Dear Imaginary Friends,
Today was supposed to be the day that Carlo and I flew to Egypt. By now, we would be checking into our hotel in Cairo, built around an old palace. We were going to see the Nile, and the pyramids, and a zillion other amazing sights.
And what happened instead? Instead, we are sitting at home, with $600 of Egyptian money that our bank, BB and T, does not want back.
There was a revolution, and we were not up for that.
And now it seems that the entire Middle East is going through some tumultuous times. Power vacuums are very dangerous things. Change is always iffy.
Being safely at home is preferable to cowering in a hotel room, but, still....
And we bought travel insurance. But the fine print says, "does not cover civil unrest."
The very classy river boat company Uniworld gave us the option to transfer our payment to a new vacation, so we did.
We decided to play it safe this time, and check out Germany instead. Here's hoping that some mysterious political event, or exploding volcanoes, locusts and pestilence do not invade Germany that week.
There is always the plague to revisit!
Yours very bummed,
Patsie
Today was supposed to be the day that Carlo and I flew to Egypt. By now, we would be checking into our hotel in Cairo, built around an old palace. We were going to see the Nile, and the pyramids, and a zillion other amazing sights.
And what happened instead? Instead, we are sitting at home, with $600 of Egyptian money that our bank, BB and T, does not want back.
There was a revolution, and we were not up for that.
And now it seems that the entire Middle East is going through some tumultuous times. Power vacuums are very dangerous things. Change is always iffy.
Being safely at home is preferable to cowering in a hotel room, but, still....
And we bought travel insurance. But the fine print says, "does not cover civil unrest."
The very classy river boat company Uniworld gave us the option to transfer our payment to a new vacation, so we did.
We decided to play it safe this time, and check out Germany instead. Here's hoping that some mysterious political event, or exploding volcanoes, locusts and pestilence do not invade Germany that week.
There is always the plague to revisit!
Yours very bummed,
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