Having the great luck to already be across the pond in Leeds England at a policing conference, I found a great deal on a flight to Cairo, via Milan.......Never been to Egypt before......seemed like a good idea. The reality was this was a very difficult trip - not so easy to be a single blonde woman in a fundamentalist Islamic country. I was able to go from Alexandria in the north all the way through Egypt, including 7 dys on the Nile is a pretty small boat, t...

After a week in London, we flew to Athens and jumped on the first ferry type boat that was heading for the islands. After a few stops at some beautiful small islands, we arrived in Rhodes for a week of fun in the sun. I had secured, very last minute, a timeshare week on the island of Rhodes. We rented a motorcycle and toured the island and the black and red volcanic sand: enjoying the topless beaches and the chilled out atmosphere that embodies Greece.From R...