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Monthly Archives: June 2008

moving day

Friday, June 27, 2008

Today is a long awaited moving day.  I am moving out of an office that I have had for the last 12 years and into a new  building.  I’ll have an office with a window looking out over the united center, where the chicago bulls and blackhawks play.
So my computer will be down and the […]

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water

Thursday, June 5, 2008

One thing that is easy to see when you travel is how much we Americans take drinking water for granted.  I love just drinking ice cold water.  But many of the places I have gone to do not have ice because the tap water is not drinkable.  You go to a restaurants, pay about 4 […]

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Pictures

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Here is a link to some pictures.

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Egypt

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

I didn’t write as much towards the end of the trip.
Day 6
This is the day most were waiting for.  We began the day with a relatively short drive to Giza.  Some people on high floors and on the right side could actually see the pyramids from the hotel.  We started out at pyramids 1 and […]

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Dubai

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

I tried to keep a log of what I did at least every couple of days when I had free time.
DAY 1.
The trip began with a 13 hour flight from New York JFK to Dubai aboard Emirates Airlines. I have to say I was impressed with their on board entertainment.  Each seat back had a […]

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