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Globetrotting Breakfast

I was up at 5:37 this morning wide awake. Guess my brain is a little anxious! I’m starting to feel nervous about all the traveling, mostly things like security, getting my two carry-ons on board safely, delays – the usual. Crossing my fingers all goes well.

I did 45 minutes of Heart Opening Flow #1 from 7-7:45. I’ve slacked off on yoga this week (being slightly burned out after last Saturday) but boy did it feel good to s—t—r—e—t—c—h again! I’ve got a weird pain in my chest this morning. Maybe I pulled something at the gym yesterday? Hopefully I am not on the verge of a heart attach…. hence the heart opening flow today!

Matt brought home this Great Harvest Oatmeal yesterday as a surprise, so I had it as a farewell to whipped banana oatmeal.

MY OTHER RECIPES


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The oatmeal mix has milk solids, brown sugar, cranberries, almonds and I think raisins? Maybe some other ingredients – they are working to change over to put them all on the label. I used a half a cup portion and ended up adding in some 9 grain cereal too because it was rather liquidy and I worried it would thicken differently (because the nuts took up some of the space so I had less oat-per-portion so the water was a little off).

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The Mix:

  • 1/2 cup oatmeal mix, 1 tbsp 9 grain, 1/2 cup water, 1/2 cup milk, 1/2 banana
  • 1 tbsp flax
  • 1/4 cup-ish Whitney in Chicago’s granola 
  • Few toffee pieces
  • Small spoonful TJ’s PB

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The mix was definitely sweetened and I wasn’t crazy about the texture – it gelled a little!? I am anti-gelatinization :mrgreen:

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More of the delicious new Chicago coffee!

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Note my furry Quaker bathrobe sleeve in the photo!

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For dessert I scraped out the last few edges of our empty Barney Butter! I told Matt a nice welcome home gift would be a new jar 😉

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Housekeeping

  • I WILL be blogging during my travels, most likely once a day. Stay tuned!
  • I WILL be reading comments but I WILL NOT be responding!! Please re-ask any questions when I get home.
  • Matt will be posting some and will be in charge of moderating any inappropriate comments (as will I when I have internet).
  • While I certainly plan to capture lots of the meals I’ll be eating, I probably won’t be able to do an hour by hour recap of my eats/activities like I normally do. Hope you understand 😉 I might just do some photo recaps and keep the commentary short. It’s much quicker + easier to snap a photo than it is to explain all the ingredients on a plate of unknown foods!
  • I’m going to take some videos but I’ll save those for my return posts

Here is my schedule. Please share with any readers who ask!

Saturday: Fly to Atlanta, 3 hour layover, fly to Amsterdam

Sunday: 3 hour layover, 9 hour flight to Nairobi, arrive in Kenya at 8:30p, dinner in the hotel

Monday: TBD, dinner with the group that night.

Tuesday: Flight to Kericho, begin tea estate activities

Wednesday: TEA tours!

Thursday: Depart from estate and travel through National Park, dinner in Nairobi

Friday: TBD, 10p flight to Amsterdam

Saturday: Arrive in Detroit, short layover, arrive in Charlotte 3pm, attend pot luck St. Patty’s party with our friends!

Just took my first malaria pill. Yikes!!

I will miss you all!!!!!

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  2. Have a GREAT trip! Your schedule looks fantastic.

    I can’t believe you will be able to blog once a day- wow I expected you to be out of blogging for the whole trip! I can’t wait to see your posts.

    SAFE TRAVELS! 🙂

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  8. Have a great time lady! Enjoy your time there, take lots of pics, try new foods and learn a ton! This is a great opportunity and you will have a blast! Be safe and know we are thinking of you back here!

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  22. ahhh, Kath I am super excited for you! Can’t wait to read all about your trip. Have a great time!!! 🙂

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  24. Hi Kath,

    Just in case, take photocopies of your passport and travel documents and keep it separate from the originals. Just in case anything is lost during your trip, it will speed the travel process!! Take your sleeping eye cover (forgot name!?) too!

    Have a great and safe trip! You may just come back a changed woman!!

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  27. Have a FABULOUS time!! I can’t wait to hear about your travels!! Hope all of your flights are on time and you have little to no problems with carry on & luggage!!!

    ENJOY IT!!!

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  35. This is so exciting and adventurous! Can’t wait to read the updates and see the photos. What a great opportunity for you…and your readers 😉

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  38. You are brave and I hope you have an amazing trip! I have been reading for months now, and this is my first comment. I wanted to add that sometimes anxiety can cause odd little chest pains. I’m sure the yoga helped!

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  39. Kath, when you get to Amsterdam, (my commute is SFO to AMS for work ) check out Back to Life,its on Holland Ave in the terminal . they do chair massages, I always get one before my 11 hour flight back home. It makes all the difference. Also right next to it is a muesum, its free and worth the visit.

    Have a safe trip.
    Wendy

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  41. Have soooo much fun! So cool that you get to go to a faraway land where lots of people will never get to go! Enjoy the experience!

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  44. Hi Kath;

    Almost forgot, in the terminal at Schipol, there is an Albert Heijn store , its the local grocery store, they sell fresh fruit juice in glass bottles, its one of my anit-jet lag rituals when I land. My favorit is the cherry juice and also the blood orange .

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  45. Good luck with your travels to and fro, and of course have an AMAZING time.
    Can’t wait for your pictures and recaps!

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  53. sounds like a neat trip! i had malaria…be careful! I even took the prophalaxyis–luckily you’re going to be at the end of the dry season.

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  54. I’m so excited for you! What a great experience it will be! Have fun and be careful! I can’t wait to hear all about your adventure 🙂

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  58. Kath, you are going to have such a great time! I can’t wait to read your posts. Have fun!

    P.S.: Strange chest pains sometimes come from your back.. I’ve had that before and in my weird hypochondriac way I thought I was dying but I really just had to stretch and get some heat on my back. 🙂

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  59. eeeeeeeek, have so much fun and be safe!

    good luck with the malaria pills! the ones i took for peru made me super-moody and very dazed, so i stuck to taking them on a full stomach and right before bed, and that helped TONS (just in case you run into any trouble …)

    your itin sounds AMAZING!! i can’t wait until your pics start rolling in 😀

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  61. Have fun Kath!!

    And don’t be too worried about Malaria — I’ve had soo many professors who have had it and their medicine helped them get through it. 🙂

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  64. Have a wonderful time! I will miss you too but look forward to some fantastic stories! Have a safe trip! How many people get to say that they’ve been to Africa! so cool 😉

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  67. Hey Kath- I’m so excited for you and your trip! I hope your flights aren’t too bad- I get serious sinus pressure during landings.
    I just read your post about some of the packaged foods your bringing and just wanted to say that even though they say you can just add cold water to the Rokit Fuel, I really don’t recommend it. It tastes much better hot!

    Have a great trip!

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  68. Have a safe and enjoyable trip, Kath! I am so exited for you and am so glad that you get to have this once in a lifetime experience. You totally deserve it!

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  74. Have an incredible incredible trip!! Please don’t worry about not posting as frequently and don’t spend too much time on the computer while you’re there…. enjoy Africa!! I’m so excited to hear about your experience!

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  78. Good luck with your traveling dear Kath! 🙂 I am in <3 with those oats, especially the color and flava! 😀 Looking froward to the videos! 😉

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  80. I see you’re laying over in Detroit, although the city itself is a disgrace–we have a wonderful airport. There are tons of shops and restaurants and such. I’m sure you’ll be rather worn out by the time you arrive there. But if it makes you feel better, Michigan has been offering subsidies for movie productions and movie stars have been spotted recently. George Clooney was there a few weeks ago. So, keep your eyes peeled.

    Oh, and safe travels!

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  83. That sounds so fun!! Enjoy your time there and be sure to take advantage of everything you can… this is really a once-in-a-lifetime experience!! Good luck! Can’t wait to hear about it!

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  84. be safe and we’ll miss you too!

    don’t stress over posting, enjoy the tea trip and get some vacay out of as well. ciao!

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  86. Have a wonderful time and know there are lots of readers here thinking of you and looking forward to hearing about your journey!
    Here’s to tea!
    Kathi

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  87. I am so excited for you! Don’t worry about us readers…we will be chomping at the bit for any updates, so even if you only do one we will be happy! 🙂 Hope you soak up the environment and learn a lot! Safe travels!

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  91. Hey Kath! I went to South Africa 2 years ago – it turned me into a vegetarian for a year with all the game meat – kudu and warthog – they were serving so I’m interested to hear what your experience with the food will be like! Good luck with the malaria pills – almost everyone I traveled with had crazy dreams on them (I didn’t) – we called them “Malarone Dreams” (sung to the tune of Billy Ocean’s “Caribbean Queen”) Bon Voyage!!!

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  93. Hi Kath,

    I’m usually a “quiet reader” and rarely comment, but I follow your blog almost every day.

    I hope you will have a wonderful trip to Kenya! My boyfriend spent his childhood in Kenya and Tanzania, where his parents were as UN diplomats, and he always speaks fondly of his time there. The Masai Mara/Serengeti National Park is also one of the most beautiful places I have ever been to myself. I’m sure after your trip you will feel like you want to go back and explore more of the beautiful country one day… 😉

    Wishing you a safe trip, and looking forward to reading about your travels.
    Emma

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  94. The malaria pill is gross, isn’t it?! I had a huge bottle of water ready each time I took one so I could chug away that horrible taste!

    Have a safe trip.

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  100. ohh that oatmeal looks supper yummy!! I don’t have a Great Harvest in my area do they ship any of their products? or could you recommend me and good oatmeal thats healthy I’m trying to experiment with my oatmeal

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