The Dead Sea!

Things happen, things change. I am now at the Holiday Inn at the Dead Se in Jordan. Really cool resort!
Vienna was great, more sightseeing, went back to Schonbrunn Palace 'cos I left my jacket behind. Christine & I had gone there on Monday to wander & lunch & went to the Strudelshow. I got picked to assist the baker putting on the show, complete with hat & apron. Well, I now have a certificate declaring me a Master Baker of Appelstrudel! Haha! Take that Jan! But I left said jacket behind, silly me. I wandered around there for a while, zoo, labyrinth, gardens, etc, nice place.
The next day I went to the Pandora shop & picked up charms for Switzerland, Holland & Belgium, yay. Then spent the arvo at the hospital 'cos I had acquired an infection that needed antibiotics, so not nice. I knew there was a possibility of recurrence so the doc in Australia had given me antibiotics in case. Again silly me, I only brought half of them with me, the rest are at Michelle's in my other case. No good to me there, eh. But all sorted now & I have enough now for 10 days. That should kill it!
Yesterday, thanks to strenuous efforts on Jan's part, I flew to Cairo, didn't leave the airport, then on to Amman, Jordan & transferred to the Dead Sea. I am staying at a v spiffy resort till the 22nd, then I join the Jordan tour as originally booked.
So no Egypt! I had planned to stay in Cairo for 3 nights, visiting the Pyramids one day & Alexandria the other. The 2 seemingly worst cities for rioting & deaths are Cairo & Alexandria! The tour company cancelled, & I like being alive, no brainer, eh. The Pyramids & the new Alexandria Library built on the site of that famous ancient Library will not be seen by me, so disappointed.
The resort is great, four pools, a spa, & the Dead Sea! I've been in the pools already, so warm. I got talking to a 14 year old Armenian girl who wanted to practice her English. She's v good too, learning English, French & Italian. She wants to be a translator after university. Larout, not sure of the spelling, but there has to be a roll of the R in the middle.
Anyway, more swimming tomorrow. I might even float in the Dead Sea, but there is only a small area cordoned off for swimming. Not sure why, maybe we might float out to sea, lol.
I loaded five new books on my iPad & I've nearly finished the first. So these few days are R & R, swimming, reading & relaxing.
Then the tour to Petra & the desert!