Sunday (June 7) - A day of rest?

Today was mostly a day of rest for Bonnie and I. Melanie, Megan, Ephraim, and Kaja set off sometime “early” in morning. Kaja was dropped at a friend’s home and the others went on to the Pyramids of Giza. The girls and Ephraim had a great time from all descriptions that were received. If you look at Melanie and Megan’s  Facebook pages you will certainly see a summary of their adventures.

Bonnie and I didn’t arise until 11:30 AM on Sunday. I guess it was a rest catch-up day. We have been going to bed late and rising early most mornings since we arrived. No one certainly seemed to be in a rush. While we were getting breakfast together Bonnie noticed one pair of my pants had a tear in it. She was going to fix it but Ezzat took it to a taylor a few blocks away and when he came back told me it would be done in two hours.

On and off yesterday and after I got up today I have been texting with Aya Abdelaziz. She is a young lady that spent a year in Anchorage about 10 or 11 years ago as an exchange student. The year we had Maral and Finanda, Aya was also attending Dimond HS and spent a lot of time at our house. We wanted to get together with her and her husband Amr before we left Egypt. They were married last year and had invited us to their wedding. Unfortunately my job got in the way and we weren’t able to make the trip but that should not happen again.

Anyway, we got together with them for a nice meal and wonderful conversation. Her husband seems to be a wonderful young man. They met one another at medical school and their lives together took off a little while later. Amr plans to join his father’s surgery practice when he complete his residency (5 years). Aya will be a dermatologist and has one year of residency that she just started. I know she will be a wonderful doctor. Once again renewing old acquaintances has been a special experience.

We got back to the flat about 11 PM that evening and began the task of preparing to go to Ain El Sokhna for the next few days. Kaja informed us that we would need to be up at 7 AM to get going on this trip and she would be mean if she had to be.