Walking Down Delain

Oh, if you have the chance, GO TO EGYPT. You have GOT to GO TO EGYPT. I visited Egypt in February-March 2019. We flew out of JFK — economy class — and landed at Cairo Airport. The first thing you must do upon landing (after stretching your legs, of course ... it's an overnight flight and economy class is not comfortable) is visit the Egyptian Bank with US$25 in cash to pay for your visa to enter the country. No $25 cash, no visa and you turn around and go home on the next flight. You can give them US$30 or US$50 if you want, but they will not give you change. Just take US$25 with you. Only after you visit the bank and get your visa do you collect your luggage and go through customs. I was with a tour group and I've had a KTN (Known Traveler Number) for awhile now, so customs was probably easier for me than it might have been. You're going to be exhausted after that flight, so don't do what I did and spend $69 to hear the Great Sphinx of Giza talk. I saw t...

This is my new travel blog. I should have started this years ago; I've gone to some pretty cool places. England. Sweden. My Grand Tour of Europe in a Ford Fiesta and a pup tent (France, West Germany, Lichtenstein, Italy, Austria, Switzerland). All that was in the 1980s. A long, long time ago now, but I have great memories of those travels. Then I didn't travel for a very long time. Instead, I got married, had a daughter, got divorced, went to law school (with my then-preteen daughter in tow), and have been running my law practice since 2004. My daughter is now fully grown and off on her own. And, at last, I've started traveling again. This blog is where I will write about and post photos of my past adventures and plans for future adventures.