Frumpy Middle-aged Mom: Travel misadventures with, and without, underwear

Well, all right then. Based on the massive avalanche of reader reaction to last week’s travel mishap story on Egypt (OK, three emails), I will continue my series on travel screwups that usually feature me being idiotic — something I’ve trained long and hard to achieve.
But, wait. First I have to share this email I got from reader Jan Davis of Mission Viejo, who wrote to me about an incident that happened to her, also in Egypt. I don’t often share reader emails, but I thou