In Luxor, I met Marie Vaughan who sold up and left Ireland because she felt redundant \u2013 her children had grown up, husband had left \u2013 \u00a0eight years later her sons are feeling the cold wind of austerity back home, and coming to the haven she has created for them.<\/p>\n
When Marie arrived she sunk the proceeds of the sale of her Irish home into land. \u00a0It cost almost the same to build eight flats as two flats, so she did that. \u00a0Sold two, and decided to turn the unsaleable six into a hotel.<\/p>\n
The hotel plodded on until her eldest son’s Irish business failed and he and his partner came to join her. \u00a0The result rejuvenated the business, guests flowed in the door, the hotel earned the tripadvisor top 2010 recommendation. <\/span><\/p>\n None of this was planned. \u00a0She fell into buying land without any knowledge of Egyptian laws nor arabic, but found reliable people to help. \u00a0She certainly could not have foreseen the Irish financial crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n Luxor was chosen because she had been there once on holiday drawn by the legend of Scota, the Egyptian Queen whose sons were High Kings of Ireland, and some say the origin of the name Scotland.<\/span><\/p>\n She listens to her intuition and instinct\u00a0and acts on them with life changing decisions. \u00a0 The result could not perhaps have turned out better; she is now central in the family again. \u00a0 Has she made her own luck? \u00a0It would be amazing if this was fated.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In Luxor, I met Marie Vaughan who sold up and left Ireland because she felt redundant \u2013 her children had grown up, husband had left \u2013 \u00a0eight years later her sons are feeling the cold wind of austerity back home, … Continue reading