During a recent trip to Nairobi, Kenya, I took the opportunity to visit Karen Blixen's house. To be honest, I really did not know her story as I had fallen asleep every time I attempted to watch the movie "Out of Africa," and also always confused it with "Born Free."
Now I have a much better understanding; my goodness Karen Blixen had an incredibly sad life.
It is quite a sad and poignant take on the life in Kenya in the early 1900's. A very different time of hunting wild animals; interestingly giraffes were illegal to shoot and lions were fair game.
Was super happy to find a copy of the book in the gift shop.
The driveway leading to Karen Blixen's home.
Karen Blixen's home
Karen's favourite piece of machinery used to work the 6000 hectares of the coffee plantation she had.
Remains of an ox wagon used to transport the coffee; it needed 16 oxen to pull it!
Photo of Karen Blixen in her room
Dining room
Where her writing magic happened.
Outside lawn.
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