I can't believe that tomorrow is January 24, 2020 and Ed and I will be leaving on our 3 week trip to Egypt and Jordan.

The last six months have been incredibly busy and somewhat stressful and part of me is wondering why we are going away but the other part of me knows that Ed and I both need a break. I'm hoping that I will be able to relax and enjoy this, what should be amazing, trip. The awe inspiring pyramids and all the history that goes with them, a 3 day cruise on the Nile, walking into the hidden city of Petra and floating in the dead sea.

We opted to join a tour for this trip --- between the volatility in the middle east, potential language barriers and wanting guides overflowing with historical information booking with a tour company seemed like the right thing to do. This particular tour has a maximum of 16 people, which we have found to be a good number in the past.

We leave Toronto tomorrow evening, fly to Frankfurt, transfer to another plane and continue on to Cairo landing on Saturday the 25th in the late afternoon. It's going to be a long day ---- hope I can sleep on the plane.