Planes, Trains & Automobiles

Somewhere in the Nile Valley, I’m sitting in the top bunk of a two-person overnight sleeper train en route from Cairo to Aswan. Jennifer is reading a book on the bunk below and we’re somewhere about three hours outside of Cairo. We’re scheduled to arrive at Luxor around 5:45am and into Aswan about 8am. At the train station, a representative from Abercrombie and Kent will be meeting us to take us to the ship and get us checked in and taken care of. Tomorrow is a free day in Aswan so we’re planning to trust our Lonely Planet guide to see a few of the major sights. Jennifer read somewhere yesterday that Luxor holds 2/3rds …

And now for something completely different…Welcome to Cairo, Egypt! For all of the interesting things Western Europe has to offer, the first time you have to get a visa for your passport as an American, you know you’re not in Kansas anymore.

Our flight from Greece left Athens International at 12:50am this morning and arrived in Cairo around 2:45. Jennifer and I both slept almost the entire way except when we opened our eyes to find the flight attendants had left us a late night snack and drink on our tray tables. I can’t remember the last time a US-flight attendant didn’t take a sleeping passenger as an opportunity to pocket an extra dollar for …