Follow the adventures of Andrea and Randy Goodell as they retire, leave the Rat Race, move to Tomar, Portugal, and continue to explore the world.
August 25 – September 5, 2019 After Esna, we headed as far south as we could go on the Nile to the Aswan Dam. The dam was built during the 1960’s by Gamel Nassar, then Egypt’s president. The dam, known as the High Dam, replaced a smaller version up the river that had been built …
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August 25 – September 5, 2019 After boating through the night from Qena, we arrive in Esna, Egypt in the early morning. During the night, we went through a lock to take us from the lower part of the Nile to the higher part, in front of the Aswam Dam. While we slept through this …
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August 25 – September 5, 2019 We started our journey on the Viking Antares by heading north from Luxor, down the Nile (down as the river flows south to north, unlike most rivers that flow north to south) to the town of Qena and the Dendera Temple. After the great sunset, it was off to …
August 25 – Sept. 5, 2019 After the amazing temples at Karnak and Luxor, it was back on the bus to head out to the tomb of Queen Hatshepsut and the Valley of the Kings. She was the second confirmed female Pharaoh in Egyptian history and was quite successful and powerful. She grabbed the throne …
August 25 – Sept. 5, 2019 After our last night in Cario, we head out to the Cairo airport via bus to board a charter flight to Luxor, Egypt. We are heading south to meet up with our ship, the Viking Antares, to begin the river cruise portion of our trip. After about an hour …
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August 25 – September 5, 2019 After our great day with the Pyramids and the Sphinx, we stayed in Cairo to see the Egyptian Museum and some local sights. As mentioned before, Cairo is quite a mess. The traffic is un-driveable for anyone other than a local. The city is dirty, full of police and …
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August 25 – September 5, 2019 The next day in Cairo was one of the big ones for our trip. We headed out on the Viking bus from the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Cairo to Giza and to see the Pyramids and the Sphinx. We started off with some smaller pyramids before we hit the …
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August 25 – September 5, 2019 Our flight from Athens, Greece to Cairo, Egypt was uneventful, which is always a good thing. Our hotel, the Ritz Carlton, had arranged for a taxi driver to pick us up at the airport arrivals section. His sign said Mr. Andrea Goodell, so we found him very easily. Andrea …
Continue reading “Cairo, Egypt – the Viking River Cruise beginning.”
August 22 – 25, 2019 We flew from Bellgrade, Serbia to Athens, Greece with no issues. Turned in the rental car in Belgrade with no charges (we left it really dirty to cover any little scratches) and met up with our prearranged airport taxi exactly as planned. The taxi took us to the Palladian Hotel, …
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August 19 – 22, 2019 We drive from Craiova, Romania to Belgrade, Serbia to return the rental car and begin the next phase of the trip. The road trip through Eastern Europe is about over. Time to fly from Belgrade to Athens to Cairo to begin the Viking River Cruise down the Nile River in …
Andrea and Randy Goodell explore Europe, Asia, United States, the Caribbean, and then move to Portugal!