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Tag Archives: Egypt
Surprise in Safaga, Egypt
Friday Dear Elsie, Sometimes you go places and don’t expect much and then you get a big surprise when you find some good thing about it. That’s what happened today is Safaga, Egypt. We arrived to a majestic sunrise. I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged Cruising, Egypt, Hurghada Egypt, Red Sea, Safaga, Sinfonia 2022
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Camel Rides in the Sinai Desert
Thursday Dear Elsie Today was the day we went on a camel ride! We arrived in Sharm El-Sheik, which is a sunny holiday resort on the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. It looked rather grand when we arrived this morning with … Continue reading
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Tagged Egypt, Sinai, Sinfonia 2022
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Sooty Sokhna, Egypt
Wednesday Dear Elsie Today we have been on the ship a week! Overnight, we arrived in a small city on the coast of Egypt called Sokhna. I have to say it did not come with great first impressions. When we … Continue reading
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Tagged Egypt, MSC Sinfonia, Sinfonia 2022, Sokhna
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Saturday’s To-Do List
Saturday I had a number of things to do today and I ended up doing all of two of them and some of the rest of them. Do my 2nd provisional tax. Clean my house. Do some work. Go to … Continue reading
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Tagged Egypt, Hurghada Egypt, Red Sea, Travelling
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Aswan
Monday Today has been a long day but we have finally arrived at our good ship Stephanie! It’s a river boat and we are currently docked at Aswan on the Nile. We had a leisurely breakfast before packing up and … Continue reading