Africa

Egypt/Cairo- Tuesday, August 7, 2012

I am getting used to being called “My Queen”. Thats what the merchants and some of the people at the hotel call me. It was hard getting up today. I tried fuul, an Egyptian dish of beans that you add peppers, onions, cardamom, and tomatoes to. It was quite good. I also helped myself to honey which dripped straight from the cone on top of yogurt and numerous other …

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Crazy Traffic in Cairo and more

Egypt, Cairo and Giza Evening of Sunday, August 5 and Monday, August 6 As soon as we boarded Egypt Airlines flight heading from Barcelona to Cairo, we couldn’t help but feel we were on our way to someplace exotic and different. Arabic music played on the speakers and there were many families on the flight. Upon leaving the plane, we knew we were in another land. All forms of …

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