Thursday, January 1, 2009

Only 4 Days!

We are only four days away from our big trip to Egypt and Israel. We are both getting very excited about the trip. We are also a little worried about the violence in Israel, but realize that our seminary and the travel agency have been to the Middle East many times and and have taken students on trips hundreds of times and we feel confident that they are keeping our safety first in their minds.

We hope that you will follow us on our journey, we will try to update this bog as often as possible on our 15 days. Here's a quick itinerary so that you can get an idea of where we are and what we will be doing on any given day.

Monday, January 5 -Travel

Continental 1758

Depart Austin 12:15 PM
Arrive Houston 1:14 PM

Lufthansa 441

Depart Houston 4:25 PM

Tuesday, January 6 - Travel/Cairo

Arrive Frankfurt 9 AM

Lufthansa 582

Depart Frankfurt 10:05 AM
Arrive Cairo 2:25 PM

After clearing customs and all the formalities we’ll be at our hotel for the rest of the afteroon/evening. Intercontinental Pyramids Hotel for dinner and overnight.

Wednesday, January 7 - Saturday, January 10 - Cairo

Sunday, January 11 - Cairo/Travel/Tiberias

Air Sinai 54

Depart Cairo 9:30 am
Arrive Tel Aviv 10:40 am

Coach to Galilee (Tiberias)

We will stay at the Pilgerhaus in Tiberias.

Monday, January 11 – Wednesday, January 14 - Tiberias

Thursday, January 15- Travel to Jerusalem

Transfer to Jerusalem and the Tulip Golden Walls hotel.

Friday, January 16 - Monday, January 19 - Jerusalem

Friday, January 20 - Travel

Lufthansa 691

Depart Tel Aviv 5:30 AM
Arrive Frankfurt 9:10 AM

Lufthansa 440

Depart Frankfurt 10:35 AM
Arrive Houston 2:25 PM

Continental 341

Depart Houston 3:55 PM
Arrive Austin 4:53 PM

All the times listed are the local times. Germany is 7 hours ahead and Egypt and Israel are 8 hours ahead.

1 comment:

Ryan and Brittney said...

Sounds like an AMAZING experience! Y'all be careful and keep us updated!