Planes, Trains & Automobiles

Leaving Cairo, it certainly feels like retreat as my Egyptian travels come to an end. I’m sitting in Air France business class flying over the Mediterranean en route to Paris CDG before connecting to Madrid this afternoon. I picked my seat using Travelocity yesterday and was surprised I could pick seats 1-8, assuming this plane did not have anything other than coach. It’s a nice surprise, after the hustle and bustle of Cairo, to recline back in my comfy chair and put the foot rest up while checking on my on-demand in-flight entertainment.

Twenty minutes later and we’ve put a two-course meal consisting of cheeses, breads and pate followed by some roast duck with potatoes behind us. …

Despite the dire plane ticket situation, Jennifer and I both managed to score flights out of Cairo tomorrow using the good ole Internet today. That means we only had the afternoon if we wanted to go see the Pyramids. Abercrombie & Kent was unable to get a guide together on that type of notice so we were going to take a taxi and do it ourselves. We asked the concierge to hail us a taxi to the Pyramids. We got into the taxi after the concierge explained where we were going. What follows is an abbreviated transcript of our conversation. I’ve snipped the really repetitive parts:

Driver: Hello, welcome! How are you doing?

Me: …