July 26, 2007

Our last few hours at the JW were spent at the pool. Upon returning to our room, we heard a calm voice from the side of the lobby "I'm afraid I haven't kept up with your Blog". It was Ian Sutton, who did not know we were in the hotel, let alone in Cairo. We met Ian in Winnipeg during a military airshow 20 years ago. Ian is now a British Airways pilot who lives outside of London, but has managed to stay in touch all these years. After trading stories over a couple pints of beer, we were all still amazed at yet another precious example of how small the world really is.
The power was off in Ma'adi for a couple of hours today, which seems to happen everytime the temperature goes over 40 degrees. I hope it doesn't happen tomorrow too, since they are expecting it to reach 44.
Tomorrow! We will be out of the hotel, and in David and Jacqueline's new apartment. All the appliances are in and hooked up except the oven and stove top. Oh well, I guess we will have to eat out until that happens. And I will have to find an internet cafe, since the phone won't be hooked up for a couple of weeks. Good thing for cell phones.
Next week Dale will be flying with Adam in Cannes, so I am planning on spending a couple of days there with them. I promise to send pictures.
Love,
Laurel