December 1 - 12 - Christmas parties abound in the first couple of weeks in Cyprus as many of the ex-pats return to the UK or wherever home is for Christmas. Unfortunately, Dale got called out last minute for some CRM training in Zurich from the 7th to the 11th, so he missed a few.
December 14 - After breakfast with Adam and his good buddy/co-pilot Blake, we rushed downtown to get our train tickets for the next day. We didn't quite make it by 2:30 which is when the office was supposed to close, but being Egypt, there was no problem. We then gave MJ Crouch a call, and popped in for a visit. A couple of hours later and after a lovely dinner (Neil made it home too), we dropped in to David and Jacqueline's to help with their annual packaging party. 160 gift bags for Sudanese children - double last year and I believe double the goodies. And everyone there was Canadian plus one American. What are the odds? I wonder if we can make it again next year! What with all the fun and goodies and good works, it is worth a try.
December 15 - After breakfast with the boys it was time to get out onto the Golf course. My lessons from our last trip to Cairo seemed to still be helping, but there was no keeping up to Adam and Blake and Dale. By the time I had a nice relaxing hot-tub, it was time to pack and catch our train. I am so glad we gave ourselves some extra time - the traffic - even by Cairo standards was horrendous. We hit bottle-neck after bottle-neck to the point of distraction. Thankfully we still arrived in plenty of time, plus apparently and certainly unbeknownst to us, the train is usually late!
The train itself is another story. Back in the 60's it was certainly First Class and quite luxurious, but at least nowadays it is still comfortable if a bit tired. Dinner and breakfast left a lot to be desired as well, but we had been eating too much anyway. As it was the sleeper train, we got all tucked in and comfortable in our bunks for the 12 hour ride.
To be continued . .
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