Egypt Day 1

All those stories I had heard of people waiting six hours in Cairo airport were perhaps a little exagerated as I swear we were through the whole process in less than half an hour. We met our representative called Hany and we were off. Its funny how easily one forgets what its like to be in a large, third world city; the pollution! the traffic! the noise! the smell! All came flooding back. We stayed at our hotel Aman which was rather like a dive but we had Nile views from our 12th floor room (see photos). There wasn't much to do but eat really and go to bed as the next day was going to be long. However, lucky old us (sarcastic) there happened to be a wedding on the 13th floor Restaurant. In turn, thumping bass of Arabic dance music (strange thought) pulsated through the floor, intermittingly intrerrupted by Egyptian shreiking (a women thing) until the wee hours of the morning. Despite wanting to kill them I couldn't help but also want to go up and join in.

Goodbye Paris Hello Egypt

We are currently waiting for our connecting flight in Dubai. Had grand plans of spending the eight or so hours that we had to wait going to see Dubai city but I haven't slept (stupid flights) and so sleeping seemed a more exciting option. Our last two nights in Paris were great and am very sad to leave. We spent our last night on the Champs Elysee which is the big bouvelard that leads to the Arc de Triomph. At night the whole street is lit with fairy lights and the effect is stunning. Also had some a grat day shopping and managed to get more than a whole new outfit. Amazingly Paris has my size (28) which in Australia is hard to find. Not sure how easily internet access will be in Egypt so this may be our last post until we atleast get back to Dubai in 9-10 days. Hope all is well at home.

Day 15-19 Poitiers

Arrived to Poitiers on Sat to spend the next four or so days with Tim's cousin Andy and his french wife Sophie and their two children Clara (7) and Elise (4). It was nice to see them again as I hadn't seen them in over 3 years! Unfortunately, Andy and Spohie had to work quite a lot but ,managed to spend the time that we did have with them well. Both Sophie and Andy teach English so on Monday Tim and I went to visit Sophie's class so that they could ask questions about Australia. It was great, really good fun and the kids seemed to get a kick out of it too. Now I can say that I have taught English in France and Brazil!! We are now back in Paris again to spend the next few days doing shopping and seeing a few sites etc before we head off to Egypt this Sat (9/12). As such we had to say goodbye to our little Peugeot 207 which is the new model of Tim's car so it was a good road test.

Day II

Recovering slightly from a very big night last night. Went and saw George Micheal perform here in London. I wasn't a fan but thought whilst in London why not. But I must say that I had the best time, a really good show and I knew alot of the songs which was great. It was a massive contrast to the night before when I went and saw Tool which is a heavy/rock band that I loved in my angry teenage years. Was great to see them as they are a great band but realised I've grown out of that music now. So anyway last night was the first time I have actually gone out out in London. We didn't get home until 8:30 which is usually evident of a good night. Still in many ways I am a little dissapointed as most things closed really really early which is unusual for me. Was a Tuesday though so I kinda understand. Head back to Paris tomorrow for a few days before heading down to Poitiers to see Tim's cousin which will be nice. Am looking forward to going back to Paris as it really feels like home. Without offending any certain Brits, I'm not that big a fan of London. Will try and keep up to date as much as is humanly possible. xx