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Time for goodbyes
Our final week in Luxor was jam packed with fun and excitement, making the goodbyes at the end of the week feel really tough. But to copy...
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- Jun 22
- 7 min
This is paradise
One thing I didn't expect from our time in Egypt was to have very much time by the sea. We had planned Cairo and Luxor, and while the...
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- Jun 19
- 8 min
The Boy King
You may remember from our posts about Cairo how much we enjoyed seeing the Tutankhamun exhibition at the Egyptian museum. We saw some of...
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- Jun 9
- 5 min
The Lotus Effect
Our time here in Egpyt was flying by as we entered week four and this week would be full of history and community. When I look back at...
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- Jun 9
- 4 min
Move over Lord Sugar
The theme of the term our boys spent at the Luxor Worldschool Hub was entrepreneurship and the organisers had planned lots of events and...
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- May 22
- 6 min
The view from above
Our third week in Luxor started with a bang (luckily not literally!) as I got to tick off an activity that's been on my bucket list for a...
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- May 9
- 6 min
Luxor Temple
Every single person we know who has been to Luxor has told us about visiting Luxor and Karnak temples on the East bank, so we had decided...
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- May 5
- 6 min
Sugarcanes and Fire dancing
Our first day at the Luxor Worldschool Hub was a leap into the unknown. Although we'd met most of the families in the days leading up to...
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- May 2
- 6 min
Worldschool Hubs
One of the things I've been asked about most as we've shared our travels so far is the hub that the boys attended in Luxor so I'm going...
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- Apr 27
- 6 min
Living in Luxor
We had planned to be in Luxor for the boys to attend a term at a Worldschool Hub. I want to write a separate post about what that is and...
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- Apr 24
- 7 min
Overnight trains
Our last day in Cairo was a fairly quiet affair after the hectic pace of the previous week, we all slept in late, ate a leisurely...
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- Apr 19
- 6 min
Cairo's hidden gems
Our final day with our guide Reem was also our warmest day in Cairo, the clouds were finally lifting and that blue sky we'd been hoping...
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- Apr 14
- 6 min
Giza calling
Our third day in Cairo started with the big one, a trip to the Giza Plateau. I think when you mention Egypt this is what people...
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- Mar 23
- 7 min
Cairo: Calling Doctor Jones (Saqqara and Dashour pyramids)
We reluctantly woke to an early alarm on our first full day in Cairo. We were not going to be in the capital for very long and had lots...
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vsigston
- Mar 4
- 7 min
From Greece to Egypt
The time has gone so quickly here in Greece but our 3 months are up and it's time to change country, and continent as we head off into...
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- Feb 28
- 4 min
Do go chasing waterfalls
I have an almost pathological need to explore new places and walk for miles. In our family it's a bit of a running joke that if I ever...
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- Feb 13
- 4 min
Ringing in the New Year
After the fun of Christmas on the mainland we settled down again for our last weeks in Kefalonia and our first adventure of 2022 was...
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- Feb 6
- 5 min
Not driving home for Christmas.
It feels a little weird publishing a post about Christmas in February but I really want these blogs to be in chronological order, for our...
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- Feb 4
- 4 min
"Faster, Higher, Stronger - Together"
Did you know that you can visit and even run a lap of an Olympic stadium right in the middle of Athens? We didn't, but in researching our...
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- Feb 3
- 6 min
A gaggle of museums
I don't think any trip to Athens would be complete without visiting a museum or two, just like many other capital cities it's full of...
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