Oh my goodness. I can't believe we had to get up at the crack of dawn. I wasn't hungry, more tired than anything. We were given our boxed lunches and were loaded up on the buses. and headed out to Abydos and Dendara. It's dark and Bernice starts with the jokes and you all know my laugh. Everyone's trying to get their sleep on and I'm crying with laughter. I guess it was infectious as a few people started laughing just because we were laughing. After a whi...

Well I didn't make it to the hot air ballooning excursion this morning. Had a bit of a crusty might. Worrying about the world when I really shouldn't. Anyway, we got our luggage out and headed down for breakfast. I'm just really happy to be leaving this crusty ship. While we were eating the group arrived from the hot air ballooning excursion. They all said it was truly an experience. I'm sure they'll be plenty of hot air ballooning trips in my future. Gladys c...

All I have to say is, they should have let us run the kitchen. Breakfast was terrible. omelets were these rolled up egg thingys with green pepper and onion. Gladys seemed tired and walking with that crutch probably was a bit tiring also. We boarded the bus for the 3 hour ride to the East Bank. After the 1st hour, I think I was able to get a cat nap. Valley Of The Kings The Valley of the Kings was the royal cemetery for 62 Pharaohs, and is located on the ...