Despite the fact that covert was still raging, we planned our trip to Egypt. It was Betsy’s wish for her graduation gift and trip and so we just decided to do it. We managed to also get a stopover in Turkey for a couple of days, in Istanbul to see the blue Mosque, haggis Sophia and other sites.  By far the biggest challenge was understanding rules as they changed related to immunization and testing.  The layover in Turkey allowed us to get tested at the airport, where they have expedited testing. Because Janice and I have been immunized, our testing was less stringent. But Betsy has not been immunized and so she had to get testing done within a short period of time of entering Egypt. And getting back out was much the same. Fortunately a company developed a test which you can take with you, and with an Internet connection and video, you can take the coved test.   However, leaving Egypt was somewhat of a challenge because the ticket agent did not believe that we actually had a test done the night before. Finally we convinced him and everything was well but we were almost not allowed to leave Egypt to get into Turkey.  By taking the tests late the night before in Egypt we were able to use the same test all the way through to the United States. Covert testing was more stressful to me than arranging flights, hotels and good restaurants.  And only because things changed constantly and people interpreted things different or not at all. Rules were enforced improperly or not enforced at all. Colossal mess.