Posted in Cairo, Day Two on September 27th, 2007 6 Comments »
We wanted to head off to the Great Pyramid in Giza, in search of Omar and Jose, right away. Unfortunately our tour took us first to the town of Memphis (not the one in Tennessee). There we checked out the Alabaster Sphinx and one of the many statues of Ramses II.
There were many “friendly” people […]
Posted in Cairo, Day Two, Jose on September 27th, 2007 2 Comments »
Oh no!! JOSE IS MISSING!!!
We woke up to quite a shock this morning. Jose was not in his bed! There was a bright pink note pinned to his pillow. The note said:
Dear Mrs. Tolisano and Mrs. Menger,
Omar came to our room this morning. The two of you were sleeping so soundly, we did not […]
Posted in Cairo, Day One, Religion on September 27th, 2007 No Comments »
Last night we were very hungry and tired and went out to find a restaurant. We walked a long way but could not find a place to eat. Everything that looked like a restaurant turned out to be a private club. We ended up going back to the restaurant in our hotel. Our waiter […]
Posted in Cairo, Day One, Jose on September 26th, 2007 4 Comments »
After returning from dinner Jose, being the friendly bear that he is, met a friend right away. We were in the lobby and Jose spied a little fellow named Omar, a dromedary, visiting from the tourist town of Sharm El Sheikh. Omar is traveling with his family to celebrate Ramadan with relatives, and then to […]
Posted in Cairo, Day One on September 26th, 2007 3 Comments »
Our landing into Cairo provided images like viewing an IMAX movie. With a bird’s eye view, we circled the city with the Nile River as its center piece. The sight was amazing, with high rise apartments, mosques, football fields, and buildings dotted with satellite dishes, expanding as far as the eye could see. The city is painted in the […]