The tile-roofed farmhouse where she lived, about 10 miles southwest of Nairobi, is now a museum, with some of her furniture, landscaped gardens and the same view of the Ngong Hills she enjoyed. Those who have read “Out of Africa” or have seen the 1985 movie version of the book, starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford, know that Dinesen went to East Africa in 1914 and stayed 17 years, managing the farm after her marriage to Swedish Baron Bror Blixen-Finecke unraveled and eventually falling in love with English safari guide Denys Finch Hatton. For Dinesen, it was the Kenyan coffee plantation in the lee of the Ngong Hills that she made famous in her memoir, “Out of Africa,” and, in her later life, a modest manor house called Rungstedlund about 30 miles north of Copenhagen.
That’s why I am always moved by the stories of people like Danish author Isak Dinesen who grow passionately attached to a place.
They care about the English Lake District the way others care about food or sports. Dedicated travelers often have a strong love of place.
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