World Cup 2010 - Day 2

Frankfurt is a quick turnaround. We had a 1.5 hour stay and then on to a 4 hour flight to Cairo. Again, we are in business class and the service was great. We were treated well and enjoyed the food too!

So we arrived in Cairo at around 3:30pm and were walking past the luggage carousels when Brandi noticed her suitcase go by. Originally, our luggage was booked all the way to Johannesburg, but I guess not hers. We made a quick stop to the EgyptAir baggage service (who we will fly next) and then received a visa for our day stay in Cairo.

Let me tell you something...it is amazingly easy to get into Egypt. All you need is $15.00 and they don't even look at your passport. Weird. So, we get the visa, go through immigration (about 2 minutes) and then make our way out. We were met by Hany Halim, our tour gude for Cairo. He was a nice man, knew about his culture, and really loves his country!

He was able to take us to the Cairo museum, to the main market, and even to a restaurant on the Nile. (I will be putting up pictures soon).

We bought a few things at the market, smoked a hookah (Brandi wanted it), had some tea, and then Hany brought us to the airport. That is where the issues began.

So, we get to the airport for our flight. Juliana and I are fine with our tickets, but Brandi and Joseph were told that they did not have a ticket. In fact, their travel is the same flight, but the next day. After speaking to multiple agents, calling customer service lines, etc. to no avail they were stuck for a 24 hour period.

After much decision making, Juliana and I decided to head out and maintain our flights/hotel while Brandi/Joseph stayed behind for a day.

The links to a few pics are now available:

http://picasaweb.google.com/aquadri26/WorldCupDay2#