Well, we did indeed do it! What an absolutely amazing week last week was. I am now back in full swing of work and already starting to fade into a distant memory but before it does I want to update this blog so that I can try to capture some of those memories. (I probably won't do it all in this post, so bear with me!)
Ok so - Day 1
I'd been a little bit teary on Friday night, I was so worried about saying goodbye to Graham so I was desperately trying to hold it together on the way to the airport but didn't quite manage it. We found the meeting point, 45 minutes early, but we weren't the only early birds. There were another 3 people there before me so not too many for me to cry in front of! Graham made a swift exit once the tears started again so that I didn't embarass either of us too much.
I was wonderful to meet Linda, who I have been speaking with for the past 6 months on Facebook. She was there in memory of her brother who passed away last year from heart failure - she is such a strong and brave lady and very quickly became my 2nd mother.
Once we'd all checked our bags in, it was up to shops and bar. Our flight was delayed by 2 hours so we had plenty of time to chat, have a cheeky alcoholic beverage and get to know each other a little bit.
5 hours later we landed in Cairo and lost a couple more hours due to the time difference and finally got to our 1st hotel at midnight where they had dinner prepared for us. I also had news from home that David 'The Haymaker' Haye had won his fight against the giant - happy days!!
It was then off to bed for a well needed, if short, sleep.
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