(Originally posted at The Arena August 9, 2009-Day 1: After nine months of planning and research, it was finally time to head out on our big adventure to Egypt. We had to furiously pack for a three week trip during our handful of hours at home after our week at Nags Head. Sadly, I was up until 6:00am getting ready. We put on our heavy bags and walked over to the Pentagon City Metro. Walking through the mall, wearing these huge bags, was quite entertaining. Filled with excitement, we arrived at Reagan National. We soon found out that our flight to JKF was delayed about and hour-and-a-half. With only an 2.5 hour layover in JFK before our flight to Cairo, this added a bit of stress. We also learned that Howard, who was originally leaving from
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