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Cairo, Egypt (Dexter)
11/20/04 Day 4Well, I had a great time in Dublin. Dublin‘s known for being the home of Guinness ale and people swear it‘s the best glass of Guinness you‘ll get anywhere, because it‘s just fresher there. In fact, I think some pubs claim to have a direct pipeline from the Guinness brewery! So I had to stop into a pub and have a pint or two. It would have been rude not to. I have to admit, it was really good. If you‘re ever in the neighborhood (of Dublin) I highly recommend that you stop in and try some.
So today I took off from Dublin and flew down through Europe. I passed right over Paris, and gave the city a what‘s up shoutout as I flew by. Over the next hour I rolled over Geneva, Switzerland and most of Italy before landing in Rome for gas. Too bad I wasn‘t staying, Rome is such a cool city. Just don‘t drive when you‘re there.
After fueling I took off again, headed for Cairo, Egypt. This flight was really cool, it was night and I was flying straight across the Mediterranean. I took a left at Crete and headed towards Egypt. There‘s something really cool about flying at night over a strange place. It was super dark out, just the wind noise on the plane and tons of stars out.
Now they warned me that Cairo was, believe it or not, recently hit by a locust swarm! How Biblical. I was told that I might not be able to land there. Which is just fine with me, as I generally avoid locusts. I guess, though, the swarm passed through or to the side and I was cleared to land.
Cairo seems so different from European cities cause it‘s just not a Western city. It feels very cool, though, to be in such a wild and historic city.
I will tell you all more later.
