Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt
March 5th (?)-the days sure blurr!
Picture of my family and Khan el Khalili
Good: Yesterday was Khan el Kalili. An outdoor market that has been in continuous operation since the 14th century. I had fun bargaining. Kalin (and to a lesser extent Maya) garnished a lot of attention with many joking inquiries about how many camels for her dowry. One man yelled, "For you, no camels. For you Ferraris. A thousand Ferraris." I was definitely more amused than Kalin.
Bad: Still no high speed internet. We are scouring the neighborhood, but no luck. So no pictures yet.
Surprising: How much Kalin is enjoying Egypt ad Cairo in particular. She is sorry we are not just here for 5 months. Go figure!
The day before yesterday was the Egyptian Museum filled with Ancient Egyptian antiquities. Only some of which were behind glass. Tonight the sound and light show at the pyramids with a day visit in the morning. Saturday we are off to the Red Sea. My cousins nephew has made a good deal for us at a 5 star hotel. We are warning the kids not to get too used to it. It will be a 6 hour bus ride each way to Sharm el-Sheik. A week later we go to Luxor and Aswan.
I miss everyone!
3 comments:
I'm glad Kalin is enjoying Egypt. I remember her saying it was part of the trip she was most looking forward to. I'm glad it is meeting her expectations. Maybe there will be high speed internet at the 5 star hotel and we will get picture. It is fun to share in your adventures.
Miss you all,
Katrinca
k-
don't settle for under 1mil ferrari's ;)
come home please.
love,
hannah
Luxor was one of my favorite places on the sabatical. we went to the winter palace (a hotel...i think) and i had fried quail. its funny how memories work. we stayed in this grimmy hotel/hostel with flies on the ceilings and bumpy beds but some of the nicest people ever! i am so jealous. i wish i had been able to fit in a suitcase or something. maybe mexico in june? hmmm....the possibilities are endless.
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