Happy 12th birthday Josh! I can’t believe you are 12.
Not much to report. The flights to Frankfurt and Cairo were uneventful and largely sleepless. We were met in Cairo by our tour company who whisked us through immigration. We drove for about a hour, through rush hour traffic, to our hotel. We are staying at the Sheraton which is a very nice hotel overlooking the Nile. After getting settled in our room we explored the hotel a little. The area around the hotel didn’t look great and our guide, Mustafa, told us that we would be approached by aggressive vendors so we decided to eat at the Egyptian restaurant in the hotel. Rick got hummus, roasted beet salad, and tameeya. I had chicken shawarma. Everything was great. After dinner we fell into bed to get soon very needed sleep in preparation for an early 4:30 AM departure for Luxor.