Rome and Kenya

our view from the porch in Kenya
Angie and Bryan's place
Definitely not the honeymoon suite!!
granite bathtub in the vatican museum
Colleseum
we left Malta for Rome, Nov 3. after a great time in Malta we were a little sad to leave but ready for the next adventure and anniversary fun in Rome. Well, let's just say we'll always remember this anniversary. pics will have to come at a later time. we had a half trailer/mobile home with immovable bunk beds! Good times. we spent the day looking at the vatican museums. The history is amazing, really you could spend months looking at everything. this part was fun. then we managed to have perfect timing to hit a down pour and get totally soaked. then we headed back to the trailer a little defeated, although Ben still had a good attitude and we had a nice take out dinner from our hostel restaurant in our trailer. Next day we got lost on a bus which took up too much time, and saw the Colleseum which was a wonder to see. that was our time in Rome and off to Kenya.

So we've now been in Kenya for a week. I have had a bad cold for 6 of those days. Ben has stayed healthy though, so that's good. We're staying with our friends Angie and Bryan on a piece of land in the Rift Valley. We sit on their porch and watch the monkies and baboons play, it's truly beautiful and amazing. It's about 45 min drive to Nairobi where we get groceries and do errands so the rest of the time it's very quiet. We're going to really be in shock when we hit India now! Our friends are still trying to find work or coming home to Calgary in Dec so our expected time here might be a bit shorter than expected. Possibly we'll be in India by mid Dec. We'll see though, still a bit early to tell. Our friends Kari and Marty that we had lots of fun with in Malta are coming to Kenya the end of Nov so more fun is to be had still. We'll hopefully be doing a camping safari and hiking and some more outings. Although just driving around yesterday we saw wild zebras, giraffes and other interesting wild life. Bryan and Angie are into bird watching, so i think of you often dad, you would love them here!
so not too much to report as it's been pretty quiet here. internet connection isn't very accessible where we're staying but we'll keep trying to keep in touch as much as possible.

we love you very much and miss you all, and often think of you!

Love
Leah and Ben