September 13th we fly to the unknown for three months

Less than three weeks till Patrick and I get on a plane at LAX and fly to Cario. It has been 11 months since we won our two tickets to anywhere in the world. Azusa Pacific University, the University I graduated from in May raffles two tickets every year during Global Vision week. The week is dedicated to learning more about issues and cultures around the world. My raffle ticket was picked and we were able to choose where ever we wanted to go! WOW, we are totally blessed! We have been planning this trip since before we even won the free tickets. Unsure of how we were going to finance such a trip we continued to save and dream. I wanted to go back to Africa and Pat wanted to see Africa, I also wanted to see Europe since I have only been to Eastern Europe.
We fly into Cairo in September and will spend a month traveling the ancient sights and soaking up every inch of the Egyptian culture. From Egypt on October 14th we fly to Istanbul and hope to spend two weeks in Turkey, the rest of our trip is very tentative.
Here is our intinary:
Egypt September 13th-October 14th
Turkey October 14th-Oct 24
(we will be traveling through the Balkan countries by train to get to Greece)
Greece October 24th-30th
Italy October 31st-Nov 10th
Spain Nov 11-17
Germany Nov 18th-23
The Netherlands Nov 24-30
*In The Netherlands Pat and I will have a mini reunion of my DTS group that I met in South Africa over 5 years ago!*
France Dec 1-7
UK Dec 8-15
We depart from London on December 15th!

Since we have a limited budget, Pat and I will be Couchsurfing! For those who have never heard of couchsurfing, you have to go to couchsurfing.com. It is an amazing network of world travelers who open their house to travelers. Pat and I are so excited, only a few more days till we board the plane!