Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Holy Land Trip (Arrival in Egypt)

After 30 hours of travel, we're finally here in Cairo, Egypt.
We arrived early this morning (Wednesday, March 11th). After we reached our hotel and unpacked, it was nearly 5 am local time before we went to bed. Most of us were back up and ready for breakfast today by 9 am.
I'm writing to you this morning, but am still a little weary from all the travel.

Today's sightseeing includes a tour of old Cairo and a trip to an Egyptian Museum.

Our team of 40+ left from Lexington, KY, on Monday, March 9th. Our flight left Louisville for Detriot on Monday evening and we then traveled through the night to Amsterdam.

We took a tour of the city of Amsterdam yesterday (Tuesday, March 10th).
The tour included visiting a farm where cheese and wooden shoes are made, a boat ride on some the city's many canals as well as a tour of the house where Anne Frank's family hid from the Nazis during WWII.

It was a good time and some pictures from the day can be found below.
God bless and I'll keep you posted.

In Him,
Greg Herriford




3 comments:

Tim Cooper said...

Glad to hear you all arrived safely. Did you try on the wooden shoes? Tell mom and dad I said hello.

Tami said...

If you get a chance, please tell Mike and Diane Meadows that their grandchildren from Florida said hello - they missed talking with them before they left for the trip. We are all praying for your safety and may God bless everyone while on this trip.

Erin Brangers said...

Hey Greg! Tell Mom and Sandy we are thinking of them and everything is fine here.