15 days of a trip of a Lifetime

We walked 55 miles * took 132,000 steps * climbed 156 flights of stairs * stayed in 6 hotels * was on 4 continents (North America, Europe, Africa and Asia) * drank approximately 30 bottles of water * took 10 flights from start to finish * Traveled by car, plane, bus, balloon, motorboat, cruise ship, sailboat, camel and horse!

Day 1 & 2 ( Oct 29 & 30) started with our flight out of Little Rock to Dallas and then Cairo we didn’t arrive in Cairo until 11:30PM the next day. A very long trip.

Day 3 (Oct 31) We set off on a guided tour of Cairo, by Amr Shamala, our Egyptologist for the next week. We visited the Cairo Citadel. Built in the 12 century by the mighty Saladin and originally used as a fortress, it remained the seat of the Egyptian government until the 19th Century.

Next stop was the Muhammad Ali Mosque, built in the Ottoman stye and known as the Alabaster Mosque for its extensive marble paneling.  Its twin minarets make it one of the most striking structures in Cairo’s cityscape.