back in Cairo Everyone has been asking me if things feel or look any different here in Cairo after the revolution. When I left, there were tanks in my neighborhood, a curfew, lots of gunfire, there was no internet, and Mubarak was still president. Now, Mubarak is gone, the police are back on the streets, the tanks have rolled out,...
from ancient to medieval in Cairo On Tuesday we started our day with a cab ride to Tahrir to see the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities.
We spent a few hours enjoying the Tutahnkamun exhibit, Akhenaten collection, and other ancient art and artifacts of Egypt.
We then took a taxi to the Citadel.
The views of the city were stunning.
We...
weddles in luxor This past week has been a whirlwind! After seeing some sights around Cairo with Ryan, my parents arrived and we left for Luxor. We arrived in Luxor around midday and decided to check out Luxor Temple in the afternoon sunlight. It was incredible. The city of Luxor creeps right up to the edges of these ancient sites,...
Mount Sinai Last weekend we went on a faculty trip to Mount Sinai. After a 9 hour bus ride through barren, empty, desert, along the eastern coast of Egypt and across the Sinai Peninsula, we made it to Dahab where the best thing about our hotel was the coral reef meters from our room. Another 2 hour bus ride through a forbidding...
Unfinished Obelisk Once we got to Aswan and after a crazy taxi experience that entailed some serious driver rivalry, keys stolen from the ignition, a chase involving a tire iron, and a group of tourists, ahem, us, quietly unloading our luggage and finding another cab... (yeah, I know, OH EGYPT!)
Anyhow once we got to Aswan, we decided...
As you may have noticed, I am trying to catch up. I have about two million pictures I want to post, so I am just going to do it. They may be out of order, fair warning.
So here are a few from around Maadi. This is one of my favorites.
Which came first? The tree or the shop? And who else loves the use of the disney font?
And here is a cool old villa…
And this might be a pigeon coop? I really don’t know.
This one is from when Meredith was here. We went for a Saturday stroll in the neighborhood…
I love the old villa! Is it a residence? So different from the large scale multi-family buildings that are usually in the photographs. And the Tree Shop – I feel like I know it from you talking about it. Another place I have on my list to see in addition to all the ancient tourist sites.
I can’t wait to come back, Em! There is no tree growing up through the middle of my Fred Meyer’s produce section.
I hope all is well in Egypt!