Sunday 12 April 2009

Beach Holiday 2009 - Egypt

We spent the first week of Spring Break with Ally's parents in Egypt. Everyday was wonderful; here's a quick summary of the week:

April 5 - Lounging about the resort's pools. Papa Ricky & Bammy arrive in evening.

April 6 - Lounging on the beach at the Red Sea. Luke does a short test dive, but Ally chickens out at the last minute.

April 7 - Lounging about the resort's pools. Spend the evening at Naama Bay (eat at Hard Rock Cafe, partly in Alex's honor but mostly because we knew we could eat the food and not get sick).

April 8 - Happy b-day to Ally! Luke & Ally travel to Cairo for Giza Pyramids; Sphinx; Egyptian Museum, including King Tut's treasures and 2,000 - 3,000 year old mummies; and bargaining for "treasures" of our own in local markets.

April 9 - Excursion to Mt Sinai and Dahab. Celebrate Ally's b-day in the evening with a very unique cake.

April 10 - More lounging about the resort's pools. Say goodbye to Papa Ricky and Bammy in late afternoon.

April 11 - Still more lounging about the resort's pools. It may seem at this point like we did a lot of pool side relaxing, but trust me when I say we loved every minute.

April 12 - Back in London flat by 2:30 a.m. Izzie awake by 6:30 a.m. It's now 6:00 p.m.; the skies are overcast and the temperature is chilly. Luke, Ally and Maddie have been awake all day and wishing they were back in Egypt.

I know I've included way too many pictures, but check out the following slide show of our adventures.





8 comments:

Kim said...

Wow! Looks like you had lots of fun. I am glad you enjoyed pool time. We loved that part of Hawaii. Ally I like your black and white swimsuit, and Maddie that was a great model pose.

Anonymous said...

Wow! It looks like another beach holiday was a blast! I am sad that I missed this year's :( We will have to go back to the Canary Islands someday, or like I said-next summer should be Cape Cod or somewhere else fabulous along the East Coast!!! Love y'all tons! Miss you! Happy, happy Easter!

Vanalee said...

I love and miss you all. I can't believe it's over. It was such a fun time!

lramey said...

wow.sers. of COURSE you must always have fries at the pool! LOVE her super model poses and all pics of all of you for sure!! the girls are getting so big!!! You are the coolest ever!!! someday you are going to be our tour guides through europe!! Deal???

i love you all!!!!!

Alex said...

You guys have too much fun! We love the pictures...The girls are growing up too fast.

Ruth said...

i am glad you posted lots of pics--looks like a bunch of fun and i am all about laying around at the pool or the beach so good for y'all

Megan said...

What an awesome trip! I have always wanted to go to Egypt!

Bradshaw Clan said...

As usual, it looks like you had a great time!!!! Maybe now that you're moving back to the States I won't be nearly as jealous. I will be so happy to see you on a regular basis though.