We went down for breakfast around 6:30 this morning. I ate breakfast kinda and then all of a sudden didn’t feel well. I spent the next two hours running to the bathroom. Needless to say I stayed home from the tour today as bathrooms are not as plentiful as I needed today.
I took some medication and things finally slowed down. By noon I was feeling OK. Thinking it was just stress and a reaction to all the weird food I have been eating.
I stayed in the room most of the day. I did take a walk down the sidewalk as far as I could go without crossing a street. I found an ATM that would accept my debit card. I have tried several before and none of them would work with it. Not sure what was up with that.
Nicole went on the tour today and got some good pictures so I could see what I missed. She found a spot to do some shopping and got what she was looking for.
Our group met for a final dinner tonight. I had a roll and some mashed potatoes. I didn’t want to push my tummy very hard as I have a lot of flying to do and I would rather not be in the bathroom all the way home. Not sure we will ever see any of the people in the group again after tomorrow. I didn’t really develop any real connection with any of them this trip. There were a couple that if the tour were longer I might have but there were also several in the group that I would not have regardless of how long the trip was.
Tomorrow we are meeting a guy and he is going to help us get around the city a bit. Nicole is going to attempt to find a tattoo place and while she is getting new ink the guy will take me shopping. Another couple on the tour are going to join us. We are all killing time until our late night flights.
We get to use our hotel room until 8:00 tomorrow evening. We get picked up to head to the airport at 8:30. Our first of four flights leaves at midnight thirty. We fly to Dubai where we have a five hour layover. From there we fly to JFK and then to Detroit and then to KC. All together it will take 36 hours. Then I have a two hour drive if I am able to drive. If not, I will spend the night at Nicole’s house and drive home Saturday morning.
This has been an adventure that I will never forget. It is going to take me some time to process all I saw and sort through in my mind all that happened. I am grateful I came and even more grateful I got to do this trip with Nicole.
Grateful to head home tomorrow, grateful I am feeling better tonight, and grateful for a day of rest in the quiet hotel room today.