June has a very long term friend that is an attorney for a Dubai based construction company. She has lived in Dubai with her family for something like 10 years. We have plans to spend a few days with her and then have booked a precruise three day Regent offering. We had booked a similar cruise going from Abu Dhabi to Rome in April 2020 but that was canceled due to COVID. We want to do this cruise so June can visit Petra and the Luxor area of Egypt. The gap is a bit of an issue but for us we were able to work it to our advantage.
What area of Long Beach do you live. I lived in the El Dorado Park area for over 40 years and only sold that home 5 years ago.