Leo and Jen: A Blog

A family in Raleigh, NC and random things they do

Category: Travel

  • Summer Travel

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    Jennifer Suarez
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    Forget snakes on a plane. Taking your baby flying for the first time is much more terrifying. Not really, of course. But we were a tad nervous about how Rory would do during a week of travel. Originally, we planned to visit family in Ohio during the July 4 holiday weekend. We took off work…

  • New York, New York

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    “New York, New York, a helluva town. The Bronx is up but the Battery’s down.” At last. After 33 years on this planet I can finally stop listening to people say, “What, you’ve never been to New York?!” Leo and I went last week for his birthday vacation. Frankly, after 33 years of Hollywood buildup,…

  • Trip to Grandfather Mountain

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    This April, we went camping out near Grandfather Mountain. We walked across the swinging bridge that’s up near the summit. It’s approximately 1 mile above sea level and the views are fantastic!

  • The World’s Largest Frying Pan

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    The World’s Largest Frying Pan is underwhelming at first. We drove up, expecting to see a giant cast iron skillet with the skillet side facing the road, handle jauntily poking into the air. Instead, the World’s Largest Frying Pan in Rose Hill, N.C. is a flat pan lying under a small shelter. It stands a…

  • Nairobi Photos

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    Home. There really is no place like it, and it feels fantastic to be back! Here is a slideshow of all the photos we couldn’t post before, from airport to zebra. First, the ones from the National Park (click to start looking in a slideshow): And then, the rest:

  • The Bomas of Kenya

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    Our final few days in Nairobi have been our busiest so far. Thursday – Carnivore Thursday I worked for only a few hours in the morning before heading out to meet another American woman for lunch. She’s the wife of one of Leo’s colleagues here, Dave, and they’re here for three months. Her driver picked…