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Continue reading →: We are in Vilnius
We spent 27 hours in airplanes and airports, but somehow it didn’t seem terrible, we had a long flight (and seats that lay flat) on the seven hour flight from Chicago to Frankfurt. And I tried out a combination of Melatonin, Ativan and Advil. Both of got 5 good hours…
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Continue reading →: And we are all packed
Once more please get some cubes to pack in. We always use them, but will love them a lot this trip. We are in each hotel for 3 nights. Which is long enough to unpack if it is easy AND with the cubes it is oh-so-easy. Oh my goodness Word…
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Continue reading →: Dreaming of our next trip
I love this stage of traveling. Where all the details are done (A BIG shout out to Max for getting us a visa to Russia) and now we are just in the dreamland of trying to imagine the trip and what we want out of it. I have finished most…
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Continue reading →: HOME
Well..we made it home and slept on and off for the last two days. We left our hotel in Cairo at 11pm on Wednesday night, and after 31 hours of traveling arrived her at 5 on Thursday. All I can say it that was an amazing adventure.. Being…
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Continue reading →: Saqqara–the Old Kingdom
so Our last day in Egypt and we drove out past the Pyramids to the capital of the Old Kingdom (2000 BC) –Memphis and then went to Sakaara–which was their buriel ground. Ramses II had to put up a statue in Memphis…along with almost everywhere else. This one fell down…
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Continue reading →: Islamic Cairo
We returned to Cairo yesterday and went to a Souk… this is a huge street market..We knew what they were because we rode through one in a carriage in Luxor…which now I think about it was a really strange mixing of cultures… anyhow they are fun and crazy and crowded…shops…
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Continue reading →: The rest of the day
After seeing the most amazing old temple…and walking and walking all over it…it takes up 16 Acres. We moved to our new hotel…and I say moved because with Odyssey you just are handed a refreshing drink when youget to your new abode, and a room key and you go to…
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Continue reading →: Karnak Temple Pictures
I added captions on all the pictures–so make sure to click so it becomes a slide show, There is SO much to restore…these people are working hard, but this is like emptying A swimming pool with a teaspoon…eventually you will make headway..but goodness how slowly.
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Continue reading →: Last day in Luxor
Oh my gosh…what a day.. we checked out of the ship that took us down the Nile and went directly to Karnak Temple…which is HUGE. everyone built in it–Rameses, Hetsutshep, Tutmosthis, Alexander the Great…for over 1800 years…there are no pictures that can convey the size…so here are a few of…
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Continue reading →: Luxor Temple
We took a boat ride back to our ship..check out his folk art boat Then after a mandatory nap..honestly..Tarek is very clear about what we are supposed to do we went to the Temple Across the Street. it was initially built by Amenhotep III but then Ramses II added…
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We have 2 days at a resort in Bodrum. Then off to Sicily on April 30th.
2026--Turkey and Sicily 