Finally, after all this waiting, our big day had come. For those who had seen the first transit of Venus in the current pair, back in 2004, it was the re-creation of another memorable event, a bookend that completes a pattern in our lives. I was fortunate enough to be in Luxor, Egypt, in 2004, and enjoyed that transit greatly. This time around, our Astronomy tour group, which now had both halves and consisted of 100 strong, set off to see the last time Venus would cross the face of the Sun withi...