Blogs from Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America - page 73

Two days until I leave for Egypt! Below is my itinerary: Friday, Jan 25 - Leave O'Hare at 5:40 pm on Air France Saturday, Jan 26 - Arrive Cairo at 7:00 pm after a 4 1/2 hour layover in Paris Sunday, Jan 27 - Tuesday, Jan 29 - Cairo on my own with various tours & excursions planned Wednesday, Jan 30 - my tour begins with a visit the pyramids and the Egyptian Museum. Overnight train to Aswan Thursday, Jan 31 - Aswan Friday, Feb 1 - Sunday, Feb 3 - Nile cruise from Aswan to Luxor Monday, Feb 4 - Luxor. Overnight train back to Cairo Tuesday, Feb 5 - Cairo Wednesday, Feb 6 - Sinai/St Catherine's Monastery Thursday, Feb 7 - Climb Mt Sinai at sunrise, then on to Dahab Friday, Feb 8- Dahab ... read more

Jagshemash!!! Greetings from the land of the free, home of the brave, blah blah blah. Yes, I'm still alive and kicking. Hope everyone had a great Christmas. Well, we can't say "Christmas" anymore cos it's not politically correct... whatever. I think it's been over a year since I've updated you on my adventures. Or should I say misadventures? To be honest, I didn't really do much in 2007. After getting my ass out of Toronto in February (thank God - I was constantly worried my roommate might violate me while I was asleep), I set about getting my visa to work in the states. A few phone interviews and I score a job as a project manager for Siemens. That's SIEMENS, not...... anyway. Before starting work, I went back to Vancouver to pick up my work ... read more

Waiting in Chicago O'hara(sp?) Airport.... 3.5 hour layover - wireless is not free, but I'm using my cell phone and dial-up. I've found a place to stay in Peruvia, Italy, between Rome and Florence! Another couch surfer/host: http://www.couchsurfing.com/profile.html?id=1GEXS30 Wish me luck! 2 more hours until boarding! ... read more

This morning I woke up in a hotel near the Chicago O'Hare Airport. My flight out of Denver yesterday was delayed by about 7 hours and therefore I missed my flight from Chicago to Madrid last night. United Airlines gave me a voucher for a hotel room after I waited in a customer service line in Chicago for almost 2 hours. All of the people in the line were frusterated travelers on the same flight I was on from Denver. I leave for Madrid later today(24 hours later from my original flight) at 4:30pm Central time. Since I am so late I will miss my flight to Equatorial Guinea, which should have left tonight, I will be in Madrid for the weekend. I am not too upset about that. I will just have to eat some ... read more

Awake at around 4, because I was so excited. Actually no, I grew out of that when I was about 19. But we were up fairly early and all opened presents around the tree. I asked if we could sit in Chris and Jackie's bed while we opened them as my brother and I would do in my parents' bed as kids, but this was deemed inappropriate. Considering I was a last minute addition, I was pleasantly surprised to see a stocking (well, a tube sock) hanging up for me. Dan and I had decided to anglicise the day as much as possible, so we each had a satsuma and some chocolate, then Dan had got me a cool T shirt, and Chris and Jackie a copy of On the Road - a present originally intended ... read more