Mom and Phoebe and I went to Egypt in October. It was an unforgettable trip; we learned a lot, had a lot of time to relax, and enjoyed being together. I managed to distill nearly one thousand photos into only 25(ish). Enjoy!
Cairo from the plane. It’s a city of 7.7 million, the third-largest in Africa, after Lagos (Nigeria) and Kinshasa (Congo).
The pyramids of Giza.
Tourists on camels in the desert.
The Sphinx.
Papyrus from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. “Scene showing the weighting of the heart from the book of the dead. Inscribed for Zoser the priest of Bastet Lady of Memphis, the drawing is of unsurpassed finess that of the garments and wigs should be especially noticed.” 332-30 BC
Inside the tomb of Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings.
King Tut’s unwrapped mummy.
Morning on the Nile with men fishing.
Karnak temple. You can still see the colors under the roof beam.
The housekeeper on our small cruise ship. He made Phoebe several wonderful creations with towels and blankets, always incorporating her stuffies. (She snuck 5 into her luggage!)
Mom and kiddo on the roof of the cruise ship.
Sunset over the Nile.
Our excellent guide, Ibrahim, a very knowledgeable Egyptologist, teaches us about one of the best-preserved walls at the Temple of Horus in Edfu.
Thoth, often depicted as an ibis, is god of the moon, wisdom, writing, hieroglyphs, science, magic, art, and judgment.
My favorite art was always of magnificent food offerings for the gods.
A delicious, relaxed lunch in a home in one of two remaining Nubian villages. Rice, vegetables, moussaka (an eggplant dish), roasted fish, tahini, and sun-baked bread (in the blue box).
Mom and Phoebe on the boat that took us to the Nubian village.
Our cheerful and attentive waiter always made sure Phoebe had hot chocolate with her breakfast, so she named him “Uncle Hot Chocolate.”
Me eating koshari, Egyptian comfort food, at Abou Tarek in Cairo. (Google “What is the best koshari in Egypt?”)
Nighttime view of the Nile from one of the gorgeous hotels we stayed at in Cairo.
Part of the mausoleum of Sultan Qalawun.
The oldest street in Cairo.
Girls coming home from school around noon.
Oldest coffee shop in Cairo: 600 years! It’s called el Fishawy Cafe, and Nobel prize–winner Naguib Mahfouz used to write here.
This is what a LOT of homes in Cairo look like.
I was the banker for our little group, so I always had a stack of 200-pound notes for tips.
Mom wearing her new cartouche necklace, ready to fly home.
