Well, after 23 hours of flying and a short drive home from Cincinnati, Lea, Frank and I made it home last night around 3:30 p.m. All the flights were F,F and E (fast, fun and easy)! The only hiccup was that Lea and Frank's checked luggage ended up being loaded on a later flight. Getting a delayed luggage claim filed, etc. took some extra time, but we were on the road to Lexington around 2:00. Bless Lillibeth's heart for coming to get us and for her patience. I couldn't get cell phone service in the airport. I received a voice mail from her once we landed, so I had coverage on the tarmac, but not inside the terminal. Anyway, it was all sorted out and we were on our way home tired, but happy.
Turns out that Martin was on the 3:30 flight that Lea and Frank's luggage was on. Apparently he saw their bags on the carousel and delivered them to our house last night! What an angel he is and what a gift it was to see them on our back porch last night around 9:30! That kind of thoughtfulness and generosity was experienced by us throughout our trip and we're so grateful to have friends and family who are so loving and considerate. We're truly blessed!
On our drive home from the Cincy airport, we were amazed at how green and hilly Kentucky now seems to us after 3-weeks in Egpyt!
We're, of course, jet lagged. Frank went to bed first. He's been fighting a cold that the group started sharing near the end of the cruise. Please send energy that Lea and I can avoid getting this. Thanks! Then Lea went to bed around 7:30 and I stayed up until 10:00. We all woke up this morning at 6:30 a.m.
Well, at this point, I think this will conclude my new entries for this Egypt Blog. If I think of something else to add, I will. I've already added some videos to previous posts, so if you get a chance, please feel free to go back and take a look at those. I could never get the videos to load properly while in Egpyt as the file size seemed to put me over my bandwidth limit. There are MANY things to be grateful for in being home, and true high-speed broadband is one of them (along with pups, soft tissues and thick toilet paper)!
Egypt is an amazing country and I highly recommend it as a destination for anyone wanting to have an adventure. The sites, temples, landscape, and Nile valley are magnificent and on a scale that no photo can do justice. However, Egypt's biggest treasure is her people. Egyptian hospitality knows no bounds and a visitor's comfort is of prime concern. As our dear friends Manal and Basem say, "Nothing is impossible." and that sums up the attitude and spirit of the Egyptian people. We're truly blessed to have visited Egypt again, and I hope to go back again some day!
Thanks for all those who visited my blog and who added comments along the way. I haven't had a chance to read them all, yet, but hope to later this morning. Knowing that you were following our journey with us motivated me to continue to post and I could feel you there in Egypt with us. Thanks for that support and for the love and energy you sent us--it made a HUGE difference. Please feel free to continue to comment. There's no reason we can't continue to discuss the highlights of the trip together in this blog by using the comments section. I hope that trip participants, most who weren't able to keep up with this blog while traveling, will add their comments and memories, too. This blog was written from my experiences only and there's so much more than any one person's perspective to share. I hope that the sharing and commenting continues. If not, this blog seems to have served it purpose by allowing me to share with you a little of what we experienced while in Egpyt. I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I did writing it.
I hope to see all of you again in person sometime soon. Until then, much love and gratitude,
Stuart
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