from you.  What worked, what didn't?  Send me a note at travelinterri@gmail.com.  (Note this is the E-mail I use for travel planning, not my personal E-mail address.)

Terri