Leaving for Egypt tomorrow, which is Thanksgiving Day. Lots to do in the meantime. Had to expidite the renewal of my passport which cost me some $$. Now I have an empty book as opposed to one that is filled with VISA’s from the off-the-beaten track destinations I used to frequent with my groups. The old passport represents evidence of a life well-traveled. The new passport is a second chance at another beginning. It just occurs to me that the first VISA in my old passport was to Egypt! They say there are no coincidences in life.....

Photo of me at the alabastor Mosque of Mohammed Ali in the Citadel back in 1995.